Kenneth G. Raggio

I hired Ken to represent me in my divorce after interviewing another leading attorney. My spouse was being difficult and we had to drag him down to court for a hearing. Ken Raggio was so much better prepared than the other side that we did very well at that hearing. It set up the situation so tha...t my case could be settled very favorably to me. I highly recommend Ken Raggio and his firm - and I got above-guideline child support.

I looked up international divorce on the web. I found Ken Raggio. I was also referred to him by an attorney who knows the reputation of the Raggio’s in the Dallas legal community and specifically in divorce and family law. Specifically, my husband and I had last lived together at his home in... Germany. Which meant that this was an international divorce case. My goals were very clear: I wanted to get a divorce, instead of spending months or years and a small fortune dealing with jurisdictional issues that arise all the time in international divorces. So Ken devised a straightforward and efficient plan to try and help me achieve my goal. And it worked! I went to court with Ken just three months after the divorce was filed and got my divorce granted. I appreciate Ken’s quick analysis of my situation and very accurate advice. It led me to the exact resolution that I desired.

Earlier this year I went to my doctor for a routine visit. They said my medical insurance was invalid. I called my insurance compnay who told me, oh by the way, he was not an employee. I had trusted my spouse to handle our finances so for the first time I checked out the bank account. I found extr...avegant travel expenses that my spouse had taken a paramour on, because I certainly wasn’t there–or even knew about these trips. My sister works at the Dallas County Courthouse and suggested that I call Ken Raggio and set up an appointment, which I did. My spouse was in town then, but stated he would be going out of the country to work and wouldn’t be back for months. So I made the gut-wretching decision to file then and get him served while he was still here. So there. The case got started. My spouse also hired good lawyers, so we informally exchanged a lot of documents and account information. I concluded that my spouse had wasted hundreds of thousands of our dollars on the paramour and on other things. I felt I was getting, with Ken’s direction, enough information to be able to assess my currrent situation–one I never really expected or wanted to be in. Ken explained to me–several times– how the law would likely be applied to the facts of my case. He kept me focused on what could be, not upon what I wanted things to be. So equipped with this knowledge, I dealt with my spouse to see if we could cut a deal. I contunually asked Ken questions about this or that issue. And he would advise me on my range of options. Eventaully we did get to an agreement, and I got the house that my spouse owned prior to our marriage. But the deal we had made had to be very tightly papered, as I felt my ex-spouse would likely disappear as soon as the divirce decree was signed. So we had a small mountain of deliverables that I got from my spouse at Court when BOTH of us appeared to give testimony to prove up the facts of out agreement. Yes, I wish the divorce had been easier and cheaper. But already just a week or so after the divorce, the house has been transferred to my name, the debt on the house paid off, the money I was to get transferred to my account, and most of the other details have been fulfilled. The retirement order has already been approved as “qualified.” I am grateful that Ken and his firm were there to help me. I feel that I am much better off where I am now, with the divorce over with, than waiting for a multiday trial to come up next year. There would have been a lot of expense to get things ready for mediation and for trial, and I am glas not to have had to do all those steps. I didn’t expect to have to hire Ken this year, but I am glad that I did. I highly recommend Ken and his firm.

Ken Raggio was referred to me by my best friend whose husband is another leading lawyer here in Dallas. I had never had a need to actually find a lawyer for myself, as my husband had taken care of all those things for years. Ken quickly started the divorce process at my directive and assembled a te...am that dealt with the extremely complicated financial arrangements that my husband had set up over the recent years. Ken showed me how my husband had had me previously sign documents that really weren’t what I had intent of doing, but I had trusted my husband to do what’s right. But Ken unraveled it and explained to me what had gone on, what the deal was currently, and what I could do about it. And that at some point, he helped me realize that the extra money in dispute becomes “silly money,” and that what we were essentially fighting over was who was going to determine who gives the most to trusts and charities after we passed. During the prove-up of our agreed divorce before the Judge, Ken recessed the hearing to ensure that the very large transfer payment - - far greater than what I was ever told (or had dreamed) my husband’s and my total estate to be worth - - was transferred to my control. I’ve talked to friends who have been in divorce cases with big legal fees and hassles that I think, if Ken had been representing them, they would have been able to avoid. His ability to get involved quickly, learn difficult and complex facts and scenarios, and tell me in simple terms what my choices were, made this stressful process a whole lot less stressful. I highly recommend Ken Raggio. EW