Jennifer Marie Behme

To start off with at least one good thing about her, it’s obvious she has a lot of legal knowledge. However, now with all of the bad things, Jennifer Behme is an overhyped, overpriced, untrustworthy lawyer who uses those skills to maximize her own money profits and does nothing to make sure you get ...the proper defense in court or in a settlement. You could hire a lower priced lawyer who could have gotten better, if not similar results. There was one of many bad experiences where she knew a court order was approved for me to visit my kid, and my ex-wife’s lawyer was saying the order was approved so I could see my kid, but Behme waited a long time to finally tell me the court order was approved and could visit my son. Unfortunately, I listened to my ex-wife’s lawyer and got my kid anyways before Behme told me, so I could theoretically give good compliments to my ex-wife’s lawyer, (but won’t). Behme is also a master of not recommending anything, but sputtering a bunch of vague, nebulous legal facts that oftentimes takes her almost a week to type a letter memo that she charges hundreds of dollars to both mail and e-mail you. If you ask her to explain the memo, she’ll charge you more for explaining it. I also remember all the grammatical errors and typos in all those memos she charged so much for. She was also “amazing (insert sarcasm)” at not defending me in court, getting chummy with the judge and my ex-wife’s lawyer, watching me get walked over, but yet “amazing (no sarcasm)” in acting as my ex-wife’s second lawyer. As another disclaimer Belleville lawyers also appear to have a close-knit network to collectively maximize profits, so I would recommend looking outside of Belleville or the Metro East St Louis area if you plan to go to court with another lawyer in Belleville.

Jennifer is an excellent divorce attorney. I came to her with a case that was almost 2 years old and she helped me move the case to final within two months. She was pivotal to keeping the case from going to court by reaching an agreement giving both parties what they wanted. Jennifer is concise, clea...r, and efficient. The person who referred her to me described her as a "bulldog" and she definitely is. She was exactly what I needed and well worth every penny spent. I highly recommend Jennifer Behme.

Very proficient / accurate with appointments, drafting the documentation for review and signatures. Also, very competent at working with the Ex so she felt comfortable to sign off without having to hire opposing attorney. I felt this was very important to keep things simple and quick. Extremely sa...tisfied with Jennifer throughout the entire process.