Jeffrey Van Hawkins

Hawkins decided that 8 minutes before my first divorce hearing via Skype would be a good time to learn how to set up a Skype account. He failed miserably . Being 25 minutes late didn't make the magistrate very happy and he let Hawkins know it throughout the whole hearing and it showed in his ruling. ...He was under prepared and over matched by opposing counsel. He basically went down in a ball of flames after being smoked by my ex's attorney. His handling of paper work was pitiful rendering it usless. Needless to say he did me more harm than good and was promptly fired. Avoid Hawkins at all costs.

My wife and I hired Jeff to help us with a custody battle. He did NOT listen to us, nor did he do anything to help win our case. He sat on all of our info and never presented our case to the courts. Once he realized that he lost our case, before our final hearing, he asked to be paid in full; almost ...$3,000. We told him we cannot pay that much during the holiday season, so he emailed us the following Monday and demanded $500 to be paid by the end of the day or he would drop us. We are now stuck having to defend ourselves and are looking at losing custody of our son. Thanks for nothing Jeff!

Mr.Hawkins defended me on a child support case that lasted almost 3 years.I was being sued for 18 years of back child support.He attended every pretrial hearing on my behalf and always filed an apropiate response to the plaintiffs attorney.He most diffently let the opposition know that we where not s...ettling and we're ready to take this to trial.Resulting in the plaintiff and daughter from withdrawing this lawsuit.Mr.Hawkins was there for me from the beginning to the end.I highly recommend Mr.Hawkins and the entire law firm of Slater and Zurz.

Mr Hawkins gave me poor and wrong advice through my whole divorce. 1. Advised me I could go through a different facility for assessment. Ultimately judge was very upset . 2. Forwarded several emails between me the client and Mr Hawkins to my ex husband's attorney clearly a breach of clientt attorney ...Confidentiality. Through custody trial he was looking at my notebook for questions to ask. You would think he should have been a little more prepared. An hour waiting in conference room before trial with my witnesses he was looking at a magazine talking.g about dogs. When he should have been prepping my witnesses. The court did not get nearly any facts of the case. Everything was all one asides one my ex s side. His lawyer was clear detailed. Do not use this attorney u will lose your house your child and he would not have a care in the world. Several more instances happen. I could write a book on how poor this atty was. Filing a complaint with the bar.