Susan Freedman Grammer

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Susan Freedman Grammer

also known as Susan F. Grammer

1.3
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 43 years

Family Lawyer at East Alton, IL
Practice Areas: Family, Social Security, Criminal Defense ... +2 more

2 Terminal Dr Ste Louis, East Alton, IL

About Susan

Biography

Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta; Kappa Delta Pi; Sigma Alpha Eta. Member, Mortar Board, Women's Honorary, 1971. Recipient: Edmund J. James Scholarship; Rehabilitation Services Adminis...

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Family 50%

50%
Social Security & Disability 20%

20%
Criminal Defense 10%

10%
Mediation 10%

10%
Trusts 10%

10%

Fees and Rates

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Licenses

Licensed in Missouri for 25 years

State: Missouri

Acquired: 2000

Good Standing, Active

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2006

Licensed in Illinois for 43 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 1982

Active and Authorized to Practice Law

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2006

Location

Susan & Gary Grammer - Attorneys at Law

2 Terminal Dr Ste Louis, East Alton, IL, 62024-2201

Susan Freedman Grammer's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

1.3 /5.0

13 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | January 27, 2009 | Estate Planning

Estate Planning

Ms. Grammer completed our estate planning and family trusts in an expeditious manner. She answered all of our questions and made the experience easy as we had been to several other lawyers who couldn't give us the diredction we needed to complete a complicated and sensitive issue.

Posted by anonymous | August 01, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Personal Injury

Awful

Took over a year to get any paperwork done. I would wait for hours for a scheduled meeting, would call me at 10:30-11 pm to ask questions I already answered four times. Always yelling, would get mad if you didn’t no the answer to something. Told me my injury to my back, was basically irrelevant becau...se I didn’t have to get surgery, and don’t expect a lot of money, it’s not like you will travel the world. She and her husband were always fighting, yelling slamming doors. Would ignore any questions you basically have. And then charge you for every little thing! I got charged almost 100 dollars for her to print something, and then another 175 for her to go to a meeting. My case never went to court, because the company settled, and she is getting half, for only calling me to yell and ask questions she should already know the answer to. But on the plus side, her receptionist is wonderful!

Posted by anonymous | January 16, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

The worse lawyer ever

I hired Susan Grammer about 10 years ago for my divorce...i had to put $3000 down. She was always late for appointments, then one time during my appointment she had another client in the office with us while she thought I was going to pay her full hourly rate which wa s at the $300; on the top of tha...t she fell asleep while she typing and in the middle of talking to me. Dealing with her made the divorce way harder then it should of been. She didnt get me a dime, she told me that i should of just sign the divorce paper because i could not afford her and i already used up my down payment so i owe her more money. I was upset because i was not informed nor receive d a bill from her. I ended up firing her before the divorce was final, and I represented my self.

Posted by anonymous | February 18, 2014

horrible

Was the world's worst for making you wait, appointment at 8:00 saw us at midnight, and totally will charge you for unnecessary paperwork, talks about her and her family rambling on and on and charges you for the time, never would I recommend her for anything!!! #don'twasteyourmoney

Posted by Nick | February 20, 2013 | Lawsuits & Disputes

She truly is as bad as they say.

Missed my kids baseball game to be at 7pm appointment. Finally got to me around midnight very condescending and hateful when could not remember facts of case after all our meeting went to close to 2am at a cost of 400.00. She drug out her questions to pad the tab. She told me when I went to court to ...tell the judge in a civil case she could not be there due to another case and assured me they would give me a continuance. Well next thing you know judge is swearing me in. The other guy had his lawyer,but not me judge advised we better work something out, so I took a deal I really didn't want cause my lawyer wasn't there. The deal was struck when Susan strolled in after her other case was over and insisted she would look the agreement over as to assure I wasn't getting the shaft. She took about 15 mins to look it over. Next week I received 500.00 bill 100.00 for looking it over 200.00 drive to court 200.00 for her drive home. That's one bill I never paid or never will.

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2006.

Reprimand issued in MO, 2006

updated on 04/01/2013

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Censure issued in IL, 2006

updated on 03/14/2010

Censure means the attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. Typically in this case the lawyer's poor behavior is exposed to the public in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.

Work Experience

1900 - Present

Member, Susan & Gary Grammer - Attorneys at Law

Sample of Legal Cases

Gorin v. Spiro

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Education

1982

Washington University School of Law

JD

1973

Northwestern University

MS

1972

University of Illinois

BS

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