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Michelle Hauser

Henderson, NV

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Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Child custody

Language

English

About

Whether it’s hitting the town in Betsy, her original 1964 Mustang, hefting weights at the gym or working to represent her family law clients, Attorney Michelle A. Hauser, Esq., approaches life with passion, high energy and dedication.Michelle has worked in family law for 15 years and has been at our independent firm for the last nine years. She has helped hundreds of clients successfully resolve their cases in the local Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada, legal system. This experience gives her unique insight on different Judges and processes, and she knows how best to approach each case.Michelle co-manages our firm with partners Dawn R. Throne and Samantha J. Mentzel and is our resident expert on discovery and complicated child custody cases. She handles family law, guardianship, adoption law, divorce, child support, child custody, visitation rights, and domestic violence. Before joining us, she worked for clients in all areas of family law in addition to personal injury law, limited civil litigation and criminal law.Working for an independent firm gives Michelle the opportunity to dedicate herself to clients as she rigorously and aggressively advocates for their interests. It gives her a chance to focus in on what their problems are, how the firm can help them and how they can avoid costly litigation.Throne | Hauser | Mentzel is committed to taking on cases that have a high probability of success, and we believe an important part of our work is to recommend strategies that lead to positive outcomes. Sometimes, we need to protect clients from making bad decisions that could impact the rest of their lives.Michelle is highly respected by her peers and is known as an excellent family law attorney throughout the Nevada legal community. Her impressive resume includes work as a contributing author for the 2008 edition of the Nevada Family Law Practice Manual, the foremost compilation of Nevada Statutes, case law, and local and state rules on Family Law. She also teaches other attorneys how to practice family law in CLE (Continuing Legal Education) courses and prepared the Amicus Curiae Brief on behalf of the Family Law Section in the case of Druckman v. Ruscitti in Nevada’s Supreme Court.Michelle is secretary of the Family Law Bench Bar Committee for the Eighth Judicial District Court and sits on The Nevada State Bar Family Law Section Executive Council. She is also a graduate of the American Bar Association’s intensive trial advocacy program. In 2008, she worked as a Truancy Diversion Judge. She was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in 2001, and to the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, in 2005.

Practices Areas

Child custody

Divorce and separation

Family

Language

English

Contact

Throne & Hauser1070 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Ste 100Henderson, NV, 89012-60191070 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Ste 100Henderson, NV, 89012-6019

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Reviews

Pamela
March 29, 2015

Two yrs ago Michelle Hauser was asked by my grandkids caseworker to represent them pro bono. I was so impressed with not only the knowledge she had on my case, but very impressed by years of knowledge supporting certain issues about law matters. She made the men attorney's on the other side squirm in their pants when she stood up to speak on our behave. She conducted herself like a lady and extremely courteous to the judge, which I couldn't say that about the opposing attorney. She knew our case and made all valid points clear and well said. Ms. Hauser is not an attorney I would want to be up against. She really is an excellent attorney. Taking on our case pro bono, she could have spent more time on her paying clients. She did her homework on our case and presented us as if we were her only clients.

Genifer
March 29, 2019

Looking for representation in a child custody case? Don't go to Michelle Hauser. She's a money hungry attorney who only cares about the all mighty buck she stands to make. She could care less about your child. She's vulgar and offensive and rants how great she is. We went through a very long and expensive trial and when she found out we were running out of money after paying in excess of 155k, she did everything in her power to settle the case unfavorably and didn't care about our concerns. She wanted it over with when she knew money was an issue and now is suing me for her remaining fees. Tried to settle with her and in her true unreasonable style, the answer was no. I'm now forced to file bankruptcy. She'll treat you like garbage, yell at you, put you down when she doesn't want your input and then come after you using her power to file suit against you for every last dime. Wish I could turn back the hands of time. The horrible experience we had with her will last a lifetime. If you have a complex child custody case, look elsewhere. Don't retain this lady. There's so many other fine, professional attorneys out there and she's definitely not one of them. Child custody cases are so emotional and taxing anyway, and she only adds insult to injury during such a trying time.

anonymous
March 6, 2017

I paid over $6000 to Ms. Hauser and got buried in the courtroom. Ms. Hauser seemed to care more about other cases than she did about my case. She told me all about the workload she has and how deep in some people are. I should have known better from the start, but I wasn't an experienced divorcee. My ex got primary custody and over $2000 a month in child support. The reason I did not go through a custody battle was because my bill with Hauser was already over $5000 for ONE visit to court and I knew I could not afford the deposition and trial at her overcharged rate. A year later, I revisited the court with a different (better) attorney. I was awarded joint shared 50/50 in one visit, no trial or deposition. Needless to say, my child support also went down. I got better results at a significantly lesser rate than Hauser. The only person I would recommend her to is my ex-wife.

anonymous
September 17, 2013

Ms. Hauser is harsh, and unnecessarily abrasive in nature. She did lots of cookie cutter work and charged top dollar for it. I felt I was being overbilled and was threatened to have my case dropped when I questioned my invoices. She overbilled me thousands of dollars and lost my case to boot. I am now having to pay another atty to clean up the mess she made.

