Robert E. Raesz Jr.

I was referred to Law Office of Robert E. Raesz, Jr. at the time of extreme stress and despair, when the only thought going through my mind was to protect my children from an unhealthy and unsafe marriage I was in. Bob was amazing: years of experience in the legal system, confidence, and invaluable p...ersonal advice he shared with me throughout this process helped me tremendously to not lose my mind and fall apart. Divorce is never easy, and I would not be able to go through this without Bob's expertise and emotional support. To add to that, I am extremely pleased with the outcome of the proceedings, and continued legal assistance and professionalism in representing me in all matters related to child support, decree provisions enforcement, and general legal advice.

Mr. Raesz easily comprehended my complex situation, better than I could, in planning a divorce from my childrens' father. He spoke to me with compassion and humor, and in a tone of voice that I could listen to. He was able to coach me on the best options in a lousy situation, and helped me see a path... through the worst. He kept me on a path to a future where mutual co-parenting is possible. I could not have navigated this process on my own, and I switched attorneys after I met Bob Raesz. His staff was courteous and responsive. And Bob was a bulldog of a negotiator. I've never been so relieved to have someone on my side.

I have just ended a 4 year long child custody case because of this attorney. Bob was my 4th attorney in a string of lost hearings and misguided representation. It felt like no matter how promising or knowledgeable the attorneys I hired seemed, they could get no movement in my case and actually did ...more harm than good. I had full custody of my son since birth until just before his 1 yr old birthday. Blindsided by the opposing side in my original hearing in 2012 by a not so experienced attorney. We were going to court for what we thought was child support but turned into a full out custody war. I lost custody with only receiving standard possession with him having everything else, even had to pay child support. I put all my energy and money into getting justice for what had been done. I went though a string of attorneys. Bob had worked on a prior case I had heard about and was highly recommended by a friend. He did not disappoint nor did he give me false hope like the rest. He was very straight forward in what needed to be done and where we were in the case. We were "behind the 8 ball". He gave me information to study up and guided me every step. I had not felt this comfortable with any attorney I had met or I had hired. My first hearing with him, we were walking to the courthouse and a colleague of his remarked on how calm I seemed. My response was "I feel really confident in Bob and didn't fell nervous at all". We had a string of hearings together from that point on, he could not have been more professional with the judges, opposing side or my case. We had a very difficult attorney on the other side that my other attorney's failed to handle the correct way. There are definitely times where you will wonder what is going on your case and if your lawyer knows also. I trusted him every step of the way. Our final hearing was in October 2014, 3days. He was phenomenal in the courtroom, he knew when to push or back off the questioning. He did an amazing job with the witnesses, only asking questions that would help the judge see the whole picture. He kept facts to facts and did not let the little things that we all want courts to hear, but that they see irrelevant in. One thing that stuck with me was a conversation we had when I said "well whats our strategy?" He said "well were gonna win". Bob got me custody of my 3 year old son back before his 4th birthday. When I went and sat down with Bob I told him everything, I was in tears and felt like I had no options left and my only choice was to give up. I said to him if he couldn't help I had to give up, He sat there for a minute then responding with " That's not an option, if there was even a small chance he would win this for me" . That is exactly what he did. I do have to say Blake (his associate) and Kris (paralegal)were amazing in facilitating my case as well. You need amazing people behind you to be amazing also.