Reviews

For the last 2+ years, David and Hastings have been wonderful to work with. Any time we have a simple question or concern, David answers our call or gives a quick call back. We need to sit down for a meeting, they are available and accommodating to our schedules. That's important when you as a business owner need advice or direction quickly. Your problems are important to them and it really shows in their service. Need legal counsel with a team that's personable, knowledgeable and attentive? Hanshaw Kennedy Hafen is the firm for you.

David Wortham is an excellent attorney and he is awesome to work with. David helped us with the largest financial transaction of our lives - the sale of our business, which we had owned for over 40 years. He helped us think through so many details and took such great care of us along the way. We enjoyed working with him so much that we hired him to take care of our legal matters moving forward.

The firm provided stellar representation. They were pleasant to work with, good communicators, and tried to work with me to keep the costs of litigating under control where possible. I was very pleased with the outcome.

When I take the time to write a review its means my expectations have been met or exceeded. In the case of the law firm of Hanshaw Kennedy Hafen , LPP I would say they were exceeded which I will explain why later. Jodie was my first contact who answered several important questions to my full satisfaction and then arranged a consultation with the correct attorney. Alyssa was the attorney who I explained why the changes to my existing trust were required in my opinion. After listening she then offered options on how we could accomplish the end goal so we began to move forward. Why I say my my expectations were exceeded is I reside in Europe and was only returning to the states for a limited time. That being said almost everything had to be completed before I boarded my flight and the one document required to be able to complete the revisions to trust would not be available until near the end of my trip, a very tricky time frame to manage and it was managed perfectly. Yes perfectly and beyond my expectations because I dropped off the last document needed and I was given a draft copy for review and I realized that I would like to add a few additions and emailed in three emails during the evening. When I arrived to sign the trust the following day and have the notary stamp the trust everything was perfect. You can feel you have the one of the best if not the best when you hire Hanshaw Kennedy Hafen, LPP Joseph G, Malaga, Spain

Alyssa Herrington handled my guardianship and divorce case for the better part of a year and in that time she was the most professional and knowledgeable lawyer you could ever ask for. She was present and would answer any and all questions we had. My case was a bit tricky due to the nature of things that had happened, but in the end Alyssa more than delivered what we had hoped and asked for. I can’t recommend her enough, you have a guarantee that if she is your lawyer, you’re gonna get the absolute top tier of the top tier. Me and my family thanks you Alyssa, Courtney and the others that helped us through this long process. Sincerely, Cristian Sanchez

Alyssa has been working with me through 2 different child custody cases and was the best. She is very responsive and on top of it from start to finish. She is great about keeping your best interests in mind and will do everything she can to get you what you're asking for! Highly recommended!!!

We were extremely happy with our experience with Hanshaw Kennedy Hafen. Alyssa was able to help us set up an entire estate plan for our family and answered all of our questions. It was a pleasure working with them!

I have known and worked with Hanshaw Kennedy more times that I wished for over the last 10 years. As President/CEO of a large manufacturing company, we had several occasions where we needed quick or immediate assistance. Hastings and his team (you won't find a better person in the world than Michelle) were able to quickly mobilize and meet us to offer guidance and legal assistance in the most professional manner possible. The firms ability to put complex legal situations in terms non-lawyers can understand is a tremendous help when trying to work through legal situations. When the world seems to be collapsing around you and your business, the cool headed, sane thinking offered by the Hanshaw Kennedy firm is priceless. I can't recommend highly enough this firm.

Hannah Stroud has been my lawyer for about eight years. She is extremely professional, helpful, caring and honest. I left another lawyer on advice to be represented by Hannah. I don’t regret a single minute of our relationship.

Had mediation with Hannah and she was extremely unprofessional. Not once did she attempt to mediate but in fact was biased the entire time as well as a bully. She made it loud and clear that she isn't good at marriage as well as has 3 "baby daddies" (no judgement there) however if you don't respect marriage nor have a grasp of it's value then how are you able to mediate fairly without taking marriage and families beliefs into consideration? Also, I got screwed with unfortunate scheduling for the last 2 years of Christmas with not having my daughter. I was basically bullied into settling majority of my case but when I specifically spoke up and made it clear I want the next 2 Christmas days with my daughter bc that would be fair and I refused to continue to be screwed over, her response was "Oh it isn't a big deal just open presents a different day" Are you freaking kidding me? You want me to make my other 2 children wait on opening gifts a 3rd year in a row rather than being a professional and doing your job and attempting to mediate. No value of family or holidays or children's best interest. Mediation is supposed to be unbiased yet she was as biased as could be. Judgements were passed from the minute she walked in the room. Constantly advocating for opposing counsel and not once attempted to advocate for me. Also degraded our family business to our face calling our breeding of show quality dogs a "puppy mill". She said she doen't like dogs. Extremely rude... I cannot stress that enough. Also after attempting to push me to settle for the opposite of what I wanted and my husband speaking up for me she tried to kick him out.again... marriage is a family unit and if I choose to have my husband there and he attempts to speak up for me you should have a little more respect. As someone previously reviewed you I will have to agree and say you are not God. Where is your moral compass on fairness or equality through unbiased and professional services? Family lives are changed over these things without a care in the world from Hannah.

We had the pleasure of working with David W. As an out of state client, David was extremely informative explaining varying States laws and regulations as well as addressing our concerns. The overall transparency they showed in billing and balancing of cost verses outcome was invaluable.

*Update: Moved from a 1 star to a 2 star review because Collin Kennedy (partner of firm) called and apologized for the issue listed below. He also offered to refund my consultation fee, which I declined. Many business owners would not admit that their associate made such an error so I commend him reaching out. I paid $300 for a 1 hr consultation with Daniel Gonzalez. After meeting for 40 min Mr. Gonzalez stated he would contact me regarding putting a $5,000 to $10,000 retainer to cover any work expenses, which I was agreeable to. The situation was that I have a contractor not fulfilling their contract to remodel my home (has been 8 months) and Mr. Gonzalez stated he believed the contract to potentially be in default. I was not looking to sue but to hire this firm to send a termination letter and handle any issues regarding the contractors pushback. After waiting 11 business days I had not heard back from Mr. Gonzalez. I reached out to get a response of I have been busy at work with paying clients. ? He never called me for a retainer and I was willing to pay the retainer to hire his firm. He stated the time frames were normal for this current period of construction. I don't agree with his advice but that's alright. My issue is the fact that there was no follow-up and would not have been follow-up if I had not called. Totally unprofessional to not make a phone call or email stating it wasnt worth pursuing. What would that have taken, maybe a minute? To dismiss it as being too busy to respond and that I wasn't "a paying client" is just a cheap excuse for him not doing his job. It was worth the $300 to learn that this attorney drops the ball and doesn't handle his potential client with professionalism. If a law firm hires this type of attorney it speaks volumes of the firm as well. The saddest part is Mr. Gonzalez actually tried to justify his lack of follow-up and unprofessional lack of response and believed he was in the right. Poor service and poor attitude.