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Posted by Tom | August 06, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

Highly Recommended

I found Mike by 2 friends who had nothing but good things to say about him. You can add me to that list. He made the divorce process extremely manageable. Whenever I was feeling stressed he calmed me down. In court he was in full control and always well prepared. I would recommend him to anyone faced... with a divorce.

Posted by Yvette Rosales | July 18, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

Great Attorney

Mr. Lodermeier is very professional. He did a Quadro and closing for me. He has done a lot of work for my friends and family. He made every effort to make sure my case was handled properly.

Posted by Dave | May 28, 2015 | Child Support

Post-divorce Guidance

Michael was extremely helpful regarding a child support issue that I encountered a few years after my divorce was finalized. His advice allowed both sides to reach a settlement that helped to avoid a potentially lengthy litigation. For matters related to divorce, I would highly recommend Michael.

Posted by Reginald | May 20, 2015

engaging lawyer

Michael is an incredible lawyer. He is very intelligent and well prepared for court. He listens to his clients with empathy and a desire to provide the best legal service. He is highly respected by other lawyers and judges throughout Chicago.

Posted by Joel | July 15, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

Terrible lawyer for lawyering. Even worse in communicating

First, Michael lost every single contested issue in my divorce. Including money that was rightfully mine! How do you lose that battle? So ex got 2 times the money she deserved and I lost thousands! Second, Michael was terrible in preparation for the actual court date. Lastly, michael has not repli...ed to 75% of the emails I have sent him. Not even a perfunctory got it will get back to you. Just no response. And one point, I wrote him explaining that I have had 15 straight emails unanswered by him and I need responses to them. And I forwarded him another copy of each of the 15 unanswered emails. He finally replied to them. But did not actually answer my question on any of the issues. And mostly claimed he replied to said issue before. I said if he did to forward the response to me because I don't have them. He forwarded me zero responses. And didn't respond to any of my follow up questions. So I still currently have 15 unanswered questions. Plus I have sent him 5 additional questions since. And I have gotten zero replies on the 15 primal questions. And zero responses on the 5 subsequent responses. He is a nice man. But sadly he is a terrible lawyer (based on his lawyering skill) and an even worse communicator (responder to specific questions. Many of them sent multiple times without ever a reply). I would recommend him only to someone who wants to lose their case or get an inequitable and slanted against you response in a divorce situation. And if you want to lose, just know you will be incredibly frustrated at a lawyer that never answers your questions even if you ask them repeatedly.

Michael Lodermeier

Replied last July 15, 2015

This review makes me sad, but I am not surprised. This individual is still a client and suffers from a severe brain injury. If it weren't for a set of extremely reasonable and compassionate players (family, judge, guardian ad litem, family counselor and myself ) this person would be homeless, broke and would not be able to see his children. We are still working with him to increase his involvement with his kids and better his life. There is only so much an attorney can do for an individual.

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