I had previously closed on a townhome using one of the attorneys in this practice. Stacy was…read moreinstrumental in helping my purchase of the townhome to be completed. She was prompt, professional, and quick with her responses and her assistance. I had inquired about getting a trust and will update updated. I was recommended to Ken Piercey. I cannot recommend Kens team enough. From Donna and Maria, who worked with me to updating and gathering information to Ken, who worked tirelessly with me to get my will and trust updated. I was not the easiest customer due to personal reasons that made my completing my will and trust a challenge for me. They were patient, kind and understanding. When I came in to sign the paperwork for the will and trust, I could not have asked for a more professional experience. Ken took his time to explain the changes and made the process so much easier to understand. Having Ken provide his guidance and assistance in helping me complete the process was extremely helpful. Completing a will and trust can be complicated and emotional. Working with Ken and his team I had complete faith in the process and knowing I made the right decisions. I cannot recommend them enough.

Ken Piercey was incredibly helpful with my elderly mom's living will and power of attorney…read moredocuments. Responsive, professional and caring, he went out of his way to communicate and meet all our needs.

Mike McElroy has personally assisted our family with a range of simple to more complex estate…read moreplanning needs. We've personally worked with him now over ten years and he continues to provide sound expertise on our continually changing estate needs. He has always made himself available to answer our questions. Mike is honest in his estate counseling providing clear and direct understanding of our options. Ive referred many friends, family and clients to Mike and he has never disappointed. I highly recommend Mike McElroy is your are looking for a trustworthy and straightforward estate planning attorney.

The attorneys here are first rate. I worked with Caroline Hecht on estate planning when I was…read moreexpecting my twins and she was so helpful- she was patient, communicative, professional, and throughly explained all of our options. She is also just a kind a lovely person. I would recommend this law firm to anyone!

Anna Busch is beyond embarrassing when it comes to her legal practices. She was appointed to my…read morecase 4 years ago and has done nothing to help my son or my family. She is a very untruthful, biased attorney who would rather lie than do her job. She has never investigated any claims made in my case, but made the decision 4 years ago that my son should have contact with his father based on what his mother coached him to say. She tells me perception is everything, but how is that possible when we're talking about physical abuse? Anna really needs to look herself in the mirror and accept the fact that she's beyond terrible at her job, but she won't because how else would all of her vacations get paid for?

During the 1990's, when I lived in Illinois, I had Anna Markley Bush for my divorce attorney which…read morequickly turned into a child custody battle in Cook County, Illinois, no thanks to her. She did to me what she did to many others. Paula S. described it perfectly on 12/15/2020. Coincidentally, when I was talking to a co-worker, who described her negative experience with her attorney, stating that her attorney told her she'd "never lost a child custody case for any of her clients", I responded that mine told me those exact words. When I asked her who her attorney was, she said it was Anna Markley Bush, my attorney! Anna lied to me about so many things, and would tell my husband's attorney things that I thought was confidential, who, in turn told my husband. Little did she realize my husband relayed that information back to me once the divorce was finalized. We compared notes and agreed that we both had been duped by our attorneys who took all our life savings and any equity we had in our home. Anna will tell you anything she feels will benefit her and her pocketbook or her leisure time. She will feign sickness when she wants to go to lunch with her staff for their birthday or take a day off at your expense, instead of showing up in court, thereby stretching your case out and collecting more of your money. She even took the money I was to get in lieu of alimony money and charged me that amount to use that to make my final payment to her. She acts as if she is pro-woman, yet she doesn't care about anyone or anything but herself and buying another Benz, boat or summer home. She defends no one. She will sit on your case and will take her time to run up your bill. It took 3 years to finalize our divorce. And in that 3 years she successfully, along with my x-husband's attorney, financially destroyed us and our children for decades afterwards. If anyone here gave her 5 star maximum, it's probably one of her friends. NOTE: everyone else gave her ONE star rating. My case was in the 90', as was my co-worker's. And I see from the other one star comments that Anna Markley Bush only got lazier and more deceitful and greedier through 2020. Now Heise retired, and she has someone named "ANN" who she is teaching how to rip off clients, no doubt. DO NOT hire Anna Markley Bush or anyone who works with her. I speak from an experience that not only destroyed my life, but my x-husband's life, and the life and futures of all 3 of my children. She has a poor business ethics, and should have been disbarred long ago.

