Donald Ray Anderson

I hired Don Anderson for contempt of court and visitation hearing. Long story short, he did nothing for me. He told me to not show up in court on my court hearing date because he said it was just going to be continued so I was foolish enough to listen to him and I didn't show up. The judge was angry ...because nobody was there on my behalf and issued a temporary order in the other parties favor. Don Anderson's office charged me $270 for nothing, sent a fax right away to the court house to let them know Don Anderson would not be representing me because I fired him but they have not refunded me my money as of yet. His secretary stated she mailed it yesterday.

I hired Mr Anderson 11 or so years ago while living in Colorado when my ex refused to return our children after scheduled visitation. I was referred to him via the Employee Assistance Service provided by my husband's employer. I did get my children back without having to come to California to get the...m but he did the bare minimum he could get away with and didn't even address all the issues I requested him to address. I would give him one star if it wasn't for his office staff. I didn't find him to be rude just very unmotivated without paying attention to detail. At the point I decided not to use him any longer he did return the balance of my retainer without a problem. Honestly I have experienced much worse lawyers. The one my ex hired a few years later to try to get him out of getting his child support reviewed was so bad I called him to tell him my ex had actually paid support for months HIS lawyer said he didn't. And he made our judge mad by constantly interrupting her and having his info wrong. All in all Mr Anderson was barely effective addressing only one item of several issues I hired him to handle. His office staff was wonderful to me however I would never go back to him again.

I hired Don Anderson to represent me for a custody case. He had horrible communication, promised things that he could not do, and made my case worse off then before I hired him. I felt as though he was actually helping my ex more than he was helping me. The office staff had the most horrible custo...mer service as well. They were extremely rude every time I called and acted like I was inconveniencing them. I would NOT recommend Don Anderson to anyone! Our attorney completely misguided us, was dishonest, and charged us for the same service multiple times. If you want your children and you like your money, you may want to look elsewhere.

I hired Mr. Anderson for contempt and child visitation for an up front cost of $2,500.00. He seemed nice enough at first but he'd go weeks without contact. At the contempt hearing he hardly spoke in my defense and I fielded the defenses to many of the accusations flung my way. His office staff Denise... was always very rude like I was taking up their time and talked to me like she'd rather not deal with me, yet I was their client. There were no meetings set up that I could attend because I live so far away and the phone meetings were brief and really were no help with my defense. they ended up just wasting the money I had paid leaving me without enough to finish the case even though he said the amount I paid would cover the whole case. He also hung up on me at one point because he was busy when it was his office called me, not the other way around. Mr. Anderson allowed the other party in this case to become aggressive, loud and angry with him but would not allow me to tell the court and did not tell the court himself, which I did not understand because it was relevant to my case. My papers were not filed on time resulting in them not being aaccepted by the court and the last straw was to set over the court date a week after taking a day off of work because he didn't know the correct court date. However due to not communicating with me, Mr. Anderson did not know the time of the court date and took it upon himself to delay the hearing even though both parties were there because the court had given a court date in writing weeks ago. Most of all, I am disappointed with the lack of communication and effective lawyering. I paid him up front a large sum of money and it felt as if he were not engaged during my whole court proceedings and definitely did not help me in the way I felt a lawyer should because I know nothing of the court systems. I felt betrayed by him and his office not doing their jobs because I trusted them to do so, especially at that high cost which greatly impacted my family. I was still found guilty and my case is not completed. I would not recommend Mr. Anderson unless you have money to burn without tangible positive results.

I hired Mr. Anderson for contempt and child custody. I paid the 3500.00 retainer and in one month he did no work. He never filed the contempt as he said he would and when I tried to fire him his office said I could NOT get back my 2800.00 balance due. I filed a complaint with CalBar and he did ret...urn the remainder after I wrote a demand letter letting him know his refusal to refund my large retainer was unconsionable in California. I quickly found another attorney who worked out very well, but Mr. Anderson's office will tell you what you want to hear just to get you off the phone and nothing gets done on your behalf. I feel bad for other clients who are told they cannot get their retainer back even if he has done very little or nothing for you in court.