I sincerely recommend Hoover Krepelka, without reservation. I’ve worked on multi-billion dollar merger transactions in my career where we spent millions of dollars on lawyers and if I closed my eyes I couldn’t tell the difference in terms of capability and professionalism. Beyond that, I really enj...oyed working with Ben and Travis on a personal level. Let’s not pretend this is an enjoyable situation to be dealing with, but I always felt very supported. Here’s my story: I tried to manage this process myself, and made very little progress getting the opposing counsel to take me serious so I decided to hire some help. To identify the right fit I scraped a public site with every lawyer in the state in order to filter for a minimum level of experience and education levels. I had calls with over a dozen qualified lawyers to consider an engagement, and I also asked each of them one last question “who is the most capable trial lawyer that you really wouldn’t want to go against”. Hoover Krepelka came up 1/3rd of the time, so I knew I needed to talk to them. When they came on board the other side changed their posture – the credibility was evident immediately. My case was complicated (including millions of dollars at play and an ex-spouse who was threatening to move the kids to a different state). This team was able to listen, ask questions and make strategic assessments that were very on point. They were very responsive and hardworking even when juggling other cases concurrently. We formulated a dual process for litigation and negotiation, and having the credible firepower to litigate if needed was absolutely necessary to achieve a negotiated outcome. The story ended well and I think both sides were happy (enough) with the results and there is zero chance it would have ended up so well without this team. I cannot thank them enough.

My friend who is going through a divorce recently asked me about my experience and who I'd recommend. I told her about Travis whom I met with Travis a few years ago for a consultation. He informed me of my rights an gave me some selfless solid advice. He told me that since I was not married, I did n...ot necessarily have to go through the courts if we could work things out between us. Otherwise, it could be costly if we did not agree. So luckily...so far so good. I have been able to work things out with the father of my child and outside of the courts. One of my friend was not so lucky. She had placed a retainer with another attorney. She met with Travis for a consultation and unfortunately "custody" issues keep coming up. She ended up using Travis for these custody issues and so did her new husband with his ex and his children. I'm forever grateful I didn't meet with a greedy attorney. I saved more than money... I truly believe he saved my sanity.

I have known Travis since 2007 when I started working with Bob Hoover's firm in my divorce case. He was a junior attorney that time who handled all aspects of my complex custody case. His through professionalism, prompt action and meticulus handling of all paperwork always impressed me. He is an exce...llent creative writer, whose carefully drafted legal paperwork with lots of deep legal research work and citations make a huge difference in contested divorce case like mine, I think. He was my second attorney. With of his diligence and thorough knowledge of all aspects of family law, he turned around my case and got me due results in a highly contested and lengthy legal battle. I wish I had him from the beginning of case. Since 2007, I was witness to Travis's very fast and steady rise as a very able family law attorney in bay area. No wonder he soon became a partner of his firm in 4-5 years. Even though my case was resolved with his help much before, I had to use his services again in 2012 for a pending matter in my case that finally went to trial. I was very much impressed with his deft and extremely mature handling of the long trial session -- once again with thorough professionalism. He not only won the trial and obtained the desired result (that involved a foreign travel with my child) for me against stiff challenges from the other side (with battery of expert lawyers at multiple stages), he successfully removed all legal obstacles later on very effectively. In my opinion, he is now a complete family law attorney, who not only deals with all aspects of a complex legal case very professionally including trials, he has a unique style and legal maturity at a young age that even the seasoned attorneys and judges appreciate. Of course, all good things come with a price tag and he is costly. But, every penny is worth when he takes up a matter and brings results. I will definitely recommend him to my friends. I wish Travis all success.

Travis is an amazing attorney. I know I would not be where I'm at custody or financially if it were not for Travis and the good folks at Hoover Bechtel. Travis always kept me very informed about what to expect, showed me ways to do some work that saved me money, was very sensitive and understanding t...o my situation and concerns, is extremely responsive and was always available for me, really knows and understands complex family law, and gets results. Travis is one of the smartest and most articulate people I know. A father himself, he is very compassionate. I highly recommend Travis, and would not hesitate to refer him to my closest friends and family.