The Daron and Ron Barness Family Foundation donated $1 million to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix in 2006.
Ron Barness has been targeted in a number of civil lawsuits that were originally filed against him as principal and CEO of Barness Papas Investments (the parent company of Retail Brokers, Inc.).
All but one of the investor lawsuits has been successfully dismissed by the Maricopa County Superior Court. The single outstanding investor lawsuit is working its way through the legal system and will likely be dismissed soon. Those lawsuits were filed by a handful of investors who alleged that Ron and his partner did not accurately report earnings and the sales of property.