Jeffery John Tomczak

I regret hiring this guy for a minor criminal matter. He charged a lot of money, didn't do much at all in 18 months (continuance after continuance). In fact, I had to tell him what he needed to do as it was common sense. He acted as if he was still the state's attorney, never felt like he was on my ...side. He gave a good dog and pony show during the initial consultation, called me his "friend" since I had known him for close to 20 years. He put me on an emotional roller coaster for 18 months. I eventually fired him as he would never return my calls, responded to only one of several emails. It was obvious by his response that he didn't even read my email. I hired another attorney who resolved the matter to my satisfaction within about 60 days by using a program that Tomczak never even mentioned to me! There are some positive reviews but I don't trust them, not after my terrible experience. Reviews can be purchased, also posted by friends, family members and employees.

I hired Jeff Tomczak last year to represent me for DUI case. During my first meeting, Jeff and Robert Bodach convince me that I have a solid case and they can fight to drop the charges. They told me that if I do not fight the case, my license will be revoked and will have to serve jail time. Since ...I never had any stint with law enforcement agencies, I thought these are good guys willing to help me out. They told me that cops reports are always misleading with verbiage like “Alcohol Smell” – that I do not need to worry as they see these kinds reports every day. I was asked for more than four thousand for representation which I agreed as I was told that Jeff was a district attorney before opening his private practice and will be able to leverage his relationship to resolve the case - so I thought it is worth paying this large amount. I never saw Jeff after first meeting – my case was handled by Robert Bodach. After two court dates, I realized that Robert has not even read the police report and watched video as he was clueless about my case. As an attorney, I thought he will have a strategy to win the case or negotiate for a sentence – I was wrong. The only thing he insisted was conviction – at the end, I decided to go for conviction as my attorney was not willing to do anything. If I knew that is how this law firm works – I would have convicted myself at first hearing to save myself from hassles. I did not want to write the review as this experience causes so much pain to me and my family when we think about Bob and Jeff, but to prevent others from going through same pain, I am writing this review. Please think twice before hiring this firm – I am not sure how they are getting five reviews.

I went to see this lawyer for my case and he told me there was many ways to resolve in your favor. He told me he was the # 1 lawyer around and If I retained him ,he would be at court day one. Since he told me he had all this experience and he would handle the case, l retained him. He never showed u...p at court and never discussed anything about the case with me. He had a male associate who had appeared in court and never discussed any strategy to resolve the case in my favor. He seemed to have no experience in this type of case at all. His associate never wrote any motions. This Tomczak makes you believe that he is personally going to appear and diligently work on your case but does nothing.

We hired Jeff Tomczak and his Law Group. He told us about all his past accomplishments. Jeff assured us that we made a wise choice in choosing "The BEST Law Group in Will County" . After initially talking about the case, he said it would be an open and close case. He told me that HE would be the one ...working my case, however 3 months later, still no Tomczak. Instead, he sent one of his other attorneys, Bob Bodack. I called the office three times, left messages, and received no calls back. I finally got a call back from Jeff, because I stopped making payments. I did not want to hire the other attorneys at the law firm, I wanted Jeff. He said that all of the attorneys were his lawyers, and whoever was available would take the case. Due to Jeff's reputation, he was the one I wanted. However, Jeff no longer seems to want to take on cases, and just wants to take money for work poorly done. I did not hire Bob Bodack. I have never seen anything about Mr. Bodack, and would not have hired him if that was who I initially spoke with. He showed up late to every court date, had no information or knowledge of my case, and overall just did NOT have the confidence you would expect from a lawyer working for "The BEST Law Group in Will County". After I realized that Tomczak could not care less, I decided I no longer needed his law firm's services. DO YOUR RESEARCH. After making my decision, I found an awesome, young lawyer out of St. Charles, whom I am very pleased with. PS. We had to leave a star in order to leave a review. So, I guess we will leave one star for his initial presentation, because he had us fooled.