Anne B. Darring

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 was my 2nd attorney who represented me for my divorce. She has highly recommended by another attorney friend of my family. She was always on top of things and kept me informed concerning my case. She did have her assistants handle the paperwork for the most part, but Anne was on top of things.... Her and everyone in her office including the receptionist were very professional and treated me as though they truly cared about me and what was in my best interest. If necessary, I would use her services again. I would recommend her firm to everyone.

I have worked in the legal field for many years and have an enormous amount of respect for Anne Darring. She is knowledgeable and keeps herself family law knowledge current. She is recognized and well respected in Galveston County. She is very personable and easy to be around. Her office staff is... friendly, helpful and knowledgeable in their own right. If - heaven forbid - I were to need a divorce again, she would be the first person I would call. I would recommend her to friend.

Anne represented me in my divorce/custody case. I had been represented by one attorney before her and switched to her based upon a referral of a friend. My case was heading downward until Anne came in and picked up the pieces. Her and her staff kept me informed and if I ever wanted to speak directly ...to my attorney I did not get the run around as I did with my previous attorney. After a long hard fight I kept the custody of my children and was awarded a fair property division. Thanks Anne for caring for my case like you did!

She does give a great sales pitch then your passed around from para-legal to para-legal regarding all the mistakes they make. Appears she is too busy for my case and is representing my soon to be ex as well. I have to beg for information and/or corrections to the many mistakes they have made to d...ate. Can't wait to have this relationship with her and her staff end!