Anne B. Darring

Her resume says she was an attorney for 25yrs. Consequently she's a judge of, by and for attorneys. Not children or their parents. She allowed opposing attorney to break the rules of civil procedure and strategically delay the case. It took a year and a half to even get up to her bench because of re...set after reset after reset. Then she says she doesn't know the details of the case. In what other sector can someone have a project for a year and a half and not even be familiar with it. Opposing attorney used whiteout to falsify a doctor's note. I pointed this out and nothing was done. Allowed final order that essentially made it impossible to see my child. I'm discouraged to try to file again as it seems utterly futile. A once GREAT parent-child relationship severed.

OMG, the stories about this judge. Mothers that are drug addicts, mothers that live with drug addicts, mothers who have no place to live or jobs.... It doesn't matter to this judge.. She automatically assumes the mother will do a better job at parenting, even when the Dad had a stable life and home, ...no criminal background, had adequate finances, etc .. It's really sad

It is so sad and unfortunate to think that this is currently the presiding judge for the 306th district court in Texas. She is biased for ruling in favor of mothers to keep custody of children even after it has been proven to her that the mothers have done terrible things, such as cocaine abuse or pr...evented the fathers from seeing their kids just because the mother wasn't getting her way. She is also very far left in her believes, which is not a problem, but it becomes one when she thinks it is fine for an atheist mother to prevent a Christian father from seeing his child just because the mother doesn't agree with taking the child to church. There have been protests against this judge in Galveston. I'm disgusted at her ethical compass and at what she considers to be justice.

Attorney put her own needs before the client. Attorney failed to satisfy her end of the contract. During time attorney represented me, she was consistently distracted by her judicial campaign. Attorney's staff was unorganized, unprepared, and incapable of providing proper litigation support. Atto...rney verbally admitted that she and her staff "dropped the ball on me," but never really accepted responsibility for her lack of preparation, nor her staff's errors. Ultimately, attorney is responsible for handling client's case, not the staff. Attorney blamed staff. Attorney did not attend mediation with me. However, husband's attorney was in attendance with him during mediation. I received an email from attorney's paralegal late in the day before mediation that attorney would not be attending mediation (no reason given at that time). Attorney did not offer to send associate attorney in her place. No direct contact from attorney the day before mediation. Client was the one that initiated contact after she was a no show at mediation. Discovered later that attorney could not attend mediation because she had a campaign fundraiser to attend. Main contention point during divorce was not addressed by my attorney, and was not properly addressed during mediation because attorney was not there to fight for me. Result: Unfavorable outcome at mediation for me. Attorney's staff routinely sent documents to me for review which contained numerous errors; errors that could have been avoided if they had just opened up my file and reviewed it prior to preparing the documents. I spent a ridiculous amount of time correcting errors, and resending documents back to staff for correction, only to have documents returned to me with same and more errors. Final orders had significant errors. Attorney said she reviewed final orders page by page, but Attorney didn't catch/realize that there was a significant error when I mentioned the error in the possession portion of the order. I constantly had to double check the work of the attorney and her staff to ensure that the orders were correct. I did not pay attorney to do her work for her.

Anne helped me with a modification. She spoke to me and my children in a manner you would expect from a good friend. I know she's busy but she always promptly returned my calls. She was never late for court and always came prepared. Anne was ready to bend over backwards to assist me in my case and ne...ver kept anything from me, even when it wasn't good news. Her rates are not over-priced and her staff is always friendly and helpful. I would have no problem recommending Anne to any of my friends or family.