PIPPEN LAW GROUP, PLLC

"I had my trust deed recorded, Changing it from my name into the trust. It was fairly easy with the quit claim deed but I was lucky because it was done within the time frame allowed. I was not told at the time the trust was made that there was active frame to change the deed"

"Not helpful especially when we have been dealing with the death of both parents. They are disorganized and only want to be paid more before providing information on estate planning that they already were paid to handle"

"5 years ago, my father and I went in to update his legal paperwork which included a Trust for his property & the Quit Claim Deed to file that Trust with the county. All of that was created by Pippen in proper order, but for reasons I can't begin to understand, the Deed was never filed with the county. When I called the office to ask why, he said the way he does it is he waits for the person to die before filing. I thought for 5 years that this had been taken care of. *Why* would anyone do it that way?! If you wait, that means a parent's kid(s) have to be able to find that paperwork (if they even know it exists in the first place, because not all parents are communicative) then pay extra lawyer fees to get it filed if you can't do it, don't trust yourself to do it right, or don't know how to do that yourself. In my case, I was advised by a different lawyer to get a title search on the house done to make sure there weren't any liens or other problems with the title before filing with the county. Three different lawyers I called about this were shocked that it hadn't been filed at the time the document was created. All in all, I had to spend $900 to get this taken care of by someone else--something that SHOULD have been done at the time the Deed was created! EDIT: Changing from 2 stars to one. After having my lawyer file the Trust with Hillsborough County, the property appraiser's office told me that the filing was rejected due to an error on the deed that was created at Pippen's office. The Lot number was wrong on the document! I contacted his office (twice) trying to get him to correct his office's mistake--never got a reply. He's clearly not interested in fixing the error. It has now cost me even more money to get the error fixed & the documents filed with the county."

"Joseph F. Pippin is a fraudster in my book. Wrote two trust agreements, two wills, an two Quit-Claim Deeds, for my aged, deaf and impaired mother. $1.1M in liquid assets disappeared out of her allegedly trust. Of course Pippin never recorded any the paper work. When I called to inquire about my beneficiary status, he told me to hire an attorney. He's a senior- citizen financial predator in my book."

"I have known Joe Pippen for years and he is an excellent attorney/ person and has your best interest at heart. He has always been fair and proffessional at all times. I highly recommend this firm. He is a strong believer in God and truly cares for your issue. If i could give him more stars I definitely would."