My husband and I highly recommend Michael Murphy. We hired him to represent us when we bought our…read morefirst home. We thought he was really informative and did a great job helping us work with the seller after our home inspection. It seemed like he was really knowledgeable about the process too. What most impressed us was how sincere his advocacy felt. At closing, we had some concerns about some of the repairs that seller made. He talked us through it, advised us on the best strategy, and stayed with us for several hours until we heard from the seller. It never felt like he was itching to leave during that time, which I would have expected since we were there for so long! Afterwards, he helped make sure the remaining repairs were taken care of. I can't comment on price, since my husband and I hired him through a plan. He always responded to e-mails on time, and was responsive when we called as well. Overall, Michael seemed reliable and trustworthy, and was a great advocate for us when we bought our first home. We highly recommend him!

Michael J. Murphy and Jolyn are incredible professionals. They have been my right arm for many…read moretransactions and I can always count on a smooth closing. It's obvious Michael knows everyone when he enters the office and a smile is always returned. Their fees are fare and well worth every penny. As an agent I am confident the process will go smoothly with Michael and Jolyn by my side. Three words: Thorough, efficient, knowledgable. As I have learned, they offer a variety of additional services my clients have been able to use as well such as estate planning.

Metro Market Appraisals provided a professional, thorough, and accurate home appraisal. The team…read morewas prompt, communicated clearly, and made the entire process easy to understand. I highly recommend them for anyone needing reliable appraisal services!

From the owner: Needing solid evidence to back up your property listing prices. Overpricing can lead to longer time…read moreon the market, while underpricing can result in financial losses. According to the NAR, homes priced correctly from the start sell 50% faster and are 10-15% more likely to be priced accurately, reducing the likelihood of price reductions later.

This firm uses bait and switch tactics. They were perfectly willing to work with me when they were…read moreunder the impression I would pay a retainer fee, but when I shared this was via a MetLife legal benefit from my employer, they then stated "unfortunately, due to their current trial schedule and current case load, our attorneys are unable to assist with your matter." Unethical.

Sandy was not at all what she representEd herself to be during my free consultation. She explained…read morethat I should be victorious, as she has had great success in McHenry County. Once she received my $3,500 retainer things changed. Sandy allowed several continuances from defendants attorney, often sided with them and tried to persuade me to give in to my former husband's demands. I needed to be my own advocate and do my own legal research to defend myself. She slandered me to the defendant!!! It cost me over $11,000 ! This has been the worst experience in my life.

I started working with Mr. Barney and his team over 10 years ago when I started my first business…read more He understood that I needed to watch every penny and that his success with me was dependent on my success. Since that time he has helped me purchase a company and start 2 spin-off companies. Mr. Barney and his team's unique perspectives make them my first call for all business and personal legal matters. Most businesses have a delicate balance between risk and financial success. Typically legal advice is one sided and purely looks at minimizing risk without evaluation of the business related costs of these decisions. Mr. Barney's broad business and legal perspectives have helped my businesses analyze risk vs. financial opportunities, and thus flourish. His team has guided me on a range of legal matters from how my companies should be structured to minimize exposure between businesses, to how class III medical devices should be labeled and marketed. I highly recommend Mr. Barney and his team for your legal needs.

From the owner: Barney & Karamanis, LLP provides comprehensive legal and advisory services to start-ups, early…read morestage and growing companies requiring progressive, efficient and cost effective legal representation of the highest quality. Our attorneys are counselors, strategists and advocates for public and private companies across a wide variety of industries and fields with an emphasis on technology, commercial real estate and international matters. We also represent individual entrepreneurs, investors, inventors and engineers, sales representatives and consultants, and senior level executives. In addition, Barney & Karamanis, LLP provides litigation and dispute resolution services to businesses and individuals including litigation management, business and commercial litigation, real estate litigation, Federal and State court litigation, patent and trademark disputes, International dispute resolution, personal injury and malpractice. We also act as local counsel for foreign clients and law firm.