Have you ever watched The Godfather and wondered what it'd be like to have your own personal consigliere? That's how it felt to work with Ryan Law group - except more legal and with fewer horse heads. When the bank messed up our mortgage, Stacey Galloway fought passionately, creatively, urgently, and insistently to make it right. She tirelessly tried different solutions and stuck with us - and stayed on top of the bank - to ensure things got fixed and we could move on. I'd never recommend the closing experience we went through but I cannot imagine going through it without the Ryan Law group. read more

Stacey was our attorney for our house purchase and she made the entire process so easy for us. Super responsive and easy to communicate with at all hours of the day read more

Deanna and the team at Ryan Law group were wonderful to work with on a recent real estate transaction. Real estate transactions can be nerve-wracking and I needed a good attorney quickly. As soon as I first spoke with Deanna, I knew I would be in good hands and I was. She is very knowledgeable about real estate law and I highly recommend her. read more

Deanna and her team are absolute rockstars! We've worked with Ryan Law on multiple real estate transactions and each time it's a breath of fresh air. Such excellence in client service is uncommon, and Deanna and her team are extraordinary. Each and every experience has been superb, from initial communication, to responsiveness, to the value from the negotiations, to the smoothness of the closings, to just generally being available and helpful. Thank you, Deanna and Ryan Law!!! read more

Deanna and her team are awesome. They helped us purchase and sell a home earlier this year. We really appreciated how detail oriented and responsive they were. It made the home-buying-and-selling processes a breeze! Highly recommended! read more

Deanna and her team at Ryan Law were extremely responsive, efficient and effective in both the sale and purchase of my home . They were an absolute pleasure to work with and would utilize them again. Highly recommend them! read more

After reviewing and speaking with a few different law offices to represent me in the sale of my condo, I selected the Ryan Law Group. My first buyer fell through, and it took 7 months to finally close on the sale with another buyer, but Ryan Law Group was there every step of the way. They were great to work with and I highly recommend them! read more

Excellent firm. Easy to work with. Responsive. Had multiple properties purchased and closed with them. Highly recommended.

We have now worked with Deanna on two home sales and one purchase and both were seamless. We just sold a home and the timeline was quick but Ryan Law Group, Ltd. didn't miss a beat. They worked quickly and kept us informed every step of the way. I highly recommend them! read more

What a phenomenal law firm. Deanna and her team did a seamless and painless negotiation and closing of our condo sale in River North. Despite the less than ideal market conditions, the Ryan Law Group made the process worry free and look incredibly easy from start to finish. I recommend them highly and without reservation read more

I used Deanna Ryan twice to review my property contracts--once when buying my home and again when selling. I'm very particular about contracts, and during the review process she was patient to ensure everything was clear and right to my satisfaction. On selling, I also needed help finding outside counsel for a dispute with my buyer. The three other firms I reached out to ignored me, declined, or charged an extremely high retainer fee before working with me. Her referral was perfect. Well done all around, and thank you! read more

This is the 2nd time in a few years that we have used Deanna, Stacey and the team at Ryan Law Group. Timely, flexible, professional and always available! And yes, very reasonably priced!! We would highly recommend them to manage all the legal issues surrounding your next real estate transaction! read more

Ryan Law Group impressed us with their expertise and communication throughout our recent buying and selling process. Their professionalism and prompt, thorough responses eased the complexities of each transaction. Notably, their transparency and proactive approach set them apart, making the entire process stress-free. I highly recommend Ryan Law Group for their dedication and excellence. read more

Deanna and her team were wonderful to work with during our home sale process! Would highly recommend and work with again!

Ryan law team did a great job with an expedited closing, and had a lot of follow up with a difficult developer after closing. Much appreciated team. Jim read more

I recently had the pleasure of working with Ryan Law Group during my home buying and selling process, and I couldn't be more satisfied. Their team's professionalism and expertise made the experience seamless. They navigated the complexities of the transactions with clear communication, ensuring I felt informed and confident at every step. The dedication and strategic approach led to successful outcomes that exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend Ryan Law Group for anyone seeking a smooth and efficient home buying or selling experience. read more

The Home buying process is no joke! I wanted to highlight my legal because her service was beyond AMAZING! Deanna was a pleasure to work with and you always want her on your side! She is extremely knowledgeable, and returns emails like a champ! I wouldn't use annoy else with my closing! read more

Ryan law group did a great job helping us through the process of closing on our first home. They were there every step of the way to make sure we were taken care of in our contact and talk us through all our questions. read more

We are so happy we worked with Ryan Law Group! This was our first home buying experience and Deanna and Stacey were extremely helpful, organized, and clear about how the whole process was going to work. The team immediately came across as experts in their field which left us feeling at ease for the remainder of the process. Everyone was very responsive with communication, next steps, and answering any questions we had during the negotiation process (no matter how silly we thought they might be). We will definitely come back in the future and will be referring all of our friends to Ryan Law Group. If you have any real estate legal needs, these are your people! read more

