Joseph Michael Borsberry

So I worked for a small rural school district in Illinois. A group of students were having sexually charged and clearly inappropriate conversations at school. I being an educator, had a duty to stop the conversations, and I did. Well that made the students mad, so they made up allegations and I wa...s initially investigated (and later cleared) under Title IX procedures. Well the Title IX progress wasn't enough for one of the parents, so they called DCFS and blew what was allegedly said way out of proportion and made it look like I was some sort of sick freak that you hear about on the news, or lets be honest, on facebook as I seem to get more news there than a news outlet. Well DCFS rightfully launched an investigation into the allegations, and despite conflicting stories, conflicting timelines, and changing stories, decided I was guilty. At one point they even threatened unless I agreed to a "safety" plan, that they would remove my children from the home for their own "safety". So I agreed. I was doe eyed, and trusted that the system wasn't broken and that my honest, and consistent telling of the events would clear my name with DCFS. Boy oh boy, was I wrong! So I appealed, lost, and then finally appealed to the ALJ for DCFS. This is when I decided I needed an attorney, as I realized facts where what DCFS decided they were. So I called Joe, he was easy to speak to, understood, and stated that he would take my case. Shortly after retaining Joe, I got to speak to Denise, one of his paralegals. She would become my life line. Joe and Denise never once seemed to judge, and seemed genuinely concerned that an injustice had been done. They wanted to make sure that justice was done. Denise kept me updated the whole way, and often Joe would have her do work, that he could have billed for, but to make this cost effective he had her do it. Which, hey, who doesn't want a break on a bill right? I haven't used a ton of lawyers in my day, but some you get the feeling they are all about the billable hours, and not the justice side of things. That is not the case here, from the first time I had my consultation, I could tell, that Joe cared about getting this wrong righted, and getting me a sense of my life back, though it'll never be whole again. As these types of allegations regardless of the outcome follow you. The level of thoroughness Joe and Denise put into this case, is one I would expect out of "the dream team" that represented the late O.J. Simpson. I honestly was overly impressed with how much had been done to prepare for the case. I can't speak highly enough of Joe, and his firm! If any of my family or friends need a good attorney that is going to treat them fairly, and fiscally responsibly, I am going to give them Joe's name, and number without any sort of reservation!

I utilized Borsberry Law for a DUI case. Joe was straight forward, explaining what I options I had and what the law was regarding the charges from incident. After a long legal battle, we had the DUI dropped and a very favorable result. This prevented me from having to work through a reinstatement ...process if the charge had held up. I would recommend Joe and his office to anyone in central IL with a case in criminal or his other areas of expertise. Excellent lawyer. A very helpful staff. Overall, a great law practice that produces results.

As our first encounter with a legal issue, Joe Borsberry and his staff were very pleasant to work with throughout our entire case. He is very knowledgeable and able to explain the legal jargon in ways we can understand, exceptionally responsive to phone calls/emails and very easy to work with in the ...office and in the court room. We would highly recommend him and his staff with accolades to their customer service and legal representation.

Since my divorce back in 2010 I’ve been in 3 custody battles with my daughters father, this last one I hired Joeseph Borsberry to take my case. It was a long process but not due to Mr Borsberry but due to my ex husband and his attorney. Mr Borsberry is located an hour away from the town we lived in, ...he did everything in his power to work with us to save money on traveling fees, we were able to do most of our meetings via phone, during this process we only had to go to the court house 2 times and kept most of it very civil. He and his staff kept me up to date regularly through email and phone calls it made it so much easier as I couldn’t drive due to a health condition. He and his staff were very courteous and were always prompt with answering any questions I had. During our depositions with my ex husband and his attorney, it was a pleasure to watch Mr Borsberry work, he was able to get information from my ex husband that no other attorney could in the past, he kept me up to date with the ever changing laws so I knew what was going on and where we stood. I highly recommend Mr Borsberry and his staff, as they were prompt, courteous and very friendly, in the end I’m very pleased with our outcome and has finally brought some peace to our lives. They never made me feel like I was a burden or a hassle they always made me feel like our case was a top priority!

Joseph M. Borsberry made promises in my preliminary consultation which he did not have any intention of keeping. I had paperwork to show that my arresting officer in my DUI case was dishonest and he agreed, I told him that he cussed and went down a hill to urinate on video. The officer gave a roadsid...e test on a hill. Borsberrry said that he would go to trial with that information. For that reason. I gave him his retainer fee of $2500.00. After a month and receiving emails with the wrong dates on them, I requested a meeting to discuss the police video which Mr. Borsberry refused to view in the preliminary consultation. Again, he would not view the police video of the officer going down a hill to urinate. The video also contained the voice of police officers using profanities. I also had paperwork proving that the officer gave five DUI’s in a two-week period. Joseph Borsberry had the paralegal look at the video on computer, across from me as she described the wrong location during the meeting. The 65-minute video was not played beyond the first two minutes. During that meeting Mr. Borsberry said that he and the expert witness do not want to go after the officer who gave me a Standardized Field Sobriety Test on a hill. Which was easily proven with a cue ball rolling down the hill and also using a six-foot level. I had two witnesses on video rolling a cue ball up the hill and it rolled back down on its volition. They also employed a six-foot level. They were approved by the judge and ready to testify. He said, "I will have them testify if I feel like it." I then left the meeting and began to send Mr. Borsberry emails to discuss my case further. He sent back emails that made no sense. When I sent emails to rectify my meaning he sent more nonsensical emails and charged me for every nonsensical email. In this way, and with Motions which made no sense, he burned up over $2100. 00 of the retainer and left me to go to trial on my own, as my own attorney, Pro Se.