I can't thank him enough for an amazing quick job he's an excellent attorney I highly recommend him

Excellent attorney gets job done.if you need a great attorney call him.he is like a God

Just wants your money. Better off going with public defender

Con artist. I wouldn't give him a dime. Only ask for your money and brags about who he knows but make nothing happen. Only cares about the money playa around with your freedom. Your freedom nor situation matters to him. Once he gets your money ALL OF YOUR MONEY he throws you away like trash. If your want to see your situation get better than run the other way, he will do you no good. If I couldn’t give him a star he would not have the one I had to give.

He not a good lawyer he only wants your money

Con artist for sure! He will feed you to the state, and then feed you to the feds. All he want is money, money, money!!!! Do not hire unless you ready to do a lot of time.

bad news constantly beg for money puts no fight in towards your case horrible horrible do not have him represent you he will not help you

Excellent attorney, a little expensive but you get what you pay for.

Douglas prior attorney a very good attorney I would say excellent.

The best criminal lawyer in town

An Awesome Attorney!

I was charged with aggravated assault in Pinellas county. The year was 2015. I did not live in Pinellas county at the time and asked an attorney friend of mine for guidance in making a decision of who to hire. My friend told me to hire Doug Prior and I scheduled a meeting with him. During the meeting Doug claimed he knew everybody that needed to be known in Pinellas county, the state attorneys office, and all the judges. He said that he was going to try to get my case dismissed before charges were brought on me within the first 30 days. During that consultation he charged me $5,000 retainer fee and I signed a contract with him stating my total cost even if this went to trial would not exceed $10,000..... at this point in time I had no criminal record. Facts of the case: the victims had a gun on them. I was a licensed gun owner. I never pointed a weapon, or made any kind of verbal threat to do harm to these victims. The victims lied in the police report and then came in five months later for depositions and said a completely different story. Their credibility was shot.
Doug, however, refused to litigate the case. He cussed myself and my family out prior to my fourth trial date. I sat in county jail for almost a year and a half trying to get this resolved because Mr. Prior could not even get a bond granted for me. In total Mr. Prior Took $17,261 from me. He did this all while I was in county jail. My money was in a trust with the other attorney friend of mine. Doug, like the weasel he is, kept communicating with the other attorney stating he needed more money to do things like investigations and depositions even though we had a signed contract that said in total nothing would go over $10,000.
Being ignorant to the court system because of my lack of a record, I trusted my friends advice and believed that Mr. Prior had my best interest in mind. What a dreadful mistake that was. In a case that should have been dropped, I ended up going to prison for 4 mandatory years. I also got put on probation for an additional two years. I scored out to a total of 18 months in prison if the charges stuck. Mr. Prior could not even get me a downward departure.
Do not hand this man your money, because you’re better off going in representing yourself. Because of this man I lost my freedom, my business, my home, and my vehicles. Mr. Prior does not see human beings. He sees nothing but the money he can swindle out of you. So choose wisely when choosing an attorney. I wish I had the chance to do it over again because I would not have spent a day in county jail or even had to go to prison, because the facts of the case alone would have set me free.
I take full responsibility of the mistake I made hiring this man, or lack thereof. It is my responsibility now to make sure that none of you make the same mistake!

Great lawyer

If you want a no nonsense attorney that will give you the best possible outcome in any legal case for a reasonable rate then look no further!
Doug came as a referral from a friend who also trusted his legal representation and won his case when three other “big name” law firms tried to get him to take a plea deal.

Doug Prior is the best attorney in the Tampa Bay Area!!!!!!

I was in jail waiting to get out and seen Mr Prior walking in to see a client. I took it as a sign to ask for a business card and metioned calling him of course.
When I did I went to his office he helped me understand what he would do for my case and did just that. There were court dates and continuances and after all that, he got my charges dropped down like he said he would. Not very talkative but direct. Very knowledge but old school.

Very helpful and very professional!

HORRIBLE LAWYER! doesn't try to get the best deal possible, doesn't explain anything to you. Just says if you pay an substantial amount then he'll get it "taken care of" and "charges will be dropped." He asked me to sign a guilty plea in front of the judge, didn't give me a chance to read it at all. Never got a copy of the guilty plea like I asked. He takes advantage of young and dumb clients that have never been in trouble before. DO NOT HIRE HIM!