David J. Pire

On or about February 13th, 2017...I hired Mr. Pire to defend my son in a legal matter (leaving the scene of an accident), paying a $7500 retainer. I held off on complaint this long because I was advised by current attorney to hold off until the legal matter with my son is over. Mr. Pire and his partn...er or friend Jens Bakkar basically took my money with absolutely no action. When my son and I terminated his services a few weeks later, I asked for a refund. I was refunded around $2500. When I asked why only 1/3 of my money back, he stated "your crazy ex-wife was calling bugging me and made 14 calls to my office which left the balance of your retainer at (approximately) $2500". 1) My ex-wife was not his client, nor authorized by me or my son to deal with the matter 2) I have asked several times via phone and text for a copy of our contract, rate sheet, and a statement which I have never seen any of those items. THEN, Mr Pire advised my son "not to turn himself in" for his crime until a warrant was issued. Warrant was eventually issued but Mr. Pire never contacted us to turn my son in. My understanding is he should have done so, and accompanied him as a "walk through" at the Grand Prairie jail. But no, never any contact whatsoever...which resulted in my son's home being raided by numerous law enforcement agencies unexpectedly for his arrest. Nothing wrong with that, BUT at the time my 3 year old grandson was there watching cartoons with his father (my son). My grandson is still to this day traumatized by that and had Mr. Pire done his job we would not have to be dealing with his trauma on a daily basis.