Adrian Philip Thomas

I was most fortunate to engage the services of seasoned attorney Adrian Philip Thomas of Fort Lauderdale, FL. I feel like God himself sent Adrian into my life as divine providence. I was overwhelmed by a very troubling and complex matter that involved Estate Administration, Probate Administration,... Will, Trusts and Estates, Real Estate, Property Division, and Probate and after going through numerous attorneys unsuccessfully who lacked the comprehensive knowledge and experience to fully address the situation, I marveled at how no one could have done a better job of handling the myriad of legal issues than Adrian Philip Thomas. Adrian shows a level of grace, honesty, dignity, concern, compassion, thoughtfulness, and integrity that is so rarely displayed in this world let alone the legal profession. Once delving into numerous documents and learning the details of my predicament, Adrian immediately knew how to best proceed and handle the matter with aplomb. You will not find a more wise, seasoned, big-hearted and capable attorney than Adrian Philip Thomas. I cannot think of a better person to feel protected by when going through a difficult and upsetting legal process. He is a phenomenal negotiator and knows how and when to be tough on the opposing counsel to best secure his client's interests. Adrian is so thorough yet can explain every nuance of your legal dilemma in simple and straightforward terms. I cannot more highly recommend Adrian Philip Thomas, he is an ideal counsel to have on your side so you can actually sleep at night knowing you are in best of hands. I am surprised he is not currently teaching at Harvard Law School, since it is enlightening to hear the level of wisdom and clear communication he demonstrates in all conversations. Adrian Philip Thomas is a cut above the field in the legal profession, I feel very lucky to have found this very genuine and ethical soul.

My case involved a brother who exploited my elderly mother stricken with dementia by undue influence, improper exercise of durable power of attorney (DPOA) fiduciary authority, altering a JTWROS deed to have my mother’s interest quit claimed to himself with full assistance of one of Florida’s largest... law firms who represented both my mother and brother which clearly presented a conflict of interest. After retaining two different local attorneys initially, the second attorney filed a complaint whereby statute I had no standing to bring suit (only a PR can bring suit and this case had to be dismissed) resulting in a dead end position for my case. After questioning his inability and ineptness he filed motion to withdraw as counsel. The opposing large law firm used tactics to skirt the law by filing counter complaints using false allegations to the extreme legal limits if not beyond. It was during my initial consultation with Adrian lasting two hours that I realized I was finally in the right place because he demonstrated an exceedingly high level of comprehension, asked meticulous questions and then provided lightning fast legal responses. As a result he immediately laid out what strategy we should follow. Adrian said “this will be your last stop because if we can’t prevail no other firm will either”. It says volumes about capability and confidence. Adrian quickly realized it would require a new counter claim to defeat the motion to dismiss. It was risky and our only option in order to neutralize their ability to dismiss. The objective was to put us back in the offensive to continue and it was a brilliant and creative move. I received a call the second day after I hired the law firm from associate attorney Sean who had already reviewed all the filings, read my ten page historical narrative, chronology of events and conferred with Adrian to determine the next step and strategies. From this point I felt confident for the first time. If one has capabilities like Adrian then it goes without saying he hires only top notch staff to represent his firm and certainly Sean filled the bill. Sean was always available to take my calls during or after hours, respond quickly to emails, ability to patiently explain legal terms and the intent of the actions and the pros and cons of anticipated results. Weekly round table staff meetings were held for the purpose to discuss the various cases and progress, new strategies, etc. Every step of the way Adrian was involved and his associate attorneys would always confer with him on approaches along with all proposed filings being reviewed prior to transmittal. Adrian’s firm uses timing to their advantage to optimize results legally and financially. For the next nine months through tedious scrutiny of new discovery and numerous financial and medical subpoenas the opposing counsel relents and agrees to mediation. Adrian’s firm works effectively to minimize the costs to the client, is personally involved with the client’s best interest and emotions, and uses the optimal strategies to obtain a monetary settlement by paying attention to the overall cost (i.e., cost benefit analysis towards monetary recovery). Existing law partner Robert Trinkler another highly knowledgeable and motivated attorney at month ten takes on the project and doesn’t charge for his time to come up to speed on the case which at this time completely filled one drawer cabinet from front to back. During mediation Robert’s goal was to obtain the optimal money award in which he demonstrated a skillful and offensive position not allowing the other firm to settle on anything they proposed. For twelve grueling hours even at the risk of having the mediation spill over into day two Robert successfully prevailed. Although it was grueling long journey lengthened and complicated by two other firms Adrian’s firm came through. Don’t make the same mistake I initially made….make Adrian Thomas’s law firm your first and last stop.