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The Pingelton Law Firm Pro

2.8
15 reviews

28 North 8th Street, Suite 408, Columbia, MO 65201, U.S.A.

Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall and 49 more

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About The Pingelton Law Firm

For more than thirty years, Pingelton Law Firm has provided high quality legal services to people throughout Missouri. Dan specializes in Family Law, Personal Injury & Education Law issues throughout Central Missouri.

Focused Practice. As a smaller, focused law firm, we concentrate our practice in the following areas: Family Law, Personal Injury, Felony Criminal Defense, and Education Law. Our principal attorney, Dan Pingelton, is licensed in all Missouri state and federal courts, as well as the United States Supreme Court. In addition to clients seeking him out directly, Mr. Pingelton receives referrals from other attorneys throughout Missouri who have clients needing help in these sub-specialties:

Family Law involving complex child support issues, such as problems with IV-D agencies; and special education law.

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Experience. Throughout a career spanning more than thirty years, Mr. Pingelton has had a wide variety of legal accomplishments throughout Missouri. He prevailed in one of the last paternity jury trials in Missouri. (The Missouri legislature has since abolished jury trials in parentage cases.) He won the last “alienation of affections” case in mid-Missouri, obtaining a jury verdict for both actual and punitive damages in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. (“Alienation of affections” was a venerable claim in Missouri, allowing a person to sue someone for stealing their spouse's affections. The Missouri Supreme Court has since abolished this type of lawsuit, believing it had become morally outdated.) Dan Pingelton has an excellent record of winning cases throughout Missouri.

 

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Family Law
Posted by anonymous
May 25, 2017
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I endured years of frivolous legal filings by an abusive ex husband who used the children as pawns to continue the abuse. Mr. Pingelton was truly amazing in handling the barrage of senseless petitions filed thru out the years. As quickly as Mr. Pingelton would defeat the allegations, another attorney would be hired to start another round. 14 years later, 3 well adjusted, happy, healthy adults emerged. Pingeltons superior legal expertise, experience and advice proved positively life altering.

 
Family Law
Posted by anonymous
May 22, 2017
Hired Attorney Daniel J. Pingelton

I don't know what I would have done without the Pingleton Law Firm going through my lengthy child custody/support case.
As sensitive as a custody cases are, Dan and his Assistant Kristy make you feel as comfortable as you possibly can be. They worry about all the stress and take care of issue in a very timely manor. I know i am in good hands with this team. I cannot express my gratitude enough for everything that has been done with my case.

 
Automobile Accidents
Posted by Lisa
March 06, 2025
Hired Attorney Daniel J. Pingelton

I was hit by a school bus approximately 18 years ago. The bus driver took a right turn on red. I had the green light, driving on the inside lane of a 4 lane road in Columbia. The bus driver broadsided me causing my truck to flip 2-3 times. I landed upside down in a ditch. Columbia, having a plentitude of doctors and nurses, I had numerous medical personnel in attendance. I was laid up, unable to work for a year. He’d work on my case, I’d call to see how it was going, etc. The very NEXT day when statute of limitations was up I got a call from Dan telling me the this. Obviously there’s much more. I ask, if he was johnny on the spot to call me about the statute why didn’t he call sooner to say he needed to file for an extension? My family was appalled with his lack of legal “skills”. I’ve had back surgery to boot.

 
Family Law
Posted by anonymous
July 23, 2025
Hired Attorney Daniel J. Pingelton

Dan Pingelton is the worst attorney I have ever seen. Refused to turn evidence over that would have won our case, refused to call out the lies from the guardian ad litem, refused to hold a corrupt judge accountable, but sure took that money and spent more time ion Italy than on my case. I called him out multiple times for lying to my face and as he said I have to work with this Judge. You are part of the problem with a broken system. You have allowed my daughter to me medicaly and mentaly abused as stated in the order and you did nothing!!!!!

 
Education Law
Posted by anonymous
April 17, 2025
Hired Attorney Daniel J. Pingelton

We had this attorney for a special education case for my son. He literally took a $5000 retainer for writing one letter which we said was not quite correct when he submitted it and for reading about the case over what was a 4 month period until the State civil rights disability office took it pro bono. He didn’t answer ongoing queries timely, he had my husband who is an elderly retired attorney with noted cognitive decline managing the back case organization of the file, he told us to get marital therapy seemingly unaware of my husbands neurological decline impacting his ability to help. He then maintained he was still our representative when we understood this letter to have “ fired” us by wasting case time to claim the entire retainer. Then due to ongoing issues with the case with civil rights and other attorneys he responded with threatening us to pursue ethics and malpractice investigations as “ frivolous suits”.

 
Divorce
Posted by anonymous
February 24, 2021
Hired Attorney Daniel J. Pingelton

Used delaying tactics to gain leverage on Ex. Never told me the strategy and it just dragged on. Hard to communicate. Charged for each phone call even if its a simple question on date of next hearing.

Response from Daniel J. Pingelton
If you were an actual client, please call my office and I'll be happy to review your case with you. We NEVER charge for phone calls like this, which leads me to believe you may be mistaking me for someone else.
Adoptions
Posted by anonymous
September 04, 2020
Hired Attorney Daniel J. Pingelton

Mr. Pingleton was our attorney for an uncontested adoption and failed to complete the process due to multiple errors on his part. He failed to file the paperwork correctly and ultimately we had to hire another attorney.

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Areas of Law

  • Personal Injury 21
    • Wrongful Death
    • Slip and Fall
    • Automobile Accidents And Injuries
    • Sexual Abuse
    • Accidents
    • Automobile Accidents
    • Automobile Negligence
    • Bicycle Accidents
    • Boating Accidents
    • Bodily Injury
    • Brain Injury
    • Bus Accidents
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Dog Bites
    • Head Injury
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents
    • Motorcycle Accidents
    • Pedestrian Injuries
    • Plaintiffs Personal Injury
    • Spinal Injury
    • Truck Accidents

  • Workers Compensation
  • Labor and Employment 1
    • Employment Law
  • Family Law 7
    • Divorce
    • Adoption Law
    • Child Custody
    • Child Support
    • Domestic Violence
    • Premarital Agreements
    • Spousal Support
  • Trusts and Estates 1
    • Estate Planning
  • Premises Liability
  • Education Law 4
    • Charter School Law
    • School Law
    • School Tenure
    • Special Education
  • Civil Rights 1
    • Title IX Discrimination
  • Criminal Law 8
    • DUI/DWI
    • Driving While Intoxicated
    • Felonies
    • Manslaughter
    • Misdemeanors
    • Murder
    • Theft
    • Traffic Violations
  • Assault 2
    • Assault and Battery
    • Sexual Assault
  • Drivers License Suspension

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