Russell S Stegeman

I DO NOT recommend this attorney! He refuses to refund my money for not following through with his promises! Before I paid him he promised one thing and after I paid him he said something totally different and said what I wanted to go to court for will cost me more money! I paid my first installment ...in November 2023, he then tells me he will start working on my case immediately but in January nothing was ever filed, he apologized for not following up and stated, “he’s not sure how my case fell through the cracks “ I waited two more weeks and never received an intake form and nothing was ever filed. I then started to request a refund on numerous of occasions, once he responded, he says I’m not qualified for a refund and send me a false activity report for work he never did. This is unfair and deceptive! Please run far away from this attorney! If you been misled by this attorney please contact the better business bureau and Louisiana state board

DO NOT DO IT! I hired Mr. Stegeman for a custody case. My case got a little confusing and things were happening quicker than I expected. I spoke with one of his assistants on a Tuesday and she scheduled me to discuss more with Stegeman the next Thursday - he never called, I had to call him. Then when... I did call all I did was repeat the same information I told his assistant - he gave me 4 MINUTES of his time. I waited until the end of the day Friday for advice on how to proceed and still had no call back from his office. I needed someone who could help quick so I terminated Mr. Stegeman via email. I was informed by my new attorney that it normally takes about two weeks to get a refund on any unused retainer. I waited exactly two weeks to send a follow up email because I do understand things take time. It has been almost 30 days since I have terminated Mr. Stegeman and I still have not gotten at least a status of my refund and during this time they ''accidently'' drafted $500 from my account. Which when I called I was told to call my bank, but then miraculously after a few stern words they were able to void the charge. However, still no word on my retainer refund.

I am dealing with a non-compliant spouse, who I made domestic violence reports on but never heard from the organizations, social case workers or my husband's employers, the USMC. He had been enlisted for 11 years, we have been married 11 years and the Commanding officer nor any senior leaders would r...espond to my emails, letters or calls. They honorably discharged him 13 months after he deserted us. He was separated honorably for refusing the Covid19 Vaccine and the unit refused to reply for my requests to speak to them. The decree was served by a clerk official after 2 attempts, the first attempt was failed by 5 attempts to locate him but after I filed the 2nd time he was served the divorce decree and the child support papers successfully and the following day was when he left the state, throwing away all the contents of our home and changing his phone number, never contacting us since he was here in Louisiana. Child support court was on April 30 2021 and he did appear and he did sign the order but won't honor it. The garnishment office for the USMC was also sent a copy of the order for medical and financial support but they also were not very friendly and ignored me once I submitted the information required to garnish. The military has assisted him in avoiding responsibility and he will not open any case to the VA, because then I would be able to accomplish something through that route but they informed me on March 23 2023 to stop sending mail because they are not responsible for him or my personal issues, was how they worded it. Our son was diagnosed with ASD and that has prevented me from returning to the workforce and we have no income and nothing that I can do is what I am constantly being told by the federal state and local organizations that are put in place to assist victims of abuse and Neglect but I am ineligible for them all.