Walter Pierce Hammon

Avoid Walter Hammon unless your goal is protracted [long] litigation at unending cost. Walter is a skilled litigator, does frequent Court appearances and knows everyone in the Court system. Unfortunately, Walter is not interested in getting you resolution. Walter is interested in billing you ...monthly for as many months or years as he can. Your issue will never progress unless the opposing party gives up or begs to settle. Walter writes many letters and a few motions. Walter is never reachable by phone and doesn't return calls. If you call or write to him you may receive a letter via postal mail about 10 - 20 days later. If you don't pay your bill you will receive a quick call within a few days. Walter keeps low overhead by hiring few unskilled staff who's primary function is to type his letters, act as gatekeepers and collect payments. Walter is rarely available as he keeps very busy by handling more than 40 active cases at a time and billing each case a few thousand dollars per month. He has little interest in resolving your case if he can just keep your case active and continue collecting thousands of dollars from you for writing a few letters each month. If you ask Walter for advice or a legal opinion he will give you a lengthy 'IT DEPENDS' and elaborate on many possible outcomes providing lots of information but nothing actionable or no conclusion while generating a hefty bill. He's not wrong as everything in life depends and there are no guarantees - but that's not why you were paying for expert legal advice as you could have gotten an unclear answer from a 3 year old or a nebulous answer from fortune teller or Facebook groups for a much lower price. If your goal is to delay resolution and maintain the status quo while paying hefty legal fees - Walter is GREAT. If your goal is to have a letter writing campaign Walter is GREAT. If your goal is to get resolution and move on with your life chose another attorney. If your goal is related to getting any type of Court orders move on to another attorney. This review is based on my personal, lengthy and expensive experience.

Walter can't remember anything said to him and doesn't use email at all, so putting something in writing for Walter to remember means writing an archaic letter. Walter's staff loves letters. His secretary will write you back three letters for each one you find time to write. You aren't hiring an atto...rney when you go to this office. You are hiring his staff, so make sure they have coached Walter well before any hearing dates before a judge or just let Walter repeat the same lines he has used for 30 years before. I heard him repeat the exact same words over and over again in my case and they were totally unrelated to what we had previously discussed. Your case is no different to Walter than the hundred or so he has heard before. I don't think Walter would even recognize me if the date and time hadn't been set in advance to meet with him.