Paul John Hamlin Jr.

Paul Hamlin is the best of the best. And Mary Beth a real team player in the office always calling me with every detail of info. Before finding the Hamlin team I spoke to 2 other attorneys who appeared to be the best. I was told that I would have some jail time and not much they could do. They would ...still take my money and a lot of it. I gathered all paper work that could help my situation, despite the other attorneys saying it wouldn't help. Met with Paul Hamlin showed him my papers. He asked if he could HAVE COPIES! And said we need to be proactive! PROACTIVE is what I needed to hear and what needed to be done! He filed a motion to withdraw my VOP warrant. The judge granted it! I felt like someone finally cared. Then at the VOP hearing I thought I could be going to jail but hoping for reinstatement of probation. Very surprised with the outcome! No jail time! And NO PROBATION ON A VOP!! A MIRACLE! All of this is behind me! He has my vote for becoming judge and everyone else that I've told about this wonderful man. We need people like him! So awesome!

I was arrested in December on 3 charges DV BATT, CRIM MIS, and RES LEO W/ VIO. I searched for an attorney for almost a month, when I came across MR. Hamlin's law firm. He assured me that he would do his best to help me with my situation the best of his ability, given the fact that I am active duty mi...litary. He started my case without any form of payment which was a relief, after leaving his office he filed all the appropriate motions in with the courts to take me off the ankle monitor that was assigned to me (which was ridiculous due to the fact that the person wasn't even in this country), we was ready to attack this situation head on. The relationship that me and MR. Hamlin developed was rocky, it changed from a professional to more of him treating me as family. When I say family more angry that I put myself in an predicament as I was in. I assured him on my innocence on the matter and we bumped heads quite a bit due to both of our stubborn personalities. I was very adamant about going to trial and MR. Hamlin was very much against it and felt he could negotiate a deal that would be beneficial. After months and months 4 months shy of an entire year, I came to realization that going to trail was not in my best interest. Due to the cost and the frustration of going back and forth to court I trusted Mr. Hamlin and let him represent me. The deal he negotiated for me was I only plead no contest to RES A LEO W/OUT VIOLENCE. which was a major relief. I only have to do a Pre trial diversion for a fixed time frame, and that charge is dismissed which would be perfect for me because later I can get it expunged and transfer from here. I later called MR. Hamlin to thank him for everything he has done, and to apologize for my stubbornness. He in fact did an amazing job with not only dealing with the courts but also putting up with me in my frantic and unpredictable behavior, because in fact this was my first time going to jail or any of this entire ordeal. At times things did get a little hairy between us but we was able to push through things and get an outcome that I can be happy with. Thank You

OMGoodness...what a kind, thoughtful and caring attorney. I called the office of Mr. Hamlin on the morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2016....got voice-mail so I left a message with a brief description of the circumstances and the urgency of needing attorney representation due to receiving paperwork in...dicating that we needed to appear in court on Wednesday, 02.01.2017. Within the hour I received a call back from his wonderful legal assistant ready to schedule a phone consultation that same very day. After the first consultation I forwarded the paperwork we received to Mr. Hamlin for his review. Once Mr. Hamlin reviewed the paperwork he had his legal assistant give us another call to schedule yet another phone CONSULTATION for the next day, Wednesday, Jan. 25th, at no charge. During both phone consultations Mr. Hamlin spoke to us about our situation with such professionalism and kindness. Mr. Hamlin cared enough about our situation and felt very confident that he could help us...that he was willing to take our case with very short notice...right in the midst of all his many other cases at which time he earned our respect so very quickly we did indeed retain Mr. Hamlin. Mr. Hamlin and his legal assistant made our case a priority (like we only had 11 days from the date of receipt of the paperwork on 1/20 to the scheduled date of 2/1 to appear in court at 8:00a.m. with four of those days being weekend days). However, at the end of the day on 2/1...we walked away from the court room with a GREAT BIG WIN...the case was thrown out!! If you are looking for a hardworking, dedicated and wonderful attorney in the Pensacola, FL area that also has a great legal assistant...Hamlin & Hamlin Law office is the one to call. I highly recommend Mr. Hamlin and his firm. Thank you.