Weems Hazen Law Profile & Reviews

Did NOT listen to the children. Didn’t care about the real facts and went with a cookie cutter time share recommendation. NOT a good situation when with their father. Doesn’t seem to care about the children’s welfare. Doesn’t return calls or emails. HE SUCKS! Look at other people’s reviews about you. You still suck!

I met Dathan Weems through my brother who has had legal troubles in the past. Personally I did not know what to look for in a lawyer since I haven’t had any legal troubles. But when my father Martin Martinez died in a horrible balloon accident 06/26/21 I needed a lawyer, and my brother convinced me to sign up with Dathan. I’m glad he did. Me and my brother have never really gotten along or seen eye to eye our whole lives, but Dathan is a pro at working things out. I’ll admit I was nervous picking him because of my relationship with my brother. In the beginning I even called around to other lawyers because I wasn’t sure how it was going to go. One lawyer in particular even suggested to be careful that Dathan and my brother’s past relationship could affect me not being represented properly through a conflict of interest and he even suggested that he could help me gain control of my father’s wrongful death case by going in front of the court to show the judge there past relationship has compromised me. But Dathan won me over. So, I didn’t think twice about doing that. When me and my brother started disagreeing, he said he was not going to give up and he was going to work it out between us. He’s done a great job at working with me and brother and having us agree on things. He is even helping us out with my father’s probate at no cost. And that has gotten sticky at times, but he has also done a great job there. There are 4 of us brother 2 from another mother and when my half-brothers started to alienate us from information and try and do un ethical things like devalue my dads property and belongings Dathan was there to put a stop to it. He has always listened to me. When I started to get the feeling this was happening with my half-brothers he acted quick and decisive. Dathan and his staff have always been attentive with me replying to all my emails and phone calls never ignoring me or leaving me hanging like arrogant lawyers have the reputation of doing. In fact, they have gone above and beyond reaching out to give me updates even when I haven’t called them or asked. Dathan Weems and the entire office are consummate professionals. I can see why Dathan is the board Chair of Mayor Kellers voluntary advisory board, because he has exceptional decision making skills, high character, and integrity. As well he has an excellent record of volunteering and giving to the community as a board member of Albuquerque Involved. I’ve done business with other professionals that only join these organizations as means to gain more business in their professional lives. Dathan is genuine. I’ve entrusted my life to Dathan and he has gave me exceptional, personalized, focused representation while making my satisfaction his top priority! Thank you, Dathan! If you’re reading this and on the fence on hiring Dathan don’t hesitate! You’re in good hands! Thank you, Weems Hazen Law!

Rewarded poor coparenting behaviors and rules violations by negating his own previously issued rules or canceling accommodations written into our court order. Never set a timeline for action he couldn’t break. Made many promises which, in the fullness of time, were either disingenuous or unfulfilled. Allowed our case to languish for four years. I often felt gaslighted by his choice of interpretation of events which appeared to be purposely motivated to excuse routine canceled sharing, potentially alienating tactics, unilateral parental decisions, etc. He articulated numerous troubling statements in regards to his sense of a fathers role and timesharing. (Examples include stating I should be grateful I had “so much more time[sharing] than so many other fathers”, “the best thing you can do is walk away”, and angrily telling me “you can have one or four days [every two weeks], I don’t care!”) Too often he derided my intellectual ability to understand his decisions. I found his leadership to be ineffectual and untimely for recurring child care concerns. Ultimately, he discharged himself from our case and left my future parentage in a precarious and disempowered state. I would have fought his recommendations, but I was left with no funds to go any further after being drained for years and reduced to the role of a wallet rather than a father for my children. If you are a father, I would not recommend his services as a Guardian Ad Litem. He is not willing to value fathers on par with mothers and unwilling to buck a system which awards mothers primary parental duties 85 percent of the time.