John August Staas

Mr. Staas handled my divorce case. Throughout the process, I found him responsive, patient and very knowledgeable about family law. He does not sugarcoat facts though, so sometimes I felt like crying and even angry at him, but at the same time he is very supportive and will fight for your best interests. I highly recommend him.

My husband and I have hired Mr. Staas for several legal matters (each one unique, each stressful, each involving real estate we owned) and each time we have been so glad - and relieved! - to have him as our attorney. He has been timely, thoughtful, highly strategic, and offers excellent counsel on a wide range of matters. Just what you need when dealing with a stressful legal situation. We cannot recommend him enough and will engage him the next time we need legal help.

August helped me to prepare documents for a green card (marriage-based case). During the whole process, August was very helpful and very quick responded to all our emails/calls/text messages. Also, I want to mention, that August was very patient with all my questions and always ready to explain/discuss them ( I am a very detail-oriented person, so I had A LOT OF questions). The result - I got my green card very quick and stress-free. THANK YOU, AUGUST!

Mr. Staas has provided legal assistance to me several times over the past 15 years. On a personal level he has helped me with a parenting agreement and was able to resolve an extremely complicated inheritance situation with my Spanish aunt that involved three states and two countries. On a professional level, he assisted a grassroots not-for-profit organization in which more than 80 volunteers (including myself) and staff sued the board of directors for control of the organization. With this case, he gave us countless hours in pro bono assistance over two years. In all of these instances, Mr. Staas was a sympathetic advocate, an objective and unflappable strategist, and an honest, forthright adviser. Every case had a positive outcome. I have recommended him to friends and I would hire him again without a second thought.

Mr. Staas handled my divorce several years ago with accurate advice and timely preparation of the necessary documents for the court appearance. His service was professional and efficient, and moreso, compassionate towards the emotional difficulty that is attached to any divorce. I very much appreciated the even and grounded attention he gave to the divorce. I have since consulted with Mr. Staas on issues of family trusts. I highly recommend Mr. Staas to anyone seeking experienced legal representation.

Without going into any of the specifics about my need for an attorney, I'm glad I found Mr. Staas when I did. Not only did he provide the legal expertise needed to resolve my situation, he also provided "common sense" guidance as well. Very important! He seems to have a "knack" for knowing what the "legal issues" are, and provides a clear and understandable vision of it. By the way, I found him very easy to be with and to have represented me in court. Since then I have referred him to a co-worker of mine and his feedback was nothing short of a huge "thank you" for my doing so. I would not hesitate to do so again! Highly recommended!

Mr Staas did a great job for me on a very high profile and very complex case, it lasted over 3 years, with tons of problems from my x wife. Mr Staas did a great job for me, he even brought in another Lawyer to help with moving case from the subs. to the chicago , where i got a more then fair judge I would say he is the best Lawyer i ever hired !

Mr. Staas is a money hungry lazy person.. I can't call him a lawyer because he will do absolutely nothing.. if you have an amicable divorce it's different but if you want child support or alimony or divisions of assets. Forget him! Division of assets? He will not even bother 2 minutes to look up value of your home online forget about the rest.. you will lose everything .. seriously that bad.. he comes to courts 1 hour late and totally Unprepared...