Jaclyn R. DeSana

Review for Jacklyn Desana I am writing to share my experience with Jacklyn Desana, highlighting how she mishandled critical aspects of my divorce case. While she provided assistance with securing temporary child support and completing the allocation judgment for custody, her failure to manage the ...discovery process left significant gaps, ultimately undermining my case. Working with Jacklyn became increasingly difficult when I started raising questions about discovery-related documents from opposing counsel. I specifically asked for information regarding rental income, tenant payments, and my husband’s tax returns. Jacklyn assured me via email—correspondence I still have—that she had everything. However, when I asked her to send the requested documents, nothing was provided. Discovery was scheduled to close on September 27, 2024, but she withdrew from my case on September 13, 2024, leaving the process unfinished, even though I repeatedly expressed concerns about its completeness. Now, with pre-trial scheduled for December 2, 2024, I am left without an accurate valuation of the marital estate. After hiring new counsel to review the discovery process, we found numerous missing documents in the file she handed over. Key records, such as tax returns for 2021, 2022, and 2023, updated pay stubs for 2023-2024, pension information, property sale details, and bank statements from 2023-2024, were missing. Without these essential documents, I am unable to assess the full value of the marital estate. Jacklyn had an entire year to complete discovery, yet very little was accomplished. When my new attorney sent a 201K request for the missing information, opposing counsel refused to comply, citing Jacklyn’s prior agreement to prematurely close discovery. Despite my concerns, Jacklyn assured me that discovery was still open—an assertion I can verify with documentation. Unfortunately, this was untrue, and the discovery phase was never completed. I paid Jacklyn $50,000 from 2023 to 2024, only to receive incomplete work that has jeopardized my case. While the firm may attempt to portray me as a difficult client, it’s important to acknowledge that we successfully collaborated on temporary child support and reached a favorable custody agreement through a GAL. The real issue lies in Jacklyn's lack of professionalism and focus on billing rather than the case. She frequently sent itemized invoices totaling $5,000 per month, primarily for responding to my emails asking for updates on discovery. Instead of focusing on completing discovery, she seemed more interested in accessing my personal financial information, as if her objective was to drain my resources. I also expected her to inform the judge about opposing counsel’s lack of compliance, but instead, billing issues took precedence. Jacklyn failed to provide essential documents and resisted my request to be included in email exchanges with opposing counsel, which left me uncertain about the legitimacy of communications and further complicated the process. In my opinion, Jacklyn allowed personal feelings about me to interfere with her work. My new attorney confirmed that little to no progress was made on discovery under her supervision from October 2023 to September 2024. Due to this negligence, I am now forced to move forward with incomplete information. I plan to file a formal complaint with the ARDC regarding her mishandling of my case. Despite these setbacks, I am confident that my children and I will emerge stronger from this process, with God’s favor guiding us. My advice to Jacklyn is this: business should never be personal. If you simply do your job, you will not encounter complaints like mine. Best regards, A Client Moving Forward

Jaclyn is THE best at what she does. She is extremely thorough, patient, and asks you questions about what YOU want from the divorce process. She explains things in laymens terms so I was easily able to understand each step of the process. With this being such a huge decision, I appreciated Jaclyn ne...ver pushing me to speed or hurry any of my decisions. If there was one attourney in the city of Chicago I would EVER recommend for divorce, seperation, or child custodity - it would be Jaclyn DeSana.

Jaclyn DeSana's representation was exactly what I needed. She represented me in a Family court case with a very difficult Baby mama. Jaclyn made sure I understood everything and gave me options for each issue. She always communicated and answered all my questions. She consistently provided excelle...nt service with compassion, professionalism and expertise. There was never a court date that she was not prepared for and I was 100% satisfied with her work and determination on my case. I recommend Jaclyn to anyone looking for a family law attorney.

I had a tough relocation case, and had to go to court to file the papers my ex husband signed for our two children so I can relocate them out of state, and the one my ex boyfriend signed for our son. The clerks office at the courts gave me unneeded paperwork to also file, told me some wrong informati...on, and gave me the run around. Jaclyn was amazing at emailing me back right away, answering all my questions, doing phone conferences with me, telling me I didn't need to go through all that and what I SHOULD do, and helped me correct what the clerks office messed up, or I would have been going through court dates, and unneeded drama. I am so grateful I had Jaclyn by my side the entire time. She had my back, knew exactly what she was doing, gave me the right advice and told me what to do and when, and was amazing at saving me money so I didn't have to pay thousands for something I was able to do on my own. She isn't like most lawyers who are all about the money. If she can help you get something done with low costs, she totally will! And, she's super kind. I can't tell you how grateful I am for her in both of these cases. I didn't need to go to court with the dads like the clerks office said I would. With Jaclyn's help, the judges signed off on both cases - no court dates needed - and I am able to move out of state with my kids legally. As a single mom who doesn't have a lot of money to spend on a lawyer, she made this so easy and fast for me. HIRE JACLYN, and you WON'T be disappointed.