Lawrence J. Kissling III

This guy is terrible and just a bad person that does bad business. I hired him to take care of a speeding ticket for me. He gets it reduced to improper equipment. He send me an email saying that he got it reduced and steps on how to pay. So I pay online the day he got this reduced. But by paying the ...day of I am admitting that I am guilty. He claims that he told me not to pay in the email and that I must wait a week. But he didn’t. He could’ve gave me a quick 30 second call. But instead he sent me an email that wasn’t specific. Lawyers should be very specific. It’s a criteria of their job. No big deal. People make mistakes but instead of being a good person and doing the right thing he told me he was going to charge me $250 additional to fix a problem that was his fault. Stay away from this guy. He has no integrity.

Hired Mr. kissling to deal with a speeding ticket I received in Johnston county he assured me he would deal with it and everything would be good as long as I took the driver safety class. I took the class and he told me he got it down to 76 on a 70 but after the court date I got a letter in the mail ...saying my license is suspended, when I went back to speak with him he told me it was a misunderstanding and it’s 76 on a 60. This is absolutely unacceptable from a “professional lawyer”. I don’t even know how I will be able to work for the next month as I have to travel to different states for work. Absolutely ridiculous.

I hired this lawyer to take care of a case that I had which was driving with a suspended license. When I first hired him I tried to explain everything so he’ll have what he needed, but he kept interrupting me and was very short answered and seemed irritable. After a few continuances, I had court ag...ain and my number changed and I emailed the firm to let them know my new number of contact, and that exact day the paralegal replied with “send your license @5pm today or report to court to wait for Mr.Kissling @7:45 or you’ll have to pay the ticket.” I don’t stay in town so it wasn’t easy, and I had to make it happen so I went through a lot to make sure I could be in court on Monday. I called 5 times and no answer, I called a 6th time(8:40 range) and I was told “I have a hearing @9 wait for me @10-10:30” but by then I was almost next in line to speak with the DA. So I got to the counter and asked her for a continuance once she asked me about my license and I told her like I told my lawyer that there were other cases that needed to be handled before that one which is why it’s taken so long. So she gave me a continuance and I realized I did what I paid the lawyer to do. And I went through hell and back so that I could be in Raleigh for court. And he and his paralegal said that he could no longer continue my case which meant that he would drop my case as he said or I’ll have to pay the ticket. Well I hired a lawyer so that I wouldn’t have to pay the ticket to be able to get my license back. That really upset me and really disappointed me. I didn’t get any help at all. And though my number changed, my email didn’t, and I still had to reach out to them. I feel like I wasted my money paying a lawyer and it didn’t benefit me in any way. It really did ruin my entire week cause I depended and trusted this firm.

At the beginning Mr. Kissling was a reliable source to go to when my mother and I would have traffic tickets and have court to go to. His number would be saved on my phone however recently he seem disinterested and short tempered. He agreed to show up to my court date and we agreed on pricing however... when it came time for him to deliver on our agreement, he tells me he didn't agreed to anything and now I'm stuck with a no show court date and extra fees. Thanks a whole lot. I'll be looking for a new lawyer.