Louis Peter Pilato

I am extremely happy with the results. When he walked into the courtroom it was evident he was well known. It took nearly a year to fight the case, but he was able to lower the felony to a misdemeanor with no jail time. You will not regret hiring this attorney. He has over 40 years as a criminal defe...nse lawyer and was a former DA. He knows how the DA's think. He was expensive, but worth it! The firm let me make payments after paying a down-payment.

Mr. Plato was not our Defense Attorney. I consulted with him post conviction after firing our Attorney for lying throughout the ordeal of our lives, and for doing nothing at all in my son's case. Nothing. 3 years and we had to push to start trial and our *great* Attorney didn't even know the case and... texted his way too young girlfriend all thru trial. Distracted much? I was traumatized by this man. He verbally abused, lied and had more than enough evidence to get a not guilty, and he presented nothing. There's so much more but I'm not here about him. I'm here out of gratitude for Mr. Pilato. Like I said, it was post conviction. My son was convicted by the lies of 1 witness and a detective for the arresting agency. Now he testified as an amazing social media expert. Dude didn't know what an activity log is. Real good expert right? His every word had a lie attached. The court appointed another attorney, who ignored us 11 months and still does. He only responds about court dates. So after conviction, there's a new trial or an appeal. Those are the 2 chances we have to get the truth out. Nobody will help us and the first Attorney took every dollar I had, and then some, so I couldn't hire anyone else. I would've found a way to hire Mr. Pilato. Unfortunately, he couldn't take on our case because he's got others and so obviously, didn't have the time it would take for our case. I can't tell you how much I appreciated his honesty on that. Our other attorney didn't have time for our case, so he pushed trial back for 3+ years and was angry to start trial. He should've told me he didn't have time for our case. He didn't look at evidence, didn't interview witnesses. No time. Here, I've got a non-retained Attorney telling me honestly that he didn't have the time needed. That's Honest. I consulted with Louis Pilato several times. I found him to be very patient with my many, many questions. He is very knowledgeable in criminal law. I got so much more information from him than the Ghost of an Attorney that I had paid $70,000 to...again, , to sit and text his GF sitting with me in the hallway. Mr. Pilato answered my questions outright which is something I've never experienced before. Every other attorney was incredibly vague in answering anything until after retained I suppose. Even when they advertise, "free consultation" , all answers are, well, I'd have to be retained to answer that. Their free consults are a waste of time. Thanks to Mr. Pilato I understand a little better and have more knowledge as to what we need to do. I wouldn't have to do all the work I am doing now. All we needed was an Attorney. This would have been done already, and my son would be home. I know this is long. Bottom line is I'd recommend and hire Mr. Pilato in a heartbeat. You can't go wrong with that kind of Attorney.

I wish he performed as aggressively for me as his bio claims. He should have never taken my case. He did not locate necessary divorce papers, I had to obtain them. Took him eight months to contact the Attys involved, even though he had the divorce papers in hand with their names. He had the wrong ...name & file # on correspondence. My Email requests for info and updates went unanswered for months. He should have admitted he can not help me and stopped billing me. I need a Family practice or Probate Atty and he failed to recommended either to resolve my issues. He never offered any options how to proceed until six months later he emailed me option to sue the Attys involved then asked for another $7,800.00! I terminated him, requested a refund of legal fees paid (wasted) and will file a complaint with the BAR if not refunded. Very poor performance. Anybody can write a letter then wait for months until the recipient responds with a lame excuse, what good is that? He never filed a Complaint or petitioned the Court on my behalf, nothing to resolve my issue once he was notified what needed to be submitted, of which was the reason I hired him to obtain QUDROS ordered in 2013. I am very disappointed and still needing a Family law Atty that I now can no longer afford. Distraught over this! Much more to say but will refrain. I expect a Refund. I wasted 6k and over an entire year for absolutely nothing. He never read the Calpers manual how to separate funds or obtain values, nothing; but said he has experience with QUDRO'S. Two years now with no survivor benefits from my deceased spouse. Waste of my time and money. I have requested a refund.

Mr Lou worked on attempt to murder case for my family, At the beginning I was not very impressed when I met him but what a surprise!!he end up doing an excellent job My son got only a 3 years probation by my choice. He did not wanted me to take the plead but I needed to have my son by our side. Tha...nks Mr Lou