Ron W. Saxman

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