Matthew S. Chase

I live in Colorado and my wife and I were on our way to visit my ailing mother in law in Indiana. Got distracted and was pulled over for going 69 in a construction zone in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Ouch. Based on reviews in avvo, I picked Matthew Chase as my lawyer and very happy that I did so. Fi...rst of all, Matthew is very responsive. My original email resulted in a phone call 5 minutes later. Emails or texts were responded to promptly. Matthew was very matter of fact and told me that it was likely he could get the ticket pleaded down but that the fine was going to hurt. That is, in fact, what happened. Speeding was reduced to "illegal parking". I won't tell you the fine amount; let's just say it's not a good idea to speed in construction zones! I recommend Matthew Chase highly. His prompt, courteous, honest attention makes him the right lawyer to hire.

My tenant had not being paying her rent on time and then she lost her job in October, 2014. I should have gotten a lawyer then, but I tried to manage it myself. The tenant finally got a job again in January, 2015. She became current with the rent, but was not paying down the arrears I was also g...etting complaints from the neighbors about noise. I filed for an eviction and went to the court hearing expecting my tenant not to show. My tenant did not show up, but her attorney did. I was out of my depth. I didn't want to go before the judge against her attorney so I delayed the trial date another 4 weeks or so. When I got home I asked a friend for a Landlord & Tenant lawyer. I made an appointment with the lawyer, and much to dismay she was going to be out of town on my court date. Her solution was to text Mr. Matthew Chase who she had met in court where he represented a Land-lord and she had represented a tenant. She had been impressed with Mr. Chase and thought he would be a good fit for my problem. And right she was. I texted Mr. Chase and we met a couple of days later at his home office. There and then he filed for a hearing and forwarded all the pertinent materials to my tenant's lawyer. He convinced my tenant's lawyer to agree to have the tenant leave the premises on June 30 and agree to pay court costs, arrears rent and late fees. He also added an additional penalty to the agreement, in case the tenant was not out by June 30, which she was not. Mr. Chase was available 24/7 for questions. I texted him on July 1st when the tenant had not vacated the premise on June 30. He replied within the hour even though he was in Canada and celebrating Canada Day with his in-laws. Mr. Chase was exactly what I needed in an attorney and I will use him the next time I have the need to evict a tenant.

I recently submitted early termination of my lease which ends in 3 months. i gave 60 days notice to my LL who indicated they were ok with the notice until started to move out prior to the 60 days. I still paid rent for the 60 days. After I moved out and turned over keys my LL started harrassing me te...lling me I still had to pay 1.5 more months over the 60 days plus holding my security deposit due to cleaning and damages. LL sent threatening message indicating reporting me to police for vandalism. I was shocked. I had lived in the residence for 6 years and yes some dirt and wear and tear of 6 years. I was worried about this and called a couple different attorneys the past 2 weeks with no return calls. I found Mr Chase's info on AVVO and called the number. The person answered immediately and I thought I dialed incorrectly so I hung up only to call again and find that it was actually Mr Chase. I was a little embarrassed..lol.. I walked MR Chase through my issues and he was nothing but honest, knowledgeable, straight forward and spent at least 10 minutes listening ...and advising....not charging for the initial discussion. I can go through the weekend not worrying about the LL's threatening emails. I will definitely hire Mr Chase if I need him in the future.

I had to find an attorney who understood our need to get tenans ben After looking for a new Landlord/ Tenant Attorney for two days, a friend recommended Attorney Chase. I waited for four attorneys to call me back that day and they never did. Attorney Chase called me back within that hour and immediat...ely emailed me the information I needed to know about his services the very next day. He was out of town that week and still communicated with me on his way there as well as on his way back to St. Louis on some pressing issues. Attorney Chase has been our Landlord/Tenant attorney now for almost 9 months and his response time hasn't changed. I deal with a lot of unseen issues being a Property Manager in the City Of St. Louis and Attorney Chase has assisted me on prompt evictions as well as possible criminal issues . I've never had a problem with being misinformed or led astray on a legal matter. Trust me if he's not 100% sure he will do the research and get back to you immediately. Talk about going above and beyond !! He is an awesome ,reliable, friendly attorney with great Tenant/Landlord knowledge.