Run, don't walk from this so called attorney! Looks like…read morehe's been paying for good reviews. He is horrible and unqualified to practice law! Please look up Hernando County Sheriff's page and search his name. You will see his mug shot! I turned him in to the Florida Bar Association and he was given a written reprimand! Lucky for him it only stays on his record for a year but if anyone would like to see it, please let me know and I will be happy to share it! While he was in review with my complaint, he tried to CYA and offered to right his wrong. Which I have proof of! Then when they only gave him a written reprimand, he went back on his word. Shocker! NOT. Now I'm headed back to the Bar Association with another complaint against him! He would love for me to just go away but it's never going to happen since he cost my grandson thousands in benefits!

Absolutely horrible. didn't properly file paperwork during my divorce and now I can't get anyone to…read moreanswer the phone.

Mr Wilkins was appointed to represent my daughter. He was helpful, informative reliable and was…read moreactually able to get her in to see the judge and finally do what the other attorneys hadn't been able to accomplish. Trust that he will be there for you!

We have been ignored and do not think that she is doing the best for my daughter. Already spent…read moremoney and when she wanted a prep meeting before mediation, all she said was , be calm during the session and that I (her mother) could not be in the room for support.. We have waited for a month for an answer about my daughter being able to stay in the home without her husband herassing her since he lives in another state. He abandoned her, she is afraid because of the drugs he was on and the company he keeps. not happy. Her receptionist has been rude at times.

Please do not hire her. She will take advantage of you, nickle and dime you, charge you for…read moreexpenses from the other side, refuse to give you a detail bill, continuously will ask for more money. She will not speak up on your behalf in court or the best intersest of your child. She will drag the case out to get more money. I am in a more of a worse position after hiring her than before. She will drag her feet on your expense. Stay away!

Don't do it! This guy has a reputation in hernando county of being some great family law attorney…read more For this reason, he charges much higher retaining fees than other attorneys. When i hired him I laid out $8000.00 for initial retainer. Then I never really spoke to him again. The only people you will ever see or talk to are his paralegals. After a couple of months waiting to get to a trial his office calls and says we are out of money and need another $8000.00 retainer! Unless you have money to burn, stay away from this guy. His reputation is based on old merits and he is not the pit bull attorney he supposedly once was. This is all presuming you are paying for your own attorney btw. If you are the party looking to take your soon to be ex to the cleaners and are planning on them paying for everything, including your attorney fees, you can disregard. But why would you want to waste all of that money giving it to this guy when you two could save it for yourselves and your children?

Best decision I ever made for one of the worst situations many of us are forced to go through. I…read moreknew my divorce was going to be a huge uphill battle and I wanted to make sure everything I did was exactly how it should be done and in my children's and my best interest. Over 30 years of marriage and with both college and minor children and I stay at home spouse for a few years, there is so much riding on my divorce outcome for the rest of my life. I interviewed 8 different lawyers. Mr. Cario is the ONLY one who mentioned how alimony had recently changed and I would be looking at paying the tax on alimony payments. That is a huge factor and no one else mentioned it! He asked what I wanted as the outcome: % of custody, house, retirement plan, and other things. He presented me with a brief review of a balanced outcome that might be in my best interest, with options based on what we had just discussed. Of course, he explained if he represented me, this would all be adjusted as information was provided with possible outcomes. He also clarified he takes care of the digging into the details because that is what he is paid for. The entire team at his firm is on top of everything. He also called me from his cell phone when I had a very urgent issue, while he was away dealing with just as serious of an issue for his family. When I apologized for taking him away from his issue, he told me not to worry. I already knew I had made the right decision, that just reinforced it. My outcome was more than I ever hoped for when talking to friends and family who have gone through a divorce before. My only advice for someone looking for a lawyer besides choosing Mr. Cario, do what they ask and provide what they need from you in the time period they recommend. Never have written a review before for anything! I had to for this experience and how well that took care of me. Lawyers can be expensive, yes. Great lawyers are more expensive. It's just the simple truth. My outcome 1000% justified his cost.

She was there to help me after my wife died and my stepsons father wanted to pull him out of school…read morewithin a week of his mothers death - We got the judge to issue an order to leave him in school till the end of the school year witch was four months away!

Highly recommend! If you're looking for quality and someone personable, attorney Smith won't…read moredisappoint.