Great service, we felt that the process was smooth and we didn't feel overwhelmed. We definitely recommend

Ryan Law Group was a great partner in the home buying/selling process. We had a challenging closing process and Stacey was a great support and fought for us through the process, even working through the weekend to help us out! We would strongly recommend the Ryan Law Group read more

Stacey Galloway & the rest of the Ryan Law Group team were amazing once again! We had a great experience working with Stacey when we purchased our prior home 5 years ago, and this time was no different. She made sure we that we understood & were comfortable with every step of the process, and went to bat for us during the final Purchase Contract negotiations. We couldn't have asked for better! read more

My wife and I worked with Stacey twice now for buying/selling homes and she was amazing! She was responsive and friendly, making sure we always understood the process and answered our questions. Highly recommend this group to anybody going through the home buying/selling process. read more

This group was easy to work with and professional. They covered all real estate needs very quickly and were patient with answering questions. read more

I really can't say enough about Deanna and the rest of the Ryan Law team. I was introduced to the firm through my realtor about 5 years ago, and they helped me with buying my first place. A couple of years later, I was having issues with our condo neighbor, so I reached out to Deanna again to ask a legal question - not really expecting much of a response. Not only did she respond, Deanna was incredibly thoughtful and provided me with excellent advice, reviewing my condo bi-laws to help me learn my rights. She even dealt with the neighbor in question, so I got to just tell him "you can talk to my attorney" which kept him out of my hair for awhile. Fast forward a few years, and I got the chance to hire Deanna again to help with the condo sale. I was in the process of moving to a new state at the time, and she (and her team) made the whole sale quite easy and painless. Deanna and her team are knowledgeable, professional, and truly go above and beyond to help their clients. I would recommend them to anyone who needs real estate law assistance. read more

Extremely disappointing. This was our 5th real estate transaction using the Ryan Law Group. Deanna and her team dropped the ball at our last purchase, and it cost us a lot of extra money, the opportunity to finance on a timely basis, and countless sleepless nights because unknown to us, our "3 flat" did not have a valid certificate of occupancy. This was our 5th purchase of an income property using The Ryan Law Group. At the closing, the seller indicated there was an injunction on the building in 1997. Ryan Law Group said the injunction had been resolved and "stamped", so all was OK. News to us... it wasn't. We couldn't finance, and when we asked Deanna for assistance - a phone call. a reply to an email, an explanation or direction on how to resolve this, she emailed "sorry I was in a meeting. You knew you had an injunction, and now you have to fix it". Prior, or at the closing, the seller should have been directed to clean up their mess (from 1997). We had to hire a new attorney (who couldn't believe the building was sold to us in the first place with a 21 year old injunction), decommission an old attic apartment, pay the city, get a city inspection, and wait to see if our building was a 2 flat or a 3 flat. Several months, and several thousands of dollars. No response, ever, from Deanna or her team. If you want beautiful sassy attorneys, hire The Ryan Law Group. If you want a clear title, hire someone else. read more

My partner and I had a great experience working with Stacey Galloway and Rachel Zusman. They were both very professional and we appreciated how detailed they were in outlining what we needed to do and when. Stacey was with us at the closing and was great at walking us through the mountains of paperwork and answering all of our questions. She also reached out to us afterwards to make sure we tied up any loose ends, which was very helpful. read more

The experience is awful from the beginning. In short, her firm is unprofessional, uncourteous and unreliable in communication and preparing documents. They took a lot of money from us and provided minimum and bad service. We wish we had chosen different attorney and hope everyone does the same. When we first inquired about the service and fee, Deanna was very quick in replying to us. But once, we decided to go with her group, it became a disaster. She waited until 30 minutes before the initial review period was due to send out the document to the seller's party. We did not have any time to review and discuss about what she sent. When we asked, she just said this is just standard procedure. We had to research online and tried to educate ourselves about the process. * She made a big mistake about the tax proration. Our property is in Evanston and she wrongly put 2015 as a reassessment year (it should be 2016). Fortunately, we found out and corrected it. Otherwise, we had to pay more for tax in 2016. * We could not contact her on phone or email until the last 2 days before the attorney review deadline. Feeling very frustrated, my wife had to compile a list of responses herself and sent to her. At the end, Deanna just literally took what my wife sent her to send to the seller's attorney. We feel that we did more work than her in this transaction. * One day before the closing day, Deanna's assistant sent out an email. They did not specify anything about instructions to pay the closing cost. Instead, they asked us to contact the lender directly. Worst than ever, she put in the wrong lender in the email and recipient. We switched lender couple days in the process and did notify them immediately. But they probably had trouble in communication among their team. * On the closing day, Deanna's assistant, Emily came in late by 15 minutes. She was unprepared and unprofessional. She had to take time to read about the documents which we didn't think she went through before. She explained to us the documents so fast and we had to ask her to slow down. - She totally missed on one page of the loan document where the lender put "30 year term" instead of "15 year term". We had to find that out ourselves and contacted the lender to fix it. - She was not able to answer our questions about tax proration, pre-paid HOA fees and the seller's attorney had to step in and show us the calculation. - She left early before we could get the keys and documents because she had to run for another closing. We can't trust someone who comes late and leaves early for such a big transaction. read more

