Zachary Thomas Townsend

We were fighting for custody of my stepson from 2017-2018. Everything about our case should have been a slam dunk for us to get custody of my stepson. Although there was a police report that WOULD have been enough that proved my husband's ex was detrimental to my stepson, the police report was withhe...ld from us by Attorney Townsend for the majority of the time that we were in court fighting for custody of my stepson. We spent an additional 9+ months in court (which we only found out that Attorney Townsend had a police report that could have ended the court case after we received Attorney Townsend's bill) which caused my stepson to go through traumas that we are still dealing with 4 years later. This all could have been stopped if Attorney Townsend would have been honest about whether he had a police report that we had repeatedly asked him if he had. Every time we asked if he had the report, he denied that there was such a report. We only hope that he will not do the same to other families in the Rockford area that are fighting for the best interest of their child(ren).

About a year ago I hired this lawyer to help me recover and protect my young daughters trapped by a known violent abusive felon in Wheaton. I knew going in, that DuPage corruption was in play, and we might not succeed. I didn't ask him to guarantee success, just do everything possible. During the cou...rse of his representation, we paid nearly a hundred thousand dollars to find protect and save my daughters from a nightmare. In the end, his office accomplished nothing that proved the girls were alive. During this time of his representation (and his astonishingly weak in court performances), we got a fraudulent restraining order on the girls beloved Grandmothers funeral, and a denial of all contact including phone calls, despite zero allegations of harm by me (the Father) to anyone anywhere. In the end (today) its became plainly obvious the only things he really cared about, was soaking my elderly father desperate and grieving with the loss of his wife of 60 years, and only hoping to re establish contact with his lost beloved granddaughters trapped in sexual exploitation and violence by corruption in DuPage. Throughout this time I pleaded with Townsend to take offensive legal action to protect these children, which he refused to do at every single turn, claiming those actions were not legally justified. A two min search on Google, revealed to me those actions to save these girls were enshrined in State and Federal Law. He lied to me about our legal rights and refused to file legally justified motions to protect the children. In the end all he could muster was to advise me to waive my constitutional rights, the ones he was hired to protect. 5 months after Covid hit, he advised me he would no longer meet wirh me in person no matter what safety precautions breaching his representation agreement, and then withdrew from representation leaving my innocent daughters exposed, because I brought it up to him. Today he refused to address the Judges systematic bias trapping children in violence with felons because he was scared of the Judge. He has knowledge but a bloated staff which I believe warps his view of responsibilities to protect his clents rights, and proved to me he was only interested in covering his own behind and churning an old grieving grandfather out of his family assets, right before he cut and ran leaving little girls trapped with a known violent felon. Words cannot explain how bad he hurt my family for $ while refusing to honor his representation contract.

I hired Attorney Townsend to handle what I thought would be an amicable, civil, simple case between two people who just needed to get the paperwork done for custody and child support. It quickly became evident that my ex's goal was to drag out the case as long as he could as a means of having as muc...h contact as possible with me after our breakup. Attorney Zach Townsend was the perfect lawyer for this sort of case. He was calming, reassuring, and always able to de-escalate tense emotional developments in my case. I had to attend court ordered mediation and I felt so completely prepared and ready to make important decisions to move forward when we were stuck. He was also very responsive - I called or texted him several times at odd hours for advice because my ex didn't show up for exchanges and involved police in his attempts to bully and intimidate me. He answered and provided quick and helpful advice and reassured me that I was doing everything I was supposed to per my court orders and parenting plan. Many of my friends have complained that their attorneys have been most concerned with extending the case and maximizing their payments. I felt the opposite - Attorney Townsend was focused on taking care of my problems as efficiently as possible. I can't recommend him enough.

Zachary Townsend has been my lawyer for over a year since I first met him asking for help. He got an OP that was put on me due to perjury dropped & I wanted to cry because the weight lifted off me was almost too much to bare. He will listen to the problems people have needing help, review evidence ...thoroughly, give you the best advice he can & he will do everything possible in court so it's a fair hearing/trial. He is worth every penny hiring him. He keeps his clients updated on everything as much as he can (which is almost daily but definitely weekly), he is always a phone call/text message away & he truly cares for his clients seeking justice. He in my opinion is the BEST lawyer anyone can have, my son will go with me when I need to drop something off at Attorney Townsend's office & he looks forward to seeing Attorney Townsend. Don't look any father if you need a lawyer, call him & set up an appointment if you're needing legal advice/representation for anything!!! He is best of the best I have seen & heard, & the BEST lawyer to EVER represent me!!!

I have been working with Zach Townsend since 2014 and I have nothing but good to say about Zach. He is an incredibly astute lawyer who not only acts with precision in the courtroom, but also follows through quickly and accurately with all phone and email correspondences. Zach is, generally speaking, ...very knowledgable in all areas of the law and gets back to me in an efficient manner if he needs to reference information he is not 100% sure about. I appreciate the fact that Zach is not only a barracuda in the courtroom, but he is also a congenial person with whom I am able to speak freely to and feel comfortable around. I recommend Zach to anyone I know because I am confident that he will represent any and everyone with their best of interest and I know that he will always act in the best interest of his clients.