Jeffrey T. Hammerschmidt

Mr. Hammerschmidt has been named by Super Lawyers Magazine and San Francisco Magazine, as one of the top 100 attorneys in Northern California. Prior to becoming a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Hammerschmidt worked as a prosecutor for 12 years and then served as the Senior Legal Advisor to a police department with more than 700 police officers.

Mr. Hammerschmidt started his criminal defense practice as a solo attorney in 2005. Since then, Mr. Hammerschmidt has partnered with Mark Broughton and Hammerschmidt Broughton has grown into a five attorney firm. The firm exclusively practices criminal defense, handling cases in California Courts and Federal Courts. Mr. Hammerschmidt represents clients that are being charged with misdemeanors to serious felonies. Representative clients include professional athlete signed to $30,000,000+ (30 million dollars) contract, the President and CEO of a business with annual revenue in excess of $1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars), a musician in one of top selling rock/pop band for nearly two decades.

Mr. Hammerschmidt has also represented numerous firemen, law enforcement officers, politicians, attorneys, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other clients with professional licenses.

Mr. Hammerschmidt has served as adjunct Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at San Joaquin College of Law. He has… Read More

Mr. Hammerschmidt has been named by Super Lawyers Magazine and San Francisco Magazine, as one of the top 100 attorneys in Northern California. Prior to becoming a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Hammerschmidt worked as a prosecutor for 12 years and then served as the Senior Legal Advisor to a police department with more than 700 police officers.

Mr. Hammerschmidt started his criminal defense practice as a solo attorney in 2005. Since then, Mr. Hammerschmidt has partnered with Mark Broughton and Hammerschmidt Broughton has grown into a five attorney firm. The firm exclusively practices criminal defense, handling cases in California Courts and Federal Courts. Mr. Hammerschmidt represents clients that are being charged with misdemeanors to serious felonies. Representative clients include professional athlete signed to $30,000,000+ (30 million dollars) contract, the President and CEO of a business with annual revenue in excess of $1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars), a musician in one of top selling rock/pop band for nearly two decades.

Mr. Hammerschmidt has also represented numerous firemen, law enforcement officers, politicians, attorneys, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other clients with professional licenses.

Mr. Hammerschmidt has served as adjunct Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at San Joaquin College of Law. He has volunteered his time for more than two decades for local high school mock trials competitions, having judge the finals on four occasions.