We had, what I feel and what Mr. Hammond confidently said was simple, an easy case. My husband has had sole custody of his son from Alabama for years. Simply put, his mother is unfit. She has a history of living in an unstable, volatile, and non-traditional household, a history of manipulation that h...as led to unjust arrest, a history of child abuse, abandonment, neglect ,and drug use, she hasn't paid child support for years, and hasn't made contact with the child for a year. My husband even went so far as to drive the child to NC to visit for a weekend and that landed him in jail after she took him, filed an unjust TPO, and filed for child support in NC. After yet another false accusation of child abuse and assault against her to his commander, my husband (while deployed) hired Mr. Hammond for termination of parental rights. Mr. Hammond had me to do all of the leg work. All previous court orders, I had to find. Paper work in regards to her maltreatment of his son and her daughter, I had to find. Contacting previous lawyers after clearly giving him their contact information, I had to do. He did nothing, but sit at his office, ask me to gather documents for him, and charge me for office visits, phone calls, emails, and faxes (which, by the way cost $35-$50 a pop). Even with doing all of the leg work for him, he's still late and/or absent for court dates, yet has the audacity to still charge. When he does show up for court, he is a dud. He didn't even fight for anything he was hired to do, as a matter of fact he seemed to agree with everything the defendant and her NC lawyer wanted. He made contact and discussed things with her and her NC lawyer, and then waited until the day of court to let my husband know what they have already decided. DO NOT HIRE HIM. We paid somewhere between $4000-$6000 for custody in Ga (which we already had in Alabama and the child had been living with us in Ga for 24 months) and termination of parental rights (again, she is definitely a text book candidate of a parent who should lose those rights), which was too simple. We ended up with joint custody****.......???? The last and final court date was this past April, we have yet to receive a court order. We refuse to call, email, or go to the office because it'll be another $50 to remind him to do his job. ****I originally posted a review earlier this week, but decided to take have it removed because I thought it did more harm to my husband's case. Literally two days after posting the review, Mr. Hammond sent a copy of the joint custody court order to my husband via email. It's basically Plan B I believe, but point is we could have gotten that ourselves and saved a lot of money. I'm re-posting this because even though we've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on him, you shouldn't have to.

Shawn and Carl are truly the very best in Augusta. I feel so fortunate to have found and hired him first; because if my ex had hired him first this would be a different write up. Do you want lay waste to your opponent? Do you want that smile on your face that only comes from being vindicated in a c...ourt of law? Take it from me, I had the most hateful and vindictive ex on planet and no one knows civil and military law better than Shawn. He is a master of his craft and a maverick in the court room. If you want the best then Hammond Law is it and you’ll be so glad you didn’t go across the parking lot to the “other” guy who is still trying to figure out why he keeps loosing!