Ronald Allan Kingsford

Absolute TRAIN WRECK of a lawyer! Do not hire him! I had an ugly custody battle with my ex, where I needed to leave the state for my safety. I called his office, where he made lofty promises about not losing any time with my children. I had THREE phone calls with him, where all he wanted to do was ta...lk about money. The entirety of my legal consulting was with his paralegal, who assured me that Mr. Kingsford was diligently working on my case. I brought up multiple instances of my ex stalking me, claiming I had substance abuse issues. You name it, he claimed it. I asked what we were going to do about all of these accusations, and he simply said "I'll dispute those." When I went to give him character references and evidence of my ex's behavior he simply told me "it was too late to admit anything in evidence" Which now I know is completely untrue, he's simply a LAZY, MONEY HUNGRY attorney. I told him at one point police had been called, and instead of reaching out to the police to find out what had happened. He simply said, "we'll can get around that." Not to mention all of the time I'm out state, working two jobs and going to school full time. I heavily relied on him to actually do his job, keep me safe, and for me to get my children. When it came time to for the actual trial (that we went into with no character witnesses, no witnesses to back up my claims of abuse, people who knew that I was sober. You know, IMPORTANT things), he fumbled asking questions, had no responses for my ex's attorney. When it came down to finances and paperwork, HE DIDNT HAVE EVERYTHING FILED. I was missing important paperwork, that HIS OFFICE SAID I HAD GIVEN HIM. When the judge asked where all of this EXTREMELY IMPORTANT paperwork was. He simply shrugged. Not only did I look like a terrible mother, I walked out losing everything and with an insane amount of back child support. He allowed them to make me look like a complete mess, when all I wanted to do was fight for my children and keep myself safe. Mr. Kingsford is a complete joke, how he has any clients is beyond me. I have been trying to save up the money for a competent attorney just to fix all of the problems he has caused. Do not hire him, he will do more damage than he could ever prevent. He is a predatory attorney, he will promise you the world and give you nothing in return. I have nothing good to say about him, and tell everyone I can never to hire him.

I was looking for representation in a family matter that was meant to protect my rights and to assist in keeping my custody of my children. Mr. Kingsford seemed to be a lawyer to help me to do this. The Court was meant to just clarify Child Support, Visits, and the small things such as reporting scho...ol information and having access to records. First Court shows up and is basically preliminary, the second one also goes about the same. During this time I had wanted to speak to him regarding some details beyond our initial meeting when I hired him. I never could reach him and I was always left leaving messages for him to return my call. When we did talk it was brief and none of the items I hired him for were being addressed or getting a clear plan from Mr. Kingsford or his office. Then came when he took over 2 weeks to return my call with excuses saying he never recieved any of my original messages and was returning the last message that I had left over a week ago. I burned through about half of the money I had given him as a retainer and nothing was done. It was a clear waste of money, time, and only set myself back hiring Mr. Kingsford. I do admit in the begining he was all ears and that he could represent me and what I was looking to do in my case regarding the custody and details for my children. But I felt that after the money exchanged hands he became unavailable to consult with me. I would not recommend Mr. Kingsford to anyone.