Laura Diane Horner

I’ve put tons of money into this lawyer, at the start she was supportive and ready. But after awhile she not only doesn’t get back to you but rather “ok” things never passed by the client. As a lawyer you are defending people who are “right and wrong” you professional want to be paid then please try ...to listen more, not blame the client and do what’s best for someone’s “life” cause that’s what they are coming to you for. No one wants their child, separation or divorce case to ruin their time on this planet. I would advise anyone to be cautious of this lawyer.

Laura was an amazing attorney. She answered any question I had with promptness and accuracy and never failed to give me the best advice. She got me a child support order on our first court date! I started receiving the funds through the state from my son's mothers paycheck almost immediately. I am a ...father with primary custody of my son thanks to Laura Horner.

Court is a process. Statues & legal jargon. I'm a carpenter. Who now has full custody based on..... well me.... And Laura's knowledge, diligence and advice. She's a professional with incredible knowledge of Illinois Family Law, and exactly how all that legal jargon applies to the rest of us. It...'s a process... and it's not fun. But you best be prepared if you find yourself here. She's not a salesperson, she won't promise stuff just for a retainer. And she's not just available 9-5. Negative reviews? Not every case & person is.... let's say... A winner. Take it for what it's worth. I have my son everyday.

Laura initially came off as a very confident lawyer and reassured me that the issues I was having regarding my ex would be taken care of without any trouble. She acted excited and ready to go. As soon as my ex retained a lawyer, she seemed very intimidated by their high profile. After 1 year, nothin...g happened with my case except for motions being filed which went no further then just the filings. I would reach out to Laura multiple times about really important issues and most of the responses took weeks, if any response at all. She always made suggestions based off of what she thought the judge would think or how she would look whether it was helping my situation or hindering it. At one point, I started feeling like she was putting me in a worse position then before hiring her. Finally I decided to seek new counsel after going a solid year without any change in my case. After getting a new lawyer, I realized just how unorganized she was, even in her office. Her Secretary was nice but seemed to not know what she was doing. I'm not one to go out of my way to write reviews, but with the amount of money I wasted, I am hoping to save someone else a potential let down financially and mentally.

She was the first attorney I had ever dealt with in my life and had the worst of experience. I had her as my attorney for about 7 months and would have sent her more than 100 emails most of them asking her over and over again about same questions for which I got no answers from her. I may be dumb, ...idiotic with my questions, but I asked her because I did not know. I did not know law and so I hired her. She would not answer them even if I asked the question for a month every day. Getting her on a call is even more difficult. She only gave me her office number where I can reach her. There was a time I had to call with a different name to get through to her. It was so worst at the end, she did not even answer my questions on billing and kept sending me notices. It was a nightmare hiring her, worse than the divorce itself. She did not do anything on the case and the case almost came to the trial. My next attorney had to work from scratch. It is not just the questions that she did not answer, even communications from the opposing counsel have been sent to me more than a week later. She would not even keep me posted on what she was communicating with the other attorney. Any documents that need my signature, she will say mail it to me. Scanned copy is not something she would encourage. Whether it was she sending me court documents or I sending her signed documents, it was all in mail. I thought that was the all attorneys worked until I worked with an efficient attorney. I was so clueless about my case and more so hopeless. She accidentally sent me an emaiI where she put me down saying things on email to the other attorney. If I was the only one treated so badly, I would like to ask her why? If you need a considerate, efficient and responsive attorney, keep looking.