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28 Sep, 2021 by Anonymous
Took my case, and never heard from him again until the court. Called alot and they'd say he'd get back with me. I showed up to court not knowing if he would. Judge kept asking me if I heard from him, and I said no. The judge finally put my case last. I was sitting there waiting for over 2.5 hours wondering if he was going to show. When he did arrive said he was in another hearing. Didn't remember my case and asked ME what my case was about. Bill asked for a continuance. I fired him. Asked for my money back and he said he'd get back to me later and never did. I'm out $2500 and had to hire a new attorney.
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29 Jan, 2015 by Lallallla
Within the last 8 years I've received 2 DWSL charges and was facing possible jail time on each charge. He was able to help me receive nothing more than fines. He keeps you in the loop with any developments and tells you everything up front including what you could be facing, what the likely hood of each could be, and the time frame needed for each of court case. Also, with his experience, at least in Hillsborough County, he is familiar with many Prosecutors and Judges. I would definitely use him in any driving case.
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01 Sep, 2014 by Anonymous
Mr. Ignatuck was my attorney for a probation violation involving alcohol and driving. It was a case where I faced prison time at maximum, jail and probation at minimum. He filed all of the necessary paperwork, visited me in jail, appeared at the hearings, got an evaluation for me to the DACCO treatment program, and his fee was reasonable. As suggestions to improve his service: He should have been more responsive to phone calls before trial and should have been more aggressive in defending me when the DA and judge made some incorrect statements about my history, but I admit that things moved fast in my 15 minutes before the judge. (I never asked him how much experience he had in defending DUIs.) The sentence I received was some jail time, probation, the PERC program (which I found out about and asked for while incarcerated) and a mandatory alcohol monitor. It was a combination of my lawyer's work, the PERC program and my wife's research into alternative sentencing options that helped me out.
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17 Dec, 2017 by Michael
Barry Cobb is an excellent lawyer. I was wrongfully charged with a felony and this was caught on video tape. Not only was the felony dropped, but Barry answered every question I every had thoroughly and giving me all the knowledge I needed to make the right decisions. His advice was always spot on and because I listened it went exactly as I needed it to. He should be getting a $5000 retainer for his services, but he chooses to fight for the little guy. A stand up attorney.
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24 Oct, 2013 by Michael
Mr Cobb was the Public Defender for my son, Michael, and did a VERY poor job representing him. Mr. Cobb failed to call any witness that could prove Michael was innocent of the charges. Mr. Cobb failed to provide proper legal representation. Mr. Cobb had almost 5 years to prepare for the hearing and was NOT prepared at all.
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14 May, 2017 by Anonymous
When you think of Donna K. Rose, you can think and know Donna has a strong and long history of harassing a qualified disabled person, in league with her attorney buddies. The student at St. Pete College, where Donna hides out and refuses to represent public clients b/c she is too scared, requested that Donna allow him to bring in a friend to a classroom of a non-law class Donna was newly teaching. The student came into class with no assistance for his disabilities because Donna denied him that reasonable right to follow discussions in class, then a student bothered the disabled male, to which Donna later started working with SPC attorneys to follow the disabled person around Pinellas county and get him into legal trouble, more harassment, and definite conflict of interest, fraudulent cases involving other SPC faculty and staff Donna hides behind because she is just too damn scared to file her own party cases. If you know what's good and earnest, you'd do best to keep far away from Donna K. Rose, who is a meek, slimey, greedy, and worthless attorney.
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11 Mar, 2009 by Anonymous
I had to get a separation agreement, and had Attorney Rose do it for me. I knew very little about how I should protect myself for later. She listened to my story and figured out the agreement. This was about 4 years ago. I have to say that at the time I did not realized the great work she had done, but as time went by every time I had a concern or my ex came up with a new "trick" I looked at the agreement and she had covered the subject. I cannot say enough about her honesty and truly caring and professional treatment she delivered to me.
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25 Oct, 2024 by Anonymous
This man is only good at writing up the motions, but not at litigation in a court room. You will lose, he he not equipped to handle any courtroom litigation or defend your case in anything more than a traffic ticket!
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16 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
Referred by a friend who had a brother that had faced felony charges and he was able to get them dropped. Personally hired him for a traffic incident and he was fabulous and very knowledgeable.
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29 May, 2014 by Anonymous
I would not hire him for Estate work again. Reviewing his work on a document, I found a mistake, which he corrected, but seemed to make light of.
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23 Dec, 2020 by Anonymous
Mr. Weller would not do what I asked. I suggested to him to try to convert my chapter 13 to a chapter 7 because of my change in my financial situation. His reply was pretty much that can't happen. I elected to terminate Mr. Weller and go with another lawyer. My new lawyer converted my chapter 13 to a chapter 7 after reviewing my situation and we took care of it in a matter of a couple months. Case closed , I'm happy . Jay Weller needs to try to have a little more compassion for his work ethic and for his customers I won't talk about the price I paid along with his so called monthly monitor fees. Not any monitoring going on that I was aware of.
