Ron W. Saxman

Ron Saxman is my attorney of choice. In fact, whenever anyone asks me to recommend an attorney for their divorce, only Ron Saxman comes to mind. I am a legal professional myself. I have been working in the area of family law since 2002. Choosing Mr. Saxman to represent me in my divorce case was o...ne of the best decisions I made to date. My personal experience during his representation of my case has been nothing short of exceptional. This is especially noteworthy because in my legal profession I have dealt with countless attorneys who do not make their clients’ best interest a priority. Mr. Saxman does and I got immediate results from my initial hearing. Prior to the hearing, Mr. Saxman appraised me of what I should expect. His assessment was right on point. Mr. Saxman correctly anticipated what my husband’s attorney would try to argue and he was prepared to rebut this argument. Following, Mr Saxman’s argument, the Judge on the record admonished opposing counsel. After the hearing, on the way to the parking lot, I happen to observe my husband screaming and waiving his arms at his attorney. Priceless. On a serious note, what the public does not realize is how demanding the work of a family law attorney is. Not many attorneys can handle it. This is so because understandably, going through a divorce is highly stressful and emotional. The parties’ family is breaking up and emotions are high. An experienced, ethical and knowledgeable attorney makes this difficult process a lot easier. That is what Ron Saxman did. He gave me sound advice and I listened. He was sensitive and mindful of my worries and concerns pertaining to my child. Today, my child is thriving and stable. I could not ask for more. Also, I love the fact that he dedicates his time as a professor in teaching Family Law, Community Property and Domestic Violence cases at two California Law Schools. I consider this an outmost dedication to his profession. In addition, Law Schools do not chose their Professors lightly. Law school are highly competitive. The fact that two California Law Schools have him as a professor, speaks volumes of his legal acumen. I happen to have met several of his students socially. Each of them expressed their enthusiasm and sense of privilege to be in his class. I agree! Again, I am forever grateful for Mr. Saxman’s sound advice, professional ethics, dedication to his profession, preparation, and the outmost dignified manner in which he conducted himself in court, all of which resulted in a positive outcome of my case. Once again, as a legal professional myself, I wholeheartedly and confidently recommend Ron Saxman to anyone who asks for a caring, dedicated , responsive and ethical attorney to represent them in their divorce. p.s. Mr. Saxman’s assistant, wonderful too! (Hi Mary!)

I was originally referred to R. Saxman to handle my desire to divorce my spouse and a restraining order/domestic abuse case I filed against my soon-to-be-ex-spouse. Upon my initial meeting with Mr. R. Saxman and prior to hiring him via $5000.00 retainer fee, he promised that I "had a good case". He... made mention of ways and intimidation tactics he would use against opposing counsel in order to win our case. He stated it had "nuisance value" and that he would use his "TMZ on speed dial" connection if he had to. Although that was not any where close to what I thought he might have to do, I also felt that I had a good case without having to "play dirty" as my estranged spouse at the time threatened towards me. During my separation and discovery phase, I found out from many other sources of my spouses past (mother of his child and her brother) that he had a history of violence and abuse, along with pathological lying. I even saved emails and texts from these witnesses to prove my case. One email in particular proved my former spouse committed PUJURY in our trial and in a legal Declaration Document for the judge. Saxman not only failed to pay attention to all the leg work I myself put into the investigation but somehow failed to get my requested permanent retraining order awarded by forcing me to "drop it". His reasoning was that he (SAXMAN) did not want to go before the judge that would be handling the conjoined Divorce/Domestic case. It was my first time in a court room and on a witness stand ever in my entire life. I had no experience nor was I prepped by Saxman. After not answering a question in a manner Saxman accepted, he pulled me aside (away from my mother who attended as support and adviser) and actually called me "stupid". When I reported to his secretary that Saxman appears to treat me in a degrading, chauvanistic and verbally intimidating manner, she did not sound surprised nor shocked. He later apologized. He quickly changed his tone and rudeness towards me for the next 1-2 times we spoke. That new leaf never lasted. Ron Saxman is extremely unprofessional with his female clients and does not follow through with his promised strategy/planning/advocacy for his clients. Knowing how I suffered in my marriage and was a victim of fraud & violence (verbal and physical) by a man who used bully tactics, you would think my attorney would be considerate and respectful in honoring my trusted future in his hands. He not only dragged on the case but let my former spouse and counsel get off the hook every time former spouse failed to bring (required by judge) documents to trial. This caused us to set more court dates, thus more attorney fees. In retrospect, my former spouse paid a flat rate to his attorney. I was billed for every 15 minutes that my attorney even thought about me. No wonder the divorce case was dragged on longer than the length of the marriage itself. It is my assessment that Ron Saxman is an old, tired, lacking passion for law anymore, insensitive, burned out attorney who is working in his old age to maintain his family demands and lifestyle. Advise: Choose an attorney who is still passionate about law and advocating for his clients and what he/she believes in. Don't choose SAXMAN....an obviously so disinterested and apparently bored and tired of law. I ended up settling for less compensation than what I was promised and deserved just to cease having to ever see my spouse AND Ron Saxman ever again. Two abusive men at once was costing me more in therapy fees than a monthly house payment. Not worth it. Only reason he gets 2 stars is because he's "seasoned" and has 1 out of 2 assistants in office that is professional & listened to my concern of Saxman calling me "Stupid" in a hallway. She (Mary) was probably the only reason Ron Saxman apologized to me for that incident. Thank you, Mary for support. Thank you, Saxman for nothing but exacerbation of distress and anxiety during a traumatic life experience