Donald L. Schense

I hired Don for my divorce/custody case. I paid a flat rate and felt like I was treated as a bottom-of-the-pile client. Don was very difficult to contact via email, phone, and text, and would take days, weeks, or even up to a month to return messages. He also failed to communicate important informati...on - for example, he forwarded me very detailed questioning from the other party several weeks after my responses were due. I found out later in court that there had been two motions to receive the information, which I never knew because I had been in the dark about it. He overlooked several of my requests when we finally went to trial (his request for money owed was less than it should have been, child support was significantly less than it was calculated, no request of court fees paid by other party, etc.). Once documents were drafted, it was another two months before they were filed - the other lawyer claimed he had been waiting on Don. Don denied that claim, but I believe it based on my experiences with him. In the end, Don never even communicated that the papers had been filed, my ex told me and I had to contact Don in order to receive the papers. I have had multiple people ask me for information about my divorce attorney and my only response is, “go with anyone but him.”