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Posted by Kris | April 04, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Four felony charges dismissed

Attorney Nick Chotos and William Hanlon are GOLDEN. Their legal expertise, finesse, and in depth knowledge of our legal system resulted in four felony convictions being dismissed. I am eternally grateful for their knowldge, compassion, understanding, and flexibility throughout my case. I previ...ously hired a DIFFERENT lawyer that was completely non-responsive and simply pocketed a retainer fee without returning my calls. Hanlon Law has a setller reputation and thus I was referred to them. How grateful am I to Nick & William? Eternally. God has a special place in heaven for them because of their honesty, integrity, dogged determination, patience, and most of all --- RESULTS!

Posted by Jerome | October 19, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Excellent Attorney who turned a situation into a solution.

It was brought to my attention that I had a warrant (no bond) on myself. The person I was involved with had called the sheriff department and filed a complaint against me for aggravated assault. I’m a truck driver and was on-the-road. Being on-the-road had put me in a vulnerable situation because I ...have to go through state weight scales. This had made my job uncomfortable. I called an attorney to resolve the situation, I wasn’t comfortable with this particular attorney although his price was within my range. So I did a little research for the next attorney, in which I contacted Mr. William Hanlon. After talking to Mr. Hanlon I was at ease. Mr. Hanlon’s original price was out of my range, he made an adjustment that I could manage. Mr. Hanlon was very upfront and honest, I appreciate his concern for my case and I did not feel like just another client. Mr. Hanlon, although busy, handled my case as if I were his only client and I’m forever grateful to him. It feels good to have an attorney who treats his client as an individual. Thank you, Mr. Hanlon.

Posted by anonymous | April 07, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Will helped get the cops to leave my Son alone and helped him to get his possible felony charges dropped within a few days!

Will took my call immediately when I called to hire him to represent my Son! He was very interested in finding out all details and helped to make my Son and I feel much safer once he was involved in our case. The possible charges of felony were very scary as my Son just turned 18 and I didn't want hi...s record tarnished so Will walked us through the situation and we succeeded to keep my Son's record clean within a few days!! Thank You Will!!!

Posted by Jerry | August 18, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Job well done, Counselor

As a practicing attorney, I was shocked to hear that a family member of mine was alleged to have committed a sex crime. Knowing full well the consequences this type of allegation can have on anyone and their future, I immediately reached out to William Hanlon for help. I had every confidence that Mr.... Hanlon had the knowledge, expertise, and experience to handle this problem. Approximately 4 weeks from an initial conference with Mr. Hanlon, we received a call with the news that a letter of release was being issued and the case was being dropped. Now my family member can finally exhale, take a deep breath, and go on with his life. Thank you, William!

Posted by Betrayed | April 13, 2015

The best Criminal Defense Attorney in Florida

There aren’t enough words to describe how thankful and grateful I am to attorney William Hanlon for representing me in a child sexual abuse case. He is truly the best criminal defense lawyer period in Florida if not in the US. I'm very HARD to impress, but Mr. Hanlon's skills, experience, knowledge ...of the law and calm demeanor are priceless. During the difficult and fearful period that I was going through, attorney Hanlon stayed calm and confident. Even when I was taking heat from my family members to call around to talk to other criminal defense lawyers. These same lawyers whom I contacted, some of them were former prosecutors, all told me they know Mr. Hanlon, highly respect him and that I was in very good hands. Hearing those words made me feel safe and very proud to have him as my attorney. Worst, I was accused by my wife and own daughter. Wife wanted to have full custody of my son and daughter wanted her freedom. They decided to use one another to completely destroy me, even though they never once liked one another before (daughter is wife's stepdaughter). One evening after I got home from work, wife, son and daughter were not present. I thought they were out running errands. Passed 10:00pm, which was unusual for them to be out around that time, I decided to call the cops to report that my family was missing. I was advised that my family was not missing, an officer would meet up with me. When the officer arrived, he told me my wife has decided to take the kids with her and left the place. I asked why, he replied he had no idea. After the officer left, I decided to drive to the police station to find out more information. At the station, an officer told me that there were some allegations made by my wife, that's all he could tell me. I asked him how am I going to see my kids, he replied if you know which school they go to, you can always go there to see them. I followed the officer's advise and went to the school the next day. Once I got to the school, I went to the principal's office asking if I could see my kids, she left me in her office waiting. The next thing I know two sheriff officers showed up asking me to leave the premise and told me that I had a court s appt in 4 hours that I need to be present. After leaving the school, I drove straight to the court as I was advised. There, I gave my name and was introduced to a court appointed attorney. This attorney told me that I have been accused of Child Sexual Abuse, however not to worry. The next day after the court hearing, I found myself getting arrested and put in solitary confinement for almost a week, even though I was granted bail by the judge, I wasn't allowed to contact any family members to come and post the bond on my behalf. Once I was allowed to join the general population, I called my family members, they came, posted the bond and got me released right away. This was a mental and physical torture, I had never been arrested nor in trouble with the law before. Right after my release, I went on google looking for the best criminal defense attorney in Tampa. The first name that popped up was William Hanlon. Within minutes after a brief chat, here I was in Mr. Hanlon's office talking to him. He told me "Don't worry, he would make sure that I'd get my life back". With solid prayers and few months later, attorney Hanlon got "No Filed", case dismissed. Lawyer Hanlon truly deserves to be praised. Had I known this was a serious matter and met Mr. Hanlon, I would have never been arrested and gone to jail. I will not advise anyone to find him or her self in trouble with the law. Jail is very humiliating, degrading and inhumane. I felt worthless and humiliated. If you ever find yourself falsely accused of any sex crimes or in trouble with the law, DO NOT HESITATE for a second to call Attorney William Hanlon. He truly cares. he will fight for your rights and freedom. Mr. Hanlon, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you and may God bless you always!!!

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