Therese M Hankel

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. Therese will "woo" you with her "acting talents" whack your ATM card TWICE when you gave her specific dates for deposit and final charge. Yet, her office still took it upon themselves to Charge my card when they felt like it and they ALL failed to provide me with an updated c...ontract to be signed or which I NEVER did sign as they NEVER sent the updated contract.... THAT should of been my FIRST CLUE. She and Dana Crom (District Attorney) failed in every WAY. I can provide PROOF as I saved EVERY SINGLE EMAIL/CONTACT from the time I hired THERESE. EVERY EXCUSE why she ALWAYS failed to respond to my emails & calls, failed to show up at court dates, failed to provide my brief for almost 6 weeks, you name it much less failed MY CASE. Key note I was NOT driving, AGAIN, NOT driving. It was my FIRST offense. Yet, I got the MAX punishment thanks to Dana Crom (DA) who is ALWAYS hurt or having surgery. Ooops, I'm going into the NUMEROUS excuses. I'm not one to leave negative reviews but the FINAL straw was at the time of my final court date (a year in the making) Therese via "text" let me know I received 80 hours of community service along with who knows WHAT ELSE MY PENALTIES ARE because TO THIS DAY 11/07/2016 she has failed to provide me with the much needed information I asked for over and over again, please give me the info on where and how I sign up for my punishment instead I got this LOVELY letter for the DMV that my driving privileges had been suspended for over 3 weeks. I cannot express how many times I explained in my emails & calls I am a single mother of TWO young sons please provide me with ALL information in my county (I live 5 hours from INYO county) so that I may be prepared. Instead Therese ignored myself and my family who lives in Inyo county. SO for 3 weeks I've been driving around, to school and back, errands you name it on a suspend license not knowing it thank you from "up above" that I did NOT get pulled over and taken to jail as I would of IN FRONT OF MY TWO YOUNG SONS. SO for that ALONE this is MY last straw of being ignored. IF you want to see what kind of attorney (key note ACTRESS) Therese truly is contact me via email and I will provide you with ALL emails between her and I through-out my year long case and you will see to NOT to hire her. One Last note: Therese once asked me this during my case "why don't you and your partner show up at court and defend your case" First, I thought she was defending my case?? Second, Therese KNOWS I live 5 hours from Bishop, CA and in-fact that court date was in Independence, CA further south of Bishop at 8:30am. She in-fact said this to me 2 days before the court date, so she wanted to us to give up our jobs with a 48 hour notice and wake up at 2am to "possibly" make it in time for court to defend my case! WOW!

Therese Hankel is the kindest, most intelligent and hard-working lawyer you could ask for. She patiently listened as I told her how I was struggling with the stresses of being a newly single mom and how terrified I was to be in the legal situation I had found myself. Therese sweetly shook her head ...and told me SHE was going to handle everything from there. I was no longer to worry about anything and that she had it covered. So she did! My situation was handled quickly and I couldn't have asked for a better outcome. She was available to me throughout the process via phone calls, texts and e-mails. I am so satisfied with the outstanding job Ms. Hankel did. Very suprising to see anything less than 5 stars across the board. Must be her competition! :)

I have hired Therese Hankel over the years for several situations requiring the need of an attorney. Living in a small town she is well familiar with the intricacies of practicing in this unique environment. Rather than specializing in one small area of law Therese has shown the ability to competen...tly handle many areas of law that apply to our area of Inyo and Mono County. I ran into problems purchasing some business property once, Two brothers were selling the building and not really getting along with each other. Even with a real estate agent trying to help complete the sale the escrow company would not move forward without the agreement of both brothers. Therese researched the issue and learned the local and state laws regarding these disputes. She was able to step in and help complete the sale. Later we used Therese to help us make lease agreements for our tenants. She was thorough and responsive to our needs and the needs of our tenants to create agreements that were amenable to all parties. We have had a variety of tenants over our 14 year period now. We have only had a disagreement with one of them. After needed to evict him he refused to leave. Therese again stepped in and helped us through the process. In my own business I deal with the federal government. When a disagreement arose with them over a matter of permitting Therese again researched the laws relating to our case, went to federal court with me and helped me reverse the original decision that banned me from a certain permit I needed that was critical to the operation of my business. I have felt comfortable referring many people to Therese over the years. I watched her help a friend in need wade the tricky waters of a DUI arrest. She has also done great work for the local women's shelter. Through everything we have hired Therese for she has been thorough and professional. I would hire Therese for any matter requiring the use of an attorney.