Neal Adam Simon

After a nightmare divorce with nearly a decade mired in the Will County, IL family court system, to say I had lost hope is an understatement. More than hope, I have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to legal fees and attorneys who couldn't manage to outmaneuver a contentious, manipulative ex-spou...se who has been committed to create a legal circus out of our divorce. Having to work with a variety of attorneys throughout this particularly arduous legal battle, I feel uniquely, and unfortunately, qualified to share my experience with attorney Neal Simon. It is refreshing to encounter a family law attorney who operates from a platform of integrity, with such clear commitment to advocating for his client. There are some cases beyond a "usual and customary" divorce that call for extraordinary legal expertise. Mr. Simon has continually provided this for me in a manner that I respect and deeply appreciate. If I had hired him from day one, there is no doubt in my mind it would have saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars, and protected my children and me from six years of devastating emotional duress. I just wanted to say thank you to Mr. Simon, and I hope this helps someone out there avoid the costly and unnecessary path my previous attorneys led me down.

Mr. Simon was very professional and knowledgeable in the area of family law. He and his office were very prompt in responding to my questions, and he was able to explain legal terminology so that I could understand it. I was extremely satisfied with the services that he provided and would recommend h...im without hesitation.

Dr. Neal Simon was the attorney that I hired for my divorce case. I found Ventrelli Simon Family & Divorce Law Firm through Avvo.com where I read many positive reviews about the firm. So I called and met with Dr. Simon. As of today, my case has already been completed with success. It was quite a *REL...IEF* to have him on my side during this stressful and painful period of my life. Dr. Simon fully understood all the difficulties that I was experiencing as a client and made all his efforts to help me get out of that *BIG MESS*. Dr. Simon is a senior attorney with many years of legal experience in family law in Illinois and a high level of professionalism as a legal counsel. He is extremely skillful in designing strategies which will work as anticipated. He is also instrumental in persuading the other party to accept proposed agreements. Thanks to his legal expertise, for my case, it took just a little bit over 1.5 months to reach an agreement with the other party and to have the marriage dissolution order entered. At the end of the litigation, he also prevented me from being *harmed* by several other unreasonable requests from the other party, which really helped me out. Dr. Simon is an understanding person. During the course of my case, I mostly resided in another state about over 1,000 miles away from Illinois where the lawsuit was filed. Because it was a long distance lawsuit, I could not show up for most of the court hearings and was very concerned that the case would take forever to complete. Dr. Simon understood my concerns. He kept me well informed about the entire process in a timely manner, from each court order to each single E-mail communication with the other party. In addition, more importantly, he provided me with plenty of workable strategic advice on avoiding delays and expediting the litigation process. Dr. Simon is detail-oriented. As is typical in a divorce case, there are so many details in the final judgement and agreement that even a very minor change in language/wording could have a deep impact on the client’s obligations under the order. As for my case, Dr. Simon was able to foresee each and every (even remote) chance which the other party could possibly take advantage of and he was always able to come up with a solution to prevent me from becoming vulnerable. Among others, two specific examples from just the final prove-up hearing: 1) He asked me to verbally and clearly recite to the other party my E-mail address in front of the judge to avoid ever being held responsible by the other party for not providing sufficient information to effectuate and fulfil one of the terms in the agreement; 2) He helped me document every item that I handed over to the other party and had the other party sign a receipt that he drafted spontaneously right after the hearing Dr. Simon was conscientious (i.e., careful) about incurring attorney fees and was honest with me about how much was spent on what services. He would not incur fees unless the services were/would be necessary in bringing the case to completion in my favor. I was able to see the rationale/usefulness of each step he suggested. As a cost-sensitive person, I always carefully reviewed each invoice from him and compared the invoice items with what I had received: E-mails, letters, etc. I found they matched well. Each and every item listed in the invoice was justifiable by concrete evidences. So, I was never worried about being over-charged. To sum up, Dr. Neal Simon is a veteran attorney with a high level of legal expertise, a great sense of compassion, and is a person of strong integrity. Because my divorce case went through smoothly, I had full confidence in his work throughout the entire litigation. I am very satisfied with the final results. Therefore, I strongly recommend Dr. Neal Simon to whoever is starting to feel the stress and pains from the divorce lawsuit. He will be able to protect you and help you get out of that big mess *FAST AND EASY*.

Without question, the past two years have been the most difficult of my life. However, Mr. Simon's knowledge, approach, and work ethic gave me an assurance that everything was going to be ok. His honesty in letting me know what was worth fighting for and was worth letting go saved me in time, money, ...and sanity. He always had my back. Working on weekends, holidays, late into the nights, I was always knew Neal was prepared in case of the unknown. I would highly recommend Neal and his firm to anyone who is looking for a professional, honest, and loyal family attorney.