Richard Michael Pinol

Hardee, Piñol & Kracke PLLC was recommended to me by previous attorney that could not keep me as a client due to conflict of interest. I thought I had a decent attorney before, but you don't know that you have a great attorney until you've had bad one first. Rich, his team, and honestly the entire H...,P, & K office were the utmost professional. Other attorneys in the office helped my case when Rich happened to be sick or in trial that day. Rich and his team will reply to your email several times a day when you have questions, or will schedule a phone call with you, often the day of, to answer more complex questions. The most I wait for a response to a question was one business day. Litigation is often stressful, but Rich brought his common sense, knowledge, and empathy for the situation every meeting/ hearing. He is a very competent attorney. If he didn't know an answer to a question he would get back to you promptly. You hear a lot about attorneys being greedy and just dragging things out for money while people are hurting and needing resolve. In my opinion, the family court system is corrupt and unjust for father's just wanting the same time and rights as mothers. For too long, past generations of men gave up their rights to the mothers making it an uphill battle for fathers to have equal time and equal rights of their own children. Our constitutional rights of innocent until proven guilty does not apply in civil cases. It is in fact the opposite, guilty until proven innocent. In Idaho, men have an average of 24.1% custody of their children. If you are looking for equal rights and equal time with your children in Idaho, Rich is the attorney for you. He will work towards what you want and give you reasonable expectations of the outcome given your specific situation. Rich is in the family law business for the right reasons and he cares for his clients. He will not drain you of resources and time for something that is unobtainable in your situation. He will give you direction to do some of the easier work and research on your own saving you thousands in the end, or him and his team will do it all. If you listen to his directions and actually follow them, you will have a great shot at what he says he can do. Rich is full of common sense. He presses the hard questions and does not let them go unanswered. He's able to roll with the punch and the curve balls in the courtroom that a trial throws at you and him. He won a father (me) a modification case in court after only having the average 20% custody that so many fathers are stuck with. Even if Rich did not win my case, I would still be writing this review, because he is that incredible at what he does. I would have went home with confidence that he and I did everything we could within the system we were given to work in. He has to work within the corrupt family court system just like the rest of us and he does it well.

Rich has been my second attorney in dealing with my ex husband and our custody issues. My first attorney was sub par so I knew what to look out for in good counsel representation. Rich was thorough, understanding and a “professional shark” in the courtroom. He fought hard for what was best for my chi...ldren and I couldn’t be more blessed to have been able to retain him for my family. He is a natural born leader in the courtroom and has my upmost respect. If you’re considering hiring counsel, do yourself a favor and call Rich Pinol

The Team at Hardee, Piñol & Kracke, PLLC has been fantastic during the past few months. This is especially true of Rich Pinol. He’s provided excellent, realistic feedback and transparent legal counsel. Rich knows the mechanics of the courts and bases his rationale on facts and logic. I greatly apprec...iate all he has done.