Side-by-Side Comparison
Compare Divorce Lawyers
Pick any two Pinellas County divorce attorneys and see their track records side by side — objective counts from public court records, 2020–2026. No reviews, no star ratings, no scores.
Track Records Compared
Objective counts from Pinellas County dissolution-of-marriage court records, 2020–2026. Em dashes mean the value is not available in public records. Neither column is “better” — these are facts, not scores.
| Metric | Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IVGreene & Greene | Peter N. MerosMeros, Brennan & Brennan, P.A. |
|---|---|---|
| Years licensedFlorida Bar | 53 | 54 |
| Pinellas dissolutions of recordAll-years dissolution-of-marriage cases | 112 | 354 |
| Active last 12 monthsCases filed in the last year | 17 | 12 |
| Final judgmentsCases ending with a signed final judgment | 28 | 51 |
| DismissedCases closed without a final judgment | 0 | 2 |
| Settlement rate *See caveat below — not a win rate | 50.0% | 56.9% |
| Cases with childrenCustody and timesharing involved | 22 | 30 |
| Expert-witness casesCases with experts in the docket | 11 | 34 |
| Motions per caseAverage filings per case | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| HearingsDocketed hearings across cases | — | — |
| BadgesDeterministic, threshold-based — hover for criteria | VeteranVery active | VeteranHigh volumeVery activeHigh settlementHandles complex |
* Settlement rate: Share of final judgments with a settlement agreement in the docket. Dismissals are not counted as settlements, and most private settlements never appear in dockets.
How They Match Up
Every sentence below is generated from the same fixed count templates for every pair of attorneys — filled in from public court records, with the data source and time window labeled on each block. Higher counts are facts of record, not recommendations, and nothing here measures skill or predicts outcomes.
Experience
Pinellas: Clerk portal-verified dissolutions of record (all years) · Hillsborough: derived from 13th Circuit clerk case records (not portal-verified) · Florida Bar years licensed · filings in the last 12 months
- Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV has 112 Pinellas dissolution cases of record vs Peter N. Meros's 354 — 242 more cases of record for Peter N. Meros. A larger count means more documented Pinellas dissolutions, nothing more.
- Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV has been licensed 53 years vs Peter N. Meros's 54 — a 1-year difference in time licensed, not a measure of ability.
- In the last 12 months, Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV appeared in 17 newly filed cases vs Peter N. Meros's 12 — 5 more recent filings for Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV.
Filing Style
Analyzed 2020–2026 Pinellas docket sample
- Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV files an average of 3.7 motions per case vs Peter N. Meros's 4.1 — a similar volume of motion practice on the docket.
Documented Tendencies
Analyzed 2020–2026 Pinellas docket sample
- 14 of Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV's 28 sampled final judgments had a settlement agreement visible in the docket (50.0%).
- 29 of Peter N. Meros's 51 sampled final judgments had a settlement agreement visible in the docket (56.9%).
- Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV's sampled cases: 28 ended in final judgments, 0 closed without one (dismissed).
- Peter N. Meros's sampled cases: 51 ended in final judgments, 2 closed without one (dismissed).
Settlement figures count only settlement agreements visible in the docket — dismissals are not counted as settlements, and most private settlements never appear in dockets. This is a docket-visibility measure, not a win rate.
Judge Overlap
Case assignments in the analyzed 2020–2026 Pinellas docket sample — appearance counts, not outcomes
Both attorneys have appeared before 9 of the same judges in the analyzed sample. Appearance counts say how often each attorney has worked in that courtroom — nothing about results there.
| Judge | Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV | Peter N. Meros |
|---|---|---|
| Steve D. Berlin | 11 cases | 16 cases |
| Jack Helinger | 8 cases | 11 cases |
| Elizabeth Jack | 4 cases | 9 cases |
| Benjamin Thomas | 2 cases | 8 cases |
| Rebecca Hamilton | 3 cases | 5 cases |
| David R. Ellis | 3 cases | 4 cases |
| Frederick L. Pollack | 3 cases | 4 cases |
| Brian Gnage | 3 cases | 2 cases |
+ 1 more shared judge with smaller appearance counts
Head-to-Head
These attorneys have faced each other in 7 cases.
2 final judgments · 5 dismissed
In those shared cases, Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV was on the petitioner side 4 times and the respondent side 3 times — Peter N. Meros the reverse.
5 of 7 cases dismissed — procedural attrition dominant.
Most recent shared case filed 2025-10-21
Most Experience Against
Attorneys with the most documented cases opposite each of these two — useful if you are interviewing counsel and the other side has already retained one of them. Appearance counts are from public court records.
Opposite Raleigh 'Billy' Greene IV
Deduped head-to-head case counts, 2020–2026 docket sample
- Belinda Lazzara5 final judgments · 4 dismissed9 cases
- Mark Ossian3 final judgments · 0 dismissed3 cases
- Sean A. Costis2 final judgments · 0 dismissed2 cases
- Kelli Hanley Crabb2 final judgments · 0 dismissed2 cases
- Derek J. Byrne1 final judgment · 1 dismissed2 cases
Opposite Peter N. Meros
Deduped head-to-head case counts, 2020–2026 docket sample
- Sarah M. Chaves1 final judgment · 2 dismissed3 cases
- Ky Koch1 final judgment · 2 dismissed3 cases
- Richard A. Zacur3 final judgments · 0 dismissed3 cases
- Kelli Hanley Crabb1 final judgment · 1 dismissed2 cases
- Nancy Hutcheson Harris1 final judgment · 1 dismissed2 cases
Based on public court records covering 143 Pinellas County divorce attorneys, 2020–2026 · Data updated May 8, 2026 · How these rankings work