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30 Jan, 2018 by Anonymous
Jay is a great lawyer and helped turn my life around. I highly recommend him and his team.
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07 Jun, 2011 by Michelle
Jay Weller is VERY unprofessional and unreliable. He stood me up on 2 separate appointments and then when I asked for my deposit back due to the situation, his incompetent staff refused. They did nothing but waste 2 of my Saturday mornings and then kept my hard earned money. I chose another attorney that did an excellent job and was always at the appointments. Jay Weller is not someone that I would choose to represent me in any way shape or form. Don't even bother calling him and call someone that will actually show up to your scheduled appointments.
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03 Nov, 2019 by Anonymous
I had a consultation with Mrs. Parker. She was very friendly, and had a very nice office. However, upon consulting with two other attorneys, I realized the information that she provided me with was completely incorrect. She clearly is not up to date on condo laws.
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03 Jun, 2019 by Anonymous
I was charged with aggravated assault in Pinellas county. The year was 2015. I did not live in Pinellas county at the time and asked an attorney friend of mine for guidance in making a decision of who to hire. My friend told me to hire Doug Prior and I scheduled a meeting with him. During the meeting Doug claimed he knew everybody that needed to be known in Pinellas county, the state attorneys office, and all the judges. He said that he was going to try to get my case dismissed before charges were brought on me within the first 30 days. During that consultation he charged me $5,000 retainer fee and I signed a contract with him stating my total cost even if this went to trial would not exceed $10,000..... at this point in time I had no criminal record. Facts of the case: the victims had a gun on them. I was a licensed gun owner. I never pointed a weapon, or made any kind of verbal threat to do harm to these victims. The victims lied in the police report and then came in five months later for depositions and said a completely different story. Their credibility was shot.
Doug, however, refused to litigate the case. He cussed myself and my family out prior to my fourth trial date. I sat in county jail for almost a year and a half trying to get this resolved because Mr. Prior could not even get a bond granted for me. In total Mr. Prior Took $17,261 from me. He did this all while I was in county jail. My money was in a trust with the other attorney friend of mine. Doug, like the weasel he is, kept communicating with the other attorney stating he needed more money to do things like investigations and depositions even though we had a signed contract that said in total nothing would go over $10,000.
Being ignorant to the court system because of my lack of a record, I trusted my friends advice and believed that Mr. Prior had my best interest in mind. What a dreadful mistake that was. In a case that should have been dropped, I ended up going to prison for 4 mandatory years. I also got put on probation for an additional two years. I scored out to a total of 18 months in prison if the charges stuck. Mr. Prior could not even get me a downward departure.
Do not hand this man your money, because you’re better off going in representing yourself. Because of this man I lost my business, my home, my vehicles, and my fiancé. Mr. Prior does not see human beings. He sees nothing but the money he can swindle out of you. So choose wisely when choosing an attorney. I wish I had the chance to do it over again because I would not have spent a day in county jail or even had to go to prison, because the facts of the case alone would have set me free.
I take full responsibility of the mistake I made hiring this man, or lack thereof. It is my responsibility now to make sure that none of you make the same mistake!
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24 Jul, 2014 by Anonymous
Unfortunately, I cannot leave a positive review for this attorney. I do not feel he had my family's best interest in mind and I was lucky enough t o figure that out before we hired him. We were in a tight situation with what felt like no other options and I believe Mr. Prior attempted to take advantage of that. He knew we were not local to the area and it seems he felt we would pay him whatever the cost to fix our problem. He came as a reference from another attorney close to the family so we had hoped Mr. Prior would keep that in mind. Instead an astronomical fee was quoted for a case that we all felt was going to be dropped by the State before it ever even got filed. Despite that very realistic possiblity, a fee was quoted for the "whole case". The "whole case" had to be paid for up front EVEN if he immediately got the case dropped. Mr. Prior's experience , his self proclamation that he "knew everyone" in the court house and at the State coupled with the facts of the case made it seemingly clear that this was not going to be the hardest case to get rid of quickly. And yet , an entire case fee was quoted to us. Luckily, another attorney in the area was willing to help us at a fraction of the cost, not because he was not an excellant attorney but simply because he wanted to actually help us and he knew he wasn't going to need to take this case very far. As expected, this other attorney got the case dropped nearly instantaneously. I am sure Mr. Prior knows what he is doing as he has been practicing in this area for many years. However it quickly became clear that his agenda was to make a quick and easy buck instead of focusing on how to actually help us.
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04 Feb, 2014 by Kelly
This man is charged me $5000 to represent my ex-husband in a false arrest of aggravated battery, a felony. Before the discovery was even done, my ex passed away & later the State ended up dropping the charges due to lack of information. I had repeatedly requested a partial refund of this money as Mr. Prior did not do anything on my ex's behalf except to make a few phone calls; in fact, I was the one to tell him that the State had dropped the charges. Mr. Prior is all about the money. I lost the father of my 3 children & $5000.
