Kattman and Pinaud Eagerly took my retainer but did NOTHING for my case Jacksonville Florida

I wish I had posted on here earlier, to save others from the same fate.

I was completely ripped off by a moving company that took my belongings to a storage unit and held it hostage for additional monies, the basic nightmare of moving companies that you hear  I had just moved to Jax and utilized the referral system of the State Bar to find an attorney.  Mr Pinaud was referred and he assured me that he easily take this case even though the moving company was in another state.  

I submitted pictures, documents, copies of payments, you name it.  After weeks and weeks, then months and months of no response to my calls and queries, I went to his office to get all my documents back so I could get a real attorney that communicated with not only me, the client, but the offending party.  

He refused to come out, refused to communicate in any way and what tattered and few pieces the secretary provided for me of my file, there were NO documents or attempts to even contact the moving company. (Meanwhile the moving company was successfully sued by another party for the same reason).  

In my frustration, I contacted the State Bar of Reviews and not only did they barely respond to my letters, I discovered that Mr Pinaud was ON the board of reviews.  Interesting.  After weeks of demands, he FINALLY provided one letter that he supposedly sent to CA, with no proof of any contact with the moving company.  He suspiciously never had that letter or mentioned it prior the the Bar Review.  

It has been a few years, but I hope this helps anyone interested in utilizing this particular attorney.  I am sure they do some reponsible actions for others, but he was a terrible, irresponsible attorney for me.  I finally got my items from the moving company by paying over $1500 extra, but half was missing or distroyed.  Because of this attorney, I had no options for justice and took a huge loss, losing priceless family momentoes, losing so much money and feeling like I got ripped off twice. We tried to utilize other attorneys but Mr Pinaud mysteriously had lost the evidence and tried to say that I never gave him any.  

If there is a rebuttal to this posting by Mr Pinaud, he certainly will have put more energy and effort into a public report than he did into my valid case.  I wish I had read other's reports that are now on the internet before I retained him.  I can only let karma take care of injustice, but glad I can help it along with warning others.