Ask an Attorney
Florida’s Long-Running Radio Show
Joe Pippen Jr.’s radio show first aired in the fall of 1984.
For 34 years, attorney Joe Pippen Jr. has been on
radio giving legal advice to anyone who calls in
while he is on the air. His Ask an Attorney show
has been running longer than Rush Limbaugh’s
show, which was nationally syndicated in 1988, and
that is quite an accomplishment. It may sound crazy,
but Pippen gives advice for free while volunteering
his time as a way to give back to the community.
As a young lawyer, he was looking for a way to
help others and to contribute to the community. He
began by answering legal questions that were sent to
a local newspaper and by speaking to organizations.
When the opportunity came up to do this on the
radio, he began answering legal questions on the air
for those who might not be able to afford an attorney.
He has helped thousands of people over the years,
answering questions about everything from parking
tickets to divorce. He then realized that this valuable
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information needed to be in a book so that people
could refer to it whenever they had questions, like
a law school for non-lawyers. His book, Ask an
Attorney: All About Florida Law, makes it possible
for readers to keep up with Florida law in an easy
question-and-answer format similar to his radio
show. He has also authored several other books.
Through his radio show, he hopes to show people
that good legal advice is affordable and that anyone
with a legal problem should be able to get help.
Pippen begins each radio show with the statement
“We’re here to help you anyway we can,” and he
means it.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Attorney Joe Pippen Jr. can be contacted
at (727) 586-3306 ext. 200 or by emailing joe@attypip.com.
His Largo office is at 1920 East Bay Drive.
SHOW TIMES
Ask an Attorney is at 8 a.m. Saturdays on numerous stations including WTBN-AM 570 & 910; WGUL- AM 860;
WWMI-AM 1380; WSCQ-FM 96.3; WLSS-AM 930; and WFJV-FM 103.3. There are two Sunday options, one at
5 p.m. on WTBN-AM 570 & 910 and then every other Sunday on WFLA-970 a.m. at 6 a.m.