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Posted by Charlene | September 13, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Wonderful adoption attorney

Denise helped us re-adopt our children from China in 2013 and 2015. She was very communicative, knowledgeable, helpful and kind throughout the process. She did a great job letting us know what steps needed to be taken and what the expected time to completion would be. She also helped us in the proces...s of our second adoption clarifying with our social worker what the requirements are regarding visas, citizenship and re-adoption when only one parent travels. We highly recommend Denise.

Posted by Kaitlyn | September 13, 2015 | Hired Attorney

By far best adoption attorney!

Denise did an excellent job with our contested step parent adoption case! She was extremely knowledgable and thorough catching every little detail possible. She has great relationships and is highly respected with judges and other attorneys and helped us get our adoption finalized really fast! I woul...d highly recommend Denise as the best adoption attorney in the area she will give you her full on attention and work diligently until the job is complete and you complete your family :)

Posted by Dominic | September 13, 2015 | Hired Attorney

THE BEST

So glad I hired Denise for our adoption case. She was the most informative, knowledgeable and diligent attorney I have ever encountered. She made the entire process smooth and explained everything in detail answering all questions promptly. She truly cared about my family and getting the job done qu...ickly. Unlike most attorneys who just want to take all your money her interest was in our family. I believe Her background as a dcfs worker Made her knowledge on child laws much more extensive. Hands down best adoption attorney around !!

Posted by anonymous | September 11, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Denise is an exceptional adoption attorney!!

Denise was an excellent facilitatior of our adoption. She is efficient, professional and kind, which is exactly what you need from your adoption attorney. She simplified the process as much as possible. We felt well informed and prepared for our adoption hearing. She is highly recommended.

Posted by anonymous | September 12, 2015

Bad Experience with Denise Patton and do NOT Recommend

My husband and I had a bad experience overall with Denise, dealing with egg donation. (1)She did not seem to want to meet us in person but rather discuss over the phone, (2)she sent us contracts with the wrong donor number, incorrect donor law firm as well as multiple mistakes that we had to bring to... her attention to have fixed, (3)she emailed us her other clients private information, (4)she lost track of the checks we sent her and requested more money and (5)her pricing was higher than other attorney's in this field. We will not use her in the future nor do not recommend her.

Denise Patton

Replied last September 12, 2015

I am surprised and sorry to hear the negative comment above. I have been practicing in the area of adoption for law for 17 years and in the area of Assisted Reproductive Technology for over 10 years and together I have represented over 1,600 clients and never had such a complaint. Because I am bound by attorney-client privilege (a privilege which belongs to the client) I am unable to respond in detail regarding this particular situation. I can respond in general that whenever I am retained to draft and/or review a contract with a client it is ALWAYS my preference to go over the initial agreement in person with my clients. I appreciate that sometimes clients cannot or will not take off of work to meet with me in-person and/or that they may not wish to drive a long distance for a contract review and in these circumstances I do offer my clients the option to have a phone review. The choice about having a phone review or meeting in-person is always their choice. The vast majority of my clients choose to meet with me in person while we review the initial draft and then we go over subsequent changes over the phone, that being said, if a client indicated that they would like to meet again in-person I would NEVER have a problem with that. Unlike many other attorneys I do offer evening and weekend hours for the convenience of my clients but these appointments are over the phone. Regarding my fees, I am very upfront about my fees and pride myself on keeping my fees reasonable and very competitive. More specifically, my legal fee for drafting one Egg Donation Agreement Direct Agreement between the Intended Parents and a Donor is a flat $600.00 and my legal fee for reviewing an Egg Donation agreement between the Intended Parents and the agency is a flat $200.00. I am proud to say that my legal fees for Adoption are among the lowest in Illinois and are posted on my website.

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