Shay T. Allen

Mr. Allen is very familiar with Order of Protection cases in Cook County. These can be tricky because any person can spitefully go to court and file (and be granted) an order of protection against you, w/o any evidence. Instead of attempting to represent myself, I hired Mr. Allen who was able to navi...gate the Cook County Circuit Court system, address the person who falsely accused me, and ultimately remained professional and neutral during a stressful time for me. The case was dismissed, w/o every having a hearing....which saved me a lot of time. I learned quite a bit from Mr. Allen!

Shay was always there for us. I was dealing with a domestic violence charge with NO priors. Nightmare that this went this far, but with Shay's represention was eventually resolved as case dismissed. Shay was always available, present, knowledgeable and is experienced. Thank goodness we had him on ou...r side.

He was very upfront in regards to my case. He made sure I had a clear understanding of what was going on, through every process. He did everything possible to produce to reach the best outcome. My case was not a common case but he helped me get through it and I am happy with the results. Couldn’t hav...e asked for a better attorney.

hired Mr. Allen for a criminal case. No, I would not hire him again, would not recommend him, and I would not use his services even if it was free. His court performance is the opposite of his resume. Mr. Allen’s resume is not completely true it’s a lot of puffing & misrepresentation of the truth.... I was baffled when he told me 3 minutes before court started he never handled a case like mine and was unsure. Yes Mr. Allen performance was evidence that he was unprepared and never handled a sample case period. Was nothing complicated or unusual about my case (12 people told the police that they were going to attack me upon my return to my house). Mr. Allen's performance in court was absolutely horrible. He was unprepared, stumbled and stutter over his words, he was incompetent. Mr. Allen is faint at heart he would a sample case as mine go on his record as a lost. The perpetrators incriminated themselves in court and you would think an experience and so call brilliant attorney would have use that valuable information to predicate a case & win. The attacker made a public threat in court in the present of Mr. Allen and the judge. once again Mr. Allen with his nonchalant attitude downplayed the threat instead of bringing attention to it. Mr. Allen is a poor communicator he does not return calls, he was careless and carefree about how he handled my case. Due to him I missed a time sensitive moment to sue the city for their negligence. Mr. Allen being such an experienced prosecutor should have been aware of the time. If anyone read the court transcript they would ask the question, How did he lose this case? I had judges, attorneys, and regular people ask me , What kind of lawyer did you have ? And what is his name to make sure I want hire him for anything? In conclusion, I do not give him any recommendation he is a terrible