Glen DeRonde / DeRonde & DeRonde DeRonde Fairfield Attorney Fraud Ripoff Complaint Fairfield California

I worked for Mr. DeRonde for three years as a legal assistant. During that time, I came to know Mr. Ken Bird well enough that I feel compelled to respond. The smear campaign against Mr. DeRonde is unfounded. I've been a paralegal for 18 years. During that time, I cannot count the amount of clients, especially in the family law arena, who have complained about the end result of their cases - especially when the bill comes due. They are the first to 'expect' their counsel to drop everything when they arrive at the office, without an appointment. They call incessantly about every detail, expect their counsel to file motion after request after document all to gain little, if any result (e.g. spending $500 to get $50 'for the principle of the issue'). And then the monthly bills come due; and then comes the complaining, back-pedaling and finger-pointing at the very person/office which was expected to respond each and every time. It has been the practice of the DeRonde law firm - certainly during my tenure, to explain to the clients that they have substantial control over their fees and costs.

That said, it is clear that the woma/en who feel compelled to smear Mr. DeRonde for mistakes and choices that Mr. Bird made are self-evident and self-serving. Mr. DeRonde had every right to expect full payment for all services rendered. In fact, Mr. DeRonde could have certainly filed a claim against the estate of Mr. Bird for the monies still owed him, yet apparently did not. I think the real truth of the issue is found in Ms. Donohue's own words - '...My father's dream of leaving a little something to give to his surviving children...' Clearly Mr. Bird's (and they can be called nothing less) stellar choices of marrying a mail order bride, fraudulently applying for and obtaining credit without her knowledge and to which she was liable, his poor judgment and management of his monies, conveying property to another in order to avoid inclusion in a lawsuit or other post-judgment collection attempt, all contributed to the unfortunate journey he traveled during the last years of his life. I'm sure (given my experience in this field) that Mr. Bird certainly didn't come into Mr. DeRonde's office and lay all his cards on the table about his misdeeds and choices - he handed a set of circumstances to Mr. DeRonde, and looked to him for the best end-result. More often than not, that is not an inexpensive situation.

Ms. Donahue, I challenge you... your statement that '[your] father's dream of leaving a little something to give to his surviving children...' seems to be fulfilled and realized by what appears to be a fraudulent conveyance of real property and bank account funds to you (certainly with apparent complicity on your behalf) which you certainly have gained some sort of use and enjoyment out of.

The bottom line is that your father, kind man that he might have been, made spectacularly poor choices, in both his personal life and prior to and during his dissolution. You now wish to point the finger at Mr. DeRonde attempting to hold him accountable and smear his name all because he did exactly what your father asked him to do - represent him in his dissolution - which resulted in monies owed to Mr. DeRonde for services rendered. Mr. DeRonde is an attorney. He makes his living as such - he's entitled to be paid all the fees and costs due him for his work and representation. Just as your father would expect full and complete payment for his services. I remember well Mr. Bird's track record of payment (or lack thereof). As evidenced by the public records contained in Bird v. Bird.

I hope your current attorney, Mr. Crum, representing you in Prudential Insurance v. Bird, et al. Solano County Superior Court Case No. 32942 - is aware of your behavior and attempted strong-arm tactics when you do not receive the outcome you believe yourself entitled to.