Michael Albert Hochwalt

I wish I read and followed the advice of other reviews. All this lawyer does is engage in sideshows for his benefit to increase litigation costs. Otherwise shows up unprepared, disinterested, and has a knack for focusing on.non-legal issues. When you peel back the onion you’ll see he is not a legal p...rofessional and has a limited understanding of domestic relations law.. His advice is not rooted in case law. Therefore he simply tries to settle cases through agreements. He was more of an adversary than an ally that would go on frequent political rants. I also noticed he has a tendency to berate women’s authority in the profession. Luckily I fired him before any permanent damage to my divorce case. Once I did fire him, he engaged in bill padding attempting to double or triple my legal bill, yet never filed a single motion in my case. Charges were like $400 to review the Kelly Blue Value of two vehicles that he requested I send to him. If you are on the fense about hiring him, look at all the reviews carefully and you can see the character flaws come through.

He talked about my multimillion dollar assets - my children, and helped me protect them from this process while also going after my best interests financially. Extremely helpful as he has a doctorate in counseling and law and is licensed as both an attorney and therapist. I felt that his background a...s a therapist helped me through a difficult process. I would recommend him to anyone willing. To follow great directions on how to successfully cope and win in the process

We hired Mr. Hochwalt to handle a custody case, involving medical issues for children, technical expertise in regards to their diagnosis and care, and many personal attack issues. Immediately listened and answered questions, provided great advice and explanations of events that would occur, set us at... ease and even provided help for us personally to get through case and life! I've been through 3 custody battles from a previous marriage and our blended family and he is hands down the best attorney we ever had. In 20 years of in and out of court personally, I wish I would have met him at first and NEVER had anyone else! He's that good! I would have saved thousands and years of misery if I had him the first go around because he tells you exactly what can and can't be done, how the system works and what the truth is. If all lawyers were like him we wouldn't have an ethics problem in the legal system, a government that's a wreck and people fighting over kids like possessions because they would all be honest and straight up! Highly recommend and will never be persuaded otherwise.