Pamela
March 29, 2015

Two yrs ago Michelle Hauser was asked by my grandkids caseworker to represent them pro bono. I was so impressed with not only the knowledge she had on my case, but very impressed by years of knowledge supporting certain issues about law matters. She made the men attorney's on the other side squirm in their pants when she stood up to speak on our behave. She conducted herself like a lady and extremely courteous to the judge, which I couldn't say that about the opposing attorney. She knew our case and made all valid points clear and well said. Ms. Hauser is not an attorney I would want to be up against. She really is an excellent attorney. Taking on our case pro bono, she could have spent more time on her paying clients. She did her homework on our case and presented us as if we were her only clients.

Genifer
March 29, 2019

Looking for representation in a child custody case? Don't go to Michelle Hauser. She's a money hungry attorney who only cares about the all mighty buck she stands to make. She could care less about your child. She's vulgar and offensive and rants how great she is. We went through a very long and expensive trial and when she found out we were running out of money after paying in excess of 155k, she did everything in her power to settle the case unfavorably and didn't care about our concerns. She wanted it over with when she knew money was an issue and now is suing me for her remaining fees. Tried to settle with her and in her true unreasonable style, the answer was no. I'm now forced to file bankruptcy. She'll treat you like garbage, yell at you, put you down when she doesn't want your input and then come after you using her power to file suit against you for every last dime. Wish I could turn back the hands of time. The horrible experience we had with her will last a lifetime. If you have a complex child custody case, look elsewhere. Don't retain this lady. There's so many other fine, professional attorneys out there and she's definitely not one of them. Child custody cases are so emotional and taxing anyway, and she only adds insult to injury during such a trying time.

anonymous
March 6, 2017

I paid over $6000 to Ms. Hauser and got buried in the courtroom. Ms. Hauser seemed to care more about other cases than she did about my case. She told me all about the workload she has and how deep in some people are. I should have known better from the start, but I wasn't an experienced divorcee. My ex got primary custody and over $2000 a month in child support. The reason I did not go through a custody battle was because my bill with Hauser was already over $5000 for ONE visit to court and I knew I could not afford the deposition and trial at her overcharged rate. A year later, I revisited the court with a different (better) attorney. I was awarded joint shared 50/50 in one visit, no trial or deposition. Needless to say, my child support also went down. I got better results at a significantly lesser rate than Hauser. The only person I would recommend her to is my ex-wife.

anonymous
September 17, 2013

Ms. Hauser is harsh, and unnecessarily abrasive in nature. She did lots of cookie cutter work and charged top dollar for it. I felt I was being overbilled and was threatened to have my case dropped when I questioned my invoices. She overbilled me thousands of dollars and lost my case to boot. I am now having to pay another atty to clean up the mess she made.

Pamela
March 29, 2015

Two yrs ago Michelle Hauser was asked by my grandkids caseworker to represent them pro bono. I was so impressed with not only the knowledge she had on my case, but very impressed by years of knowledge supporting certain issues about law matters. She made the men attorney's on the other side squirm in their pants when she stood up to speak on our behave. She conducted herself like a lady and extremely courteous to the judge, which I couldn't say that about the opposing attorney. She knew our case and made all valid points clear and well said. Ms. Hauser is not an attorney I would want to be up against. She really is an excellent attorney. Taking on our case pro bono, she could have spent more time on her paying clients. She did her homework on our case and presented us as if we were her only clients.

Genifer
March 29, 2019

Looking for representation in a child custody case? Don't go to Michelle Hauser. She's a money hungry attorney who only cares about the all mighty buck she stands to make. She could care less about your child. She's vulgar and offensive and rants how great she is. We went through a very long and expensive trial and when she found out we were running out of money after paying in excess of 155k, she did everything in her power to settle the case unfavorably and didn't care about our concerns. She wanted it over with when she knew money was an issue and now is suing me for her remaining fees. Tried to settle with her and in her true unreasonable style, the answer was no. I'm now forced to file bankruptcy. She'll treat you like garbage, yell at you, put you down when she doesn't want your input and then come after you using her power to file suit against you for every last dime. Wish I could turn back the hands of time. The horrible experience we had with her will last a lifetime. If you have a complex child custody case, look elsewhere. Don't retain this lady. There's so many other fine, professional attorneys out there and she's definitely not one of them. Child custody cases are so emotional and taxing anyway, and she only adds insult to injury during such a trying time.

anonymous
March 6, 2017

I paid over $6000 to Ms. Hauser and got buried in the courtroom. Ms. Hauser seemed to care more about other cases than she did about my case. She told me all about the workload she has and how deep in some people are. I should have known better from the start, but I wasn't an experienced divorcee. My ex got primary custody and over $2000 a month in child support. The reason I did not go through a custody battle was because my bill with Hauser was already over $5000 for ONE visit to court and I knew I could not afford the deposition and trial at her overcharged rate. A year later, I revisited the court with a different (better) attorney. I was awarded joint shared 50/50 in one visit, no trial or deposition. Needless to say, my child support also went down. I got better results at a significantly lesser rate than Hauser. The only person I would recommend her to is my ex-wife.

anonymous
September 17, 2013

Ms. Hauser is harsh, and unnecessarily abrasive in nature. She did lots of cookie cutter work and charged top dollar for it. I felt I was being overbilled and was threatened to have my case dropped when I questioned my invoices. She overbilled me thousands of dollars and lost my case to boot. I am now having to pay another atty to clean up the mess she made.