Benjamin William Meyer

I recently went through a tough divorce. Benjamin assured me he would get me through the process quickly and efficiently. Not having gone through this process and with it being highly emotional for me, I was very appreciative that he took the lead and laid out his strategy and expectations for me. Be...njamin is an excellent communicator. With every step of the process, he took the time to make sure I fully understood what was happening, why it was happening, and the possible scenarios that could play out. This was very important to me, especially with my young children involved. Benjamin gave me clear direction with developing the MSA and JPA. He is an excellent wordsmith. With every step of writing the documents, he would give me suggestions in a way that I felt empowered to make the decision for the content. All in all, Benjamin was true to his promise. The divorce was finalized in 3 months and I am in a very good situation with my children and my ex because of his solid leadership and acumen. I strongly recommend Benjamin!

If you want an attorney who will fight for you and be aggressive please do not hire Ben. We hired him for something that should have been very simple but he kept wanting to settle with the other party even though we knew the other party was not reasonable. Court date after court date, status after st...atus he blew through the retainer plus way more than that and never fought for us. When he saw we were dry, instead of working with us he withdrew after no progress was made and is now filing suit after there was absolutely nothing done in our case. He is not a responsive attorney; our calls and emails were never returned just forwarded emails from other counsel. He filed the initial petition and completely let the other attorney walk in and take over. He told us he wanted to avoid trial at all cost and in the end we were the ones hurt. Now looking for another attorney and even they don't understand why an adjustment has taken over 6 months to work out.

I realize my case was very small compared to some of the clients and cases handled by Attorney Meyer, however, I was never treated or made to feel other than a valued client. I always appreciated that when I left a message with questions, I always received a prompt response with answers to my inquir...ies. Mid-case, Attorney Meyer had to deal with the hurdle of the Dead Man's Act, and I was very impressed and pleased with the strong confidence with which he addressed this issue and was able to change course to accommodate this new twist for our case. Being on the stand during the trial, I want you to know, I never felt anything but strong confidence in Attorney Meyer, who guided me through the entire process. I feel confident and secure that I received the best defense possible in my case. Attorney Meyer was detailed in his presentation and I felt honored to be represented by him and his firm.

We have been in the Illinois Family Court System for a total of 10 years. We have hired a total of 6 different lawyers (Lake, Will, and Cook County) to support our family. We initially hired Mr. Meyer based off his military experience, and his ability communicate orally that he understood the dynamic...s of military related custody situations and employment of overseas contractors. It was to our GREAT dismay that we spent over $17,000.00 in less than 7 months to accomplish nothing at all. A total of less than 5 court appearances, 1 in office consultation (initial), various email traffic with a lot of lip service, phone calls that were not beneficial to accomplishing anything but making excuses. Not a single order was entered, and in order for our file to even be transferred to another attorney... we had to pay a significant amount of money that Mr. Meyer claimed we owed him. After hiring a new attorney, in less than 6 months we gained a Sole Custody, a Warrant for Back Child Support, Revoked Visitation, for less than $10,000.00. Maybe with a little more time under his belt, a stronger sense of moral compass; Mr. Meyer would succeed. It is a shame that his years in the military didn't invoke those qualities in his law practice.