If you do not use Deanna as your real estate attorney, you are nutso. Twice Deanna has helped us through two not-so-easy transactions and as long as she's in business, I will use her services and recommend her every chance I get. She is bright, sharp as a tack, knows her stuff, is responsive at all hours, plus is super friendly, peppy and nice; don't get me wrong though, if you get into nitty gritty ugly parts, she is one tough woman. I would not want to be on the wrong side of her. Due to a scheduling snafu, she wasn't able to attend our last closing but she sent her associate Emily who is every bit as fantastic and tough as Deanna. Do yourself a favor and be sure to hire Deanna. read more

This is the second time we engage with Ryan Law Group. This time Stacey Galloway helped us and was responsive, thoughtful and clearly understood our preferences and supported what was best for us (even if that meant the deal would not happen and therefore they wouldn't charge a fee). We had an extremely positive experience navigating a complex situation and highly recommend. We will seek them out again in the future. read more

My realtor picked Deanna for me, but I could not have found a better person to help me through the process of selling my condo if I had scoured Chicago myself. If you are looking for a real estate attorney, I can't recommend her enough! Deanna is maybe the best communicator I've ever met. She was so timely in every response - day and night. When I was freaking out about the black box I was in, she searched for info and kept me calm. When I had to sign paperwork, she literally came to me at my house to make it just that ridiculously easy. And all of this for a flat fee which was not nearly the fee she deserved in the end for all of her amazing attentiveness. Deanna is the best!! read more

If you are looking for a real estate attorney, look no further. The entire team at Ryan Law Group are outstanding. My husband and I recently purchased our first home and really lucked out by choosing Ryan Law Group. We worked closely with Stacey. She was very patient and responsive with us as we had a tons of questions being first time buyers. Her negotiation skills were on point too, getting us whatever we asked. At the closing, she did a fantastic job of talking through all the paperwork making us feel even better about signing. I cannot express enough how grateful my husband and I are to have had the opportunity to work with Stacey and the entire Ryan Law Group team. We would highly recommend them. read more

I have worked with Deanna and her group for over seven years. They are incredibly knowledgeable about Chicago Real Estate Law, very patient and thorough. They are personable, available and detail oriented. I would recommend Deanna and her team for any of my clients, buyer or seller. read more

Really easy enjoyable experience working with Ryan Law Group on the closing of our house. They were always very responsive and knowledgable. read more

I would have been about $4000 poorer had Emily not caught problems at closing. Their whole team is amazing and super professional. They respond very quickly and keep everyone in the loop throughout the process. Communication is key and they do it really well. They were very friendly and explained everything that I had questions about during the process. Even on the other property that I did not close on, they were very laid back and even helped to get my Earnest Money back to me. They are amazing. read more

Deanna helped my husband and I with a short sale property that took over 7 months to close. Throughout the whole process she was incredibly responsive and on top of things from the very beginning. Her flat fee was incredibly reasonable given the immense amount of work she did for us over a 7 month period. I'm not sure we even would have closed on the property with out her. Would recommend to anyone. read more

We were originally recommended to Ryan law group from our real estate agent. As first time home buyers my wife & I were new to the closing process. Deanna and her team were very responsive and helpful throughout this process, explaining/answering numerous questions. We also discovered an issue regarding certain rights within our condo, which Deanna and her team assured they would be able to resolve in time and appropriately - which they did! They went above and beyond what a typical buyers attorney would normally do. Our close went very smoothly and in reasonable time with Kaycee attending (who was also very experienced in the process). We would highly recommend Deanna and her team at Ryan Law Group. read more

Deanna conducted this long-distance closing with efficiency and accuracy. She was enjoyable to work with and I would totally recommend her and her staff. THE BEST. Truly. read more

Everyone we worked with at Ryan Law Group is personable, responded quickly to even the smallest questions or concerns, and made us feel confident (even as first-time home buyers)! Deanna and Stacey took time to make sure we understood the process, and advocated on our behalf during the closing process to ensure we got buyers credits that were needed. They quickly worked so that we could have a fast and stream-lined closing, all with humor and friendliness along the way making it an enjoyable process. Deanna's connections and coordination with other real-estate industry professionals made the entire buying process seamless. We highly recommend! read more

I was referred to Deanna by someone who said "I don't know if she can help, but let me give you her number". On one hand, she couldn't help because I need very specific legal services that she doesn't provide. On the other, she stayed on the phone, asked me questions, and referred me to someone great. I live 1,000 miles away and needed help, and even though she had nothing to gain from talking to me, she remained on the phone to make sure I was taken care of. Try finding someone else who will do that. read more