Patrick handled my not-so-amicable divorce and post-divorce proceedings. His greatest strength is his ability to remain calm when everyone around him is unable to do so. His calmness and foresight allowed a complicated divorce to move along and not get bogged down in petty details. He understood t...hat the decisions being made in an emotional case would be long term and the agreement being reached had to work for both sides. A year and a half after my divorce was finalized, I lost my job. With no income, I was faced with having to modify both the maintenance and child support. Patrick worked with my ex-wife and her lawyer to negotiate a fair modification. After I found employment, I had to return to court to once again to readjust the terms of the marriage settlement agreement. In a tense situation in the courtroom, Patrick stood his ground and calmly and logically helped everyone come to agreement. If everyone in the legal profession was like Patrick, there would be less litigation and more collaboration. In what can be a cold and frightening legal system, he is a refreshing bit of humanity. I give Patrick and the entire law firm my highest recommendation.

I spent ten years of a horrible divorce with a high profile attorney who believed as Illinois does that fathers have no custody rights. Even with joint custody, he tried to get me to accept visitation status quo every other weekend ect and he made my ex wife residential guardian. This caused my son t...o move to a less safe city with a poor school system in spite of my arguments to be able to provide him a better life! Every opportunity I made for him was battled back in the courts: he wanted to play hockey at age 6, his Mother did not want to have to "traipse around after him"he wanted drum lessons, she thought it foolish. HE needed special help with reading for dyslexia, she did not want it to conflict with her schedule. My attorney age 70 thought I was foolish to fight for my son, his Mother knew best. It took me 10 years to fire him and find Patrick! Patrick is an amazing attorney and compassionate Human being. He fought for me, he understood me, he cared about my son and what was best for him. Please believe me, I lived the nightmare you may be in, I did the research and found the best attorney in Illinois, he proved his reputation to me by results. You can get my phone number from him and I will answer all your questions. My son is now 19 and lives with me full-time. He played hockey for 8 years and won state championship. He is the drummer in a band that has played festivals accross the Midwest and opened for legendary rock bands. He is a student at C.O.D. earning a degree in cyber security. Don't waste years of your life with the wrong attorney. Patrick changed my life and my sons life. I prayed for God to help me through this terrible struggle and he sent Patrick. Brian

Patrick Markey did an excellent job on my very complicated child custody case. It involved two separate jurisdictions and lawyers in two different states. He was clear with his expectations for how the case would proceed and extremely knowledgeable of the intricacies of child custody law. I would ...hire Mr. Markey and his team again in a heartbeat. Because of his hard work and excellent representation I was able to remain in the state where I lived with my child despite my ex's attempts to force us to move.

Patrick helped me put the finishing touches on my divorce agreement. He was concise, very easy to work with and very reasonable. A few years later when I had a issue arise over the agreement, he took my call for free and walked me through the issue which was raised by the other side and gave me h...is opinion. In the world of family law, he is a God send!

Patrick took a stressful and anxious time in my life and made me feel as calm and prepared as possible. He also kept me informed of anything and everything involved, always returned my calls promptly and never seemed aggravated with me when I would ask a bunch of questions or didn't understand somet...hing and required clarification. He is easy to talk to, respectful and even funny; Patrick is the kind of person I would want to be friends with outside of the nastiness of family court. Most importantly, I am very satisfied with the work Patrick did for me as my attorney and with his very reasonable rates. I am out of state, and I put a lot of trust in Patrick to represent me in a contentious and very important matter. I would hire him again without hesitation if I ever needed to [fingers crossed I don't have to] and enthusiastically recommend him to anyone in need of a family law attorney.