Steven Amir Hemmat

I hired Mr. Hemmat to assist me immediately after I had been served with initial Divorce papers. My ex is a particularly nasty, spiteful creature and he did a good job escalating everyone's emotions with his slanderous and baseless accusations against me and my family. Mr. Hemmat frankly did not have... the stomach to separate emotional issues from rational issues at hand. I had suffered a few instances of domestic violence at the hands of my ex and Mr. Hemmat failed to provide me with counsel to physically protect myself (Protection Orders, Restraining Orders, No Contact, etc). Mr. Hemmat was unable to outline a clear strategy with a number of options by which we could proceed. I always felt like we were on the back foot, always reacting to what came our way. My ex's attorney was a bulldog and would continue to shower us with nonsense and Mr. Hemmat could not contribute to a strong response. Mr. Hemmat attempted to help me with the issue of settling a property dispute between me and my ex. It turns out he was not very well versed in matters of real estate litigation (as it pertains to a divorce, would've thought this was a common issue to be handled!). He ended up billing me for several hours of consult time with a real estate attorney who was in his office vicinity. I ended up asking Mr. Hemmat to withdraw so I could find a more aggressive lawyer. He is bright and kind, there's no doubt, but if you have a messy divorce or a complicated legal matter involving Real Estate, I would not recommend him.

I hired these attorneys because I needed to go to trial. Within the first several weeks I was 15k deep in fees, on top of a retaining fee of 4k. I hired these attorneys because my husband fractured the hyoid bone to my neck while I was holding my daughter and my ex claims mental health as the reason ...I cannot see my daughter. Its been months of OFW calls of him shoving my duaghter, picking her up inappropriately, hitting her on the head and video calls where my duaghter is shouting and hiding so she can talk to me more. I have just been a freak show for them to watch while they drain my bank accounts, drop me and than tell me they dont have a trial attorney to assist me. Im out thousands of dollars while my daughter is isolated to Califorina. Laura yelish opposing counsel ran the bill so high shes asking for my child support payments now because of the excessive funds this has cost. We are still married and my daughter is now completely isolated and she is not even 3 years old yet. My poor duaghter.

I definitely do not recommend hiring Steve Hemmat. I initially talked with Mr. Hemmat regarding my family law situation and he assured me that he could help. I really liked the fact that we discussed different possible ways that we might proceed. Then I gave him the $4,000 retainer. It was sh...ortly after this that the communication started slowing down. At first Mr. Hemmat had some excuses, such as being sick or a friend of the family passing, and promised to get in touch with me soon. But when he eventually did respond, it was only to delay communication further. Then the communication just stopped. Two months later, when I finally heard from Mr. Hemmat for the last time, it was only to be informed by Mr. Hemmat that he was withdrawing as my attorney and that I should look for a new counsel. He provided a small refund of what was remaining from my retainer - but the majority of that was lost due to Mr. Hemmat's "researching" of my case. No attorney documents were created. No paperwork filed. Only limited communication in the beginning. And then Mr. Hemmat just quit. Not only did lose thousands of dollars to "research" but I also lost several months of valuable time. A very frustrating experience. Do not make the same mistake

Poor communication resulted in extra court fees and a notice to suspend my license. Additional time, money and stress involved in resolving the traffic ticket was unnecessary due to outright negligence. I had to hire another law office to resolve my traffic ticket when it could have been easily taken... care of the first time. I'm being conservative with my negative review, trust me...you don't use their services!