Joan Marie Fenstermaker

I hired Joan back in march of 2012 to help me get my security deposit back. My previous lanlord didn't notify me that they were planing on keeping my security deposit as a whole or portion. So I contacted Joan and she sent them the paperwork, within a few weeks they offered a settlement amount. So I ...was able to recoupe double my original deposit plus my attorney fees, which is standard in Illinois. She was very helpful, knowledgeble and friendly. In addition she was very fair with the fees as well. I liked the services she preformed so much that in my pursuit of purchasing a home, I chose Joan to help guide me along in the process. Turns out the contract with the sellers wasn't in my best interest so I decided to cancel it. But with that being said I will continue to use her services and refer her to anyone that I know that needs a real estate attorney.

Our pleasure with the professional,prompt and knowledgeable experience with Joan is immeasurable. Her rapid(within minutes) return of my phone call was impressive. Our case re: landlord/tenant problems was resolved very much to our satisfaction. Joan always went above and beyond throughout my many ...traumatic and dramatic moments during this dispute. Her knowledge of the law re: tenant rights was quite evident. I don't think you can do better than to hire Joan.

I contacted Joan Fenstermaker to help me recover my security deposit from a previous landlord. I gave her the details, but I thought I would not have a case because the landlord had some misleading documents. She assured me that we did have a good case, and she quickly got to work. She was extremely ...easy to talk to and accessible, and in less than 3 months, I had my full security deposit back.

Joan helped us with the purchase of a condo a few months ago. She was very responsive and easy to work with. She took the time to explain everything within the contracts etc and kept us very well informed. She also was kind enough to review our lease with our former landlord and offered very sound ...advise. Overall great experience and would recommend her again and again.

Joan has served as my real estate attorney since 2002, when I purchased my first home as a single woman. The number of challenges she had to deal with were staggering: a hostile seller, an inept title company, and a lender who wired the down payment to a non-existent office. What should have been on...e hour became nearly four. Joan was unflappable throughout the ordeal, fixing each problem as it arose, keeping me calm and collected, and all with mixture of professionalism, grace, and humor. Seven years later, in 2009, she helped my husband and me with the sale of that first condo and the purchase of our house, which again involved some odd challenges--but this time well after closing. About 2.5 years after we purchased the house, we received a letter from the county notifying us that our home would soon be sold due to unpaid back taxes. In a panic, I sent Joan an email on a Saturday afternoon. I heard back from her less than 5 minutes later. Over the course of the next several days, she tracked down the source of the problem (the title company never sent forwarded the back taxes they had collected from the previous owner), got the error fixed, and an official receipt of payment from Cook County. At every step of the way, Joan kept us informed, with written record whenever possible from all parties involved. And again, she did so with professionalism, patience, humor, and no shortage of TLC. She's a keeper.