Robert Hammond

Robert Hammond was a defense attorney who used to work for Marvin Grossberg. He was the victim in Miles Edgeworth's trial.

Background
Robert Hammond was a gifted criminal defense attorney working at Grossberg Law Offices and a colleague of Mia Fey (clearly for a long while, considering Maya Fey recognized his photograph many years later), but the only thing he trusted was his own skill; he never trusted his clients. This put him at odds with some of his colleagues such as Mia Fey, but his dedication and skill were never in any doubt.

The DL-6 Incident

 * Main article: DL-6 Incident

In 2001, Robert Hammond represented Yanni Yogi in the DL-6 Incident when Gregory Edgeworth was murdered. Due to the strong evidence and testimony against his client, Hammond told Yogi to plead temporary insanity to escape a guilty verdict. The plan worked; Yogi was a free man, but his life took a turn for the worse as well: his fiancee killed herself, he was fired, and his friends abandoned him. Hammond himself left Grossberg's company and kept a very low profile for the next decade and a half.

Death

 * Main article: Turnabout Goodbyes

Fifteen years later, Hammond went to Gourd Lake because of a letter from Yogi. They met, and Yogi shot and killed Hammond inside his shack. Yogi took Hammond's coat and disguised himself as Hammond to carry out a plan to frame Miles Edgeworth for the murder.

Name

 * "Jean Durand" is in French what "John Smith" is in English; a generic, common name.