Joan Marie Fenstermaker

Joan represented me through a long, difficult lawsuit against my landlord. She never gave up on it and pushed it through to its resolution and our win over one year later! She was incredibly persistent, helpful, supportive, professional, and kind. I would highly, highly recommend Joan to anyone havin...g landlord issues!

I'll do my best here but may have a hard time expressing in words how helpful and wonderful Joan was to work with. My wife and I ran into a situation with the apartment we were renting a few months back when some less than savory new tenants were moved in above us, who basically viewed this residenc...e as an extension of their college dorm. The culmination of a few months of trying to work with them and the landlord to make some kind of peace eventually resulted in me getting jumped in our own hallway by a few people the upstairs neighbors had over one night...We needed out, we were concerned for our future safety. A police report and a few lawyer calls later I got in touch with the tenant/landlord hotline to the city who were pretty helpful in giving me some direction. I had made quite a few calls prior, not to find a lawyer who would just say yes but to try and accumulate as much knowledge as I could about what my rights were and if I had any hope given my circumstances. The three before seemed to not have such a great grasp on the law and each left me looking back on the internet until I called Joan. I hadn't given up hope yet but things were not feeling the best back at our camp until we talked and what a breath of fresh air she was. She was kind and polite but yet like a pit bull ready to take on my case and was clearly concerned for what was in my best interest. She gave me a clear plan and a fresh confidence, she is incredibly versed in the law with a knack for making that information easy to understand and she never once faltered or thought to back down. She always answered my calls and more importantly, usually was the first to call with any new developments so I never had to sit around being stressed due to lack of updates. Through her we we able work with our previous landlord, get out of our lease so we could move to safety and get our security deposit back all in a tremendously short period of time. Joan was able to use my injury plus find a host of other areas where the landlord had violated the city code to make this possible. Bottom line, do not hesitate to call. I know I will be if ever anything should arise where I need her expertise.

I hired Joan hearing her add on WCPT progressive radio in Chicago many times. I was in serious need of the best help I could get. Joan is a ROCK! From what I have heard at the time and even since after our case...she never loses as she is very thorough, diligent, honest as a favorite family member &... knows the laws inside & out. She fights hard to write an incredible thorough case detailed to go against your landlord and fight for your rights on many areas you may not even know about....HIRE HER. Joan spent countless hours researching our case history, getting past court case history documents & statutes to be added to our case. She also worked tirelessly on this for us. I highly recommend her not just for her professional prowess, but also for her honest personality which shows she has a good heart, cares about all of her clients personally, tries to help as she can, & a very decent person with morals, ethics, & integrity. Her career is stacked with success stories & cases won for honest people who have or are being taken advantage of & in lawsuits against them. She is worth it! I GUARANTEE

Joan represented me in a case where our landlord had been taking advantage of us for quite some time. Joan was absolutely fantastic and our experience was outstanding. Her experience with these sorts of cases was invaluable to us and made the experience very simple. It was extremely easy to get in co...ntact with her and I would recommend her in a heart beat.