Lutins & Pilgreen, PC

Client Feedback Summary: 1. Superb service from a real pro! One of the greatest in the whole State of Virginia. 2. Seasoned, Smart and Aggressive3. Mr. Pilgreen is smooth as butter when it comes to family law matters and I highly recommend him for your legal representation. He and his team's attention to detail is perfect, and delivered excellence in case direction and preparation so that I could stay focused on my life and protect myself. And protect myself from family and potential future impacts of their weaponization of the system. He does not sugarcoat the hard truths or provide a lot of useless 'empty fluff' .  J Emmette Pilgreen IV knew the direct route to a positive outcome.  I would use him again and again - but hopefully we will not need a lawyer ever again!  Thank you Pilgreen Team for just the right amount of emotional support but more importantly - thanks for the comprehensive and thorough understanding of my legal woe and for delivering the winning approach.4. Mr. Pilgreen represented me in a guardianship and conservatorship case that also required removing rights from an existing power of attorney.  He and his office made a difficult process easy and removed the stress.5. Took the money but didnt followed through with the paper work, did 1/2 way and now said it my responsibility to file with the court. If i have to go to court to file, why do i need to pay you 5 times more then what the court cost for? Take thw advantage of the wife that dont speak much english. Took $500 and told her that to take care of the deed, but did not followed through then now saying that all they di is filled. Then we have to go to the court ourself to record it. If somene read this review pleade do yourself a favor RUN6. Mr. Pilgreen and his staff was simply amazing. They made my divorce easy and painless. Joy was amazing with answering questions and keeping me updated on the process. Thank you both so very much!7. I have received nothing but the best help from Mr. Pilgreen's office. Joy has been amazing with communication and helping me understand everything. Mr. Pilgreen has always been very helpful during all meetings with him. Both him and Joy are very knowledgeable and as a result has made this very hard and troubling time feel a lot more manageable. Thank you both.8. Mr. Pilgreen handled a few custody hearings on my behalf, and was very professional, blunt, and to the point, I will definitely seek his assistance again in the future if the need ever arises.9. Mr. Pilgreen comes in to court not knowing the details of his case frequently. I had to remind him of crucial details constantly and even needed to be corrected on the charges I faced. He is very often late or very close to the start time. I've smelled alcohol strongly on his breath on 2 separate occasions while representing me in court. He influenced me to take bad deals, ridiculed me and was down right disrespectful to my mother. I hired him for a custody situation and criminal charges. Even while I questioned that decison to hire him for both I felt I had explained my situation very well. He should be able to understand and represent me well. He never got past trying to speak over me and listen to me instead of himself talk. He's a decent salesman and has a good amount of reputation in Roanoke for Family Court that is carrying him. I assume from Lutins. As things piled up his inadequate work began to really show. Hire a better lawyer, save yourself being ridiculed and poorly represented. Criminal or Family Law10. I debated on leaving this review for some time now, but the time seems right. We inquired about Mr. Pilgreen after searching vigorously for lawyers in the Roanoke area, (we were not from the area and the case was taking place within the city). Going based on word of mouth, this was the guy to help our unorthodox custody case. It should have been a sign when our initial meeting had never been scheduled and we only found this out the day of, after we traveled over an hour to get there. So we had to schedule a month out, again, time of the essence! The initial consultation seemed promising, however the price of representation being $3,500 was eye opening. We were under the assumption this was a retainer and the hours would be billed off this payment. We were wrong. Not only did we only have all of 45 minutes face to face with Mr Pilgreen before our hearing, he was almost an hour late to our meeting and walked us out early! 3 days we had before our court hearing, THE WEEKEND! We gave him everything possible to make our case and he ended up getting in an argument with the judge. We lost everything due to this representation. The final blow was when we called about our “retainer” to be told that was a flat fee for the first and only court hearing. If we wanted anymore time with him, it would “be an extra fee”. Save yourself if you’re looking for reliable and cordial representation in Roanoke VA!!11. I am so thankful for Mr. Pilgreen. He creatively got me through a tough divorce. The team always kept me up to date on everything that was going on. Joy was wonderful to work15. Katie at the front desk was very helpful she is an amazing secretary and Because of her I am certain I will be using this law firm and retaining them for my future legal matters thank you Katie you were very helpful16. Although it's been since 2015 and I'm still regretting ever meeting Pilgreen. Lutins would've been the better choice Pilgreen dropped the ball and left me holding the blame Still paying dearly with no end in sight. If you think he's such a great lawyer you better think again17. Emmett Pilgreen is wonderful to work with. He keeps your situation real and honest and doesn't beat around the bush. He lets you know every outcome that could happen and leaves nothing to the imagination. He recently helped with a custody case and was very well respected within the judicial system. I will continue to work with Emmett and Lutins & Pilgreen for anything18. Great lawyers also friendly staff