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17 Aug, 2013 by Anonymous
Mr. Tinny has not kept me or my family informed whatsoever on anything. He has been very vague in statements to me and my family and in talking with him doesn't seem to even care about me as a person or my case. He swindled us out of a lot of money all the while doing next to nothing, take it from me, don't hire this lawyer. Thank you and God bless
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03 Dec, 2008 by Anonymous
I hired Mr Tinny for a DUI case in which I was ill, not under the effects of drugs or alcohol. Mr Tinny represented himself as capable and promised us many issues that he never followed up on. Most of all Mr. Tinny did not keep us informed and worst of all he refused to return calls. This was my first time with any legal issues and Mr Tinny puts a bad taste in your mouth for anyone in the leagal profession
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18 Apr, 2021 by Chris
Anne has been our HOA community's attorney for several years. Over that period of time she has allowed the board of directors to break state laws and dismiss elected board members rights to obtain HOA documents which by the way is illegal. The quality of her work is sub par to say the least. She has made mistakes with our documents and we have had to send them back to her to get them fixed. She has no concept of understanding HOA law 720 and that Florida State Law requires ALL homeowners association elected board members access to any and all board related documents WOTHOUT the need for board approval! That includes any and all data, contracts, emails, billing, contact lists etc. The fact that she refused to turn over business documents to an elected board member should disqualify her from practicing law but for now I would advise you just not to hire her. Unless you want a yes mam as your attorney instead of one who will be honest, truthful and give sound advise in order to follow state law, do not hire her. Legal advise can make or break a community organization.
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04 Feb, 2013 by Anonymous
never kept me informed about case.lied about what the terms were.never answered calls.rude when she did.i was a victim and she could care less.went to court without my knowing and let an abuser get off of probation.in the last 2 weeks called office,still never heard from her.
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30 Dec, 2014 by Jennifer
David Griffin held my $1000 earnest money for a real estate purchase contingent on my getting a mortgage. Mortgage was denied and David Griffin sent me $750.00 back, claiming $250 of my earnest money for work he had done on behalf of the SELLER. Unethical
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17 Apr, 2013 by Anonymous
this guy is dis respectful rude and tries to do nothing but make you take a plea deal and says that you will go to prison and that you will lose the case. this guy really sucks and would not recommend this guy at he is rude and really disrespectful to every one true ass hole. and I had to do all the foot work and he didn't want to do anything he just wanted to hand me over. he did none of the work I did it all
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01 Feb, 2022 by Anonymous
I would never ever recommend Aubrey to represent me or anyone else. She is a gold digger, she does not return calls, she is not there to help you just take your money. It takes her weeks to return emails and she recommends people to get court appointed guardians when not needed as well as not explaining what all that entails. Wanted to fire her but, it was too late in the process to get another attorney. When looking into getting another attorney sharing with them how I was being represented they shared to beware that the advice I was getting was wrongful and unjust. STAY AWAY LOOK ELSEWHERE WHEN LOOKING FOR AN ELDER LAW ATTORNEY SHE IS NOT THE ONE. She caused more stress and pain for me and the family then needed. I called for guidance and help and she convinced me that she could do it all. She did not do anything but, again take my money nothing was resolved and still isn't. She will have to live with her own actions and guilt. Beware! She is not the person you want to help your elderly parent or for that matter anything.
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27 Oct, 2019 by Suckered
overcharged and lack of effort. hired new lawyer who charged half and got the job done in a tenth of the time...doh!
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09 Aug, 2024 by Liz
Two years ago, I had a real estate issue and visited the firm seeking guidance. Attorney Martha Bolton was gracious as she met with me, listening attentively to understand my situation. Even though she explained that my matter was outside the firm's scope of practice, she provided me with resources leaving me in a far better position than when I showed up just an hour earlier.
That matter has progressed and now encompasses a larger legal scope. Today, I called the office asking to speak with Attorney Bolton. Adam answered the phone (Attorney Adam Rauman, I would later learn from the firm's website), and it was evident from the onset that he was bothered to have to be doing so.
What followed felt more like an interrogation than a conversation, with him interrupting me at least three times in less than as many minutes to 'correct' me.
Adam's attitude, tone, disposition, and overall professional demeanor were absolutely appalling during our conversation - so much so that I'm compelled to warn others, and provide him a stark reminder that he works in a service-based industry.
Having specific legal knowledge doesn't elevate him above others; it simply means he's well-versed in a particular subject, just as we all possess expertise in our own areas.
If client interactions pose such a challenge for Adam, perhaps the firm would be better served by keeping him focused on legal work behind the scenes. A skilled attorney doesn't always translate to a skilled communicator. Prioritizing his strengths while shielding clients from his shortcomings could benefit everyone involved.
In such an esteemed field as the legal profession where compassion and respect are paramount, Attorney Adam Rauman's conduct was not only unprofessional but utterly disgraceful, and stands in stark contrast to my prior positive experience with Attorney Martha Bolton.
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