Reviews

When I first began using Spencer Hecht in early 2012, my life was deteriorating in front of me. My marriage had fallen apart and I hadn't seen my children in months. I needed an attorney that gave me the guidance and strength that I didn't have, and Spencer was that attorney for me. I have red the negative reviews on here and am truly surprised that these "clients" have so many negative things to say. Spencer was the most ideal attorney for my situation and was the bulldog I was looking for. In the end he fought for my kids like no other attorney would've and I got the best outcome expected, my kids home again. I will forever be grateful and urge all of the "clients" to take a look at what they were really looking for in an attorney, because Spencer is the best.

Mr. Hecht was incredibly knowledgable, persistent, and aggressive attorney who kept me calm during the entire process of obtaining a peace order. I felt confident having him on my side, and he kept me informed every step of the way. He was a pleasure to work with and his whole office was incredibly helpful.

We hired Mr. Hect in January of 2011 to help us get custody of my granddaughter. This should have been a very timely case because he had more than enough evidence provided by medical Dr's and therapists relating to the sexual and emotional abuse of my 18 mo old granddaughter. He knew my son was an enlisted Airmen in the US Air Force and said he would give us a discount. When he found out my oldest son an AF Captain was having to pay the bill he immediately started doing paperwork for emergency custody (charging us huge fees) and then never filing the paperwork. Stating .. well... lets just wait since you will be getting her back in a few weeks. Anyone who knows about child abuse knows 1 minute more in a dangerous environment is 1 minute too many. He was verbally rude and down right nasty in emails where we questioned his course of action ,motives or the charges. We found out he was charging us as if he was doing all the work and in reality it was his associate and a para legal doing ALL the work. Every time he showed up for court he knew nothing about the case and gave a rudimentary explanation to the judge. This angered the judge and we fired Hect before we ended up losing the case. We then hired his FORMER associate who did all the previous work on the case and we won! Hect even went so far as to hold up sending the case file to his former associate hoping he would not remember but thank God he had done all the original interviews and work and was able to hit the ground running and didn't need the case file. We won full sole custody of my granddaughter but we spent an entire year in the court system when we didn't have to all so he could draw it out and collect enormous fees. We are currently reporting him to the DC Bar Association and hope to get some of the $35,000 back that he charged us.

I had the pleasure of working on a case as Mr. Hecht’s client. Although the case did not have strong financial implications, Mr. Hecht handled the case with the utmost determination and perseverance. Ultimately, we prevailed and for that, I am satisfied. For cases large or small, especially those requiring Spencer’s excellent litigation skills, I will certainly call on his services once again.

I retained Spencer Hecht to help me with a pressing and complicated child custody matter. From my first telephone contact with Spencer he demonstrated a quick grasp of the facts and explained the legal steps that I needed to take immediately to protect my children, and thereafter provided excellent legal advice and litigation services to obtain a satisfactory result - I am happy to give him my highest recommendation.