Brian Robert Pingor

HORRIBLE ATTORNEY!!!!! VERY RUDE. HUNG UP ON ME. DISRESPECTED MY FIANCE. TOLD ME HES NOT MY ATTORNEY EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS ON MY COURT PAPERWORK RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME SIGNED BY THE JUDGE THAT HE IS MY ATTORNEY. HORRIBLE ATTITUDE, AND AGAIN VERY VERY DISRESPECTFUL. I WILL NEVER IN 10,000 YEAR RECOMMEND B...RIAN PINGOR TO BE ANYONE ATTORNEY UNLESS YOU WANT JAIL TIME.

I hired him on behalf of my friend in which I had Power of Attorney over. He talked very professional and promising as if we had many options. However, once he was paid he did not even recognize our name without his file. My friend sat in jail over a year while Brian kept rescheduling. In the end, he... wanted us to side with the state and did nothing additional. We could have went with the free PD for that type of service. There were multiple occasions where after speaking with him I would follow up his answers with the clerk of court and find that he did not even answer my questions correctly. I wish I read the reviews first.

Brian was appointed through Regional Council as my daughters Attorney (Public Defender). I know these lawyers are over worked and under paid for the Services they provide. They don't always have time to visit Clients in jail before the court dates, so what. Brian has years of experience, is well con...nected in and with the Legal System in Pinellas County. He knows most of the Judges and Prosecutors. Count your blessings if you get him assigned as a Public Defender. He gets results. My daughter was facing one year plus of Prison Time, Brian negotiated a six month County Jail sentence. Much less than many of my daughter's "cell mates" who had similar charges and situations. I did find him to be short on time (all of these lawyers are) but he was always responsive to my inquiries and questions. At the end of the day - RESULTS are what COUNTS. And this is where Brian excels. Thank you Brian!!

Mr. Pingor was given my daughters case as Regional Council by the Public Defender’s office due to a conflict of interest. He was given her case on October 12th 2017. Her pre-trail hearing was on November 20th (39 days later). In those 39 days Mr. Pingor did not contact my daughter who was sitting in ...jail, not even one time. I had spoken to his office a couple times and my daughter tried calling his office from the jail three times but was unable to speak to anyone. What kind of lawyer leaves a client in jail for over 30 days without contacting them? When her court date arrived Mr. Pingor was late by over an hour and when he arrived he was wearing a tee-shirt. He told the judge he was not aware of this case until just that day. This is an outright lie. There was no excuse for his not speaking to my daughter prior to her court date, no excuse for showing up late and no excuse for his appearance in the court that day. We plan to register complaints again Mr. Pingor with the Florida Bar Association. Two weeks before my daughters court date I went to another pre-trial hearing to observe. Mr. Pingor had a client he was supposed to represent on this day and he was not present this day either and his client was assisted by another attorney in the court room.