Jennifer Marie Behme

I was represented by Jennifer Behme in a nasty divorce proceeding in St. Clair County Circuit Court. Ms. Behme is definitely the attorney you want on your side. I hired her because she had more than a decade of handling family law cases. She was well-versed in the law. She was well- prepared ...in Court. She returned my phone calls and responded to my emails, which were many. She seemed to have a good relationship with the judge and opposing counsel seemed to be intimidated by her. She did a great job.

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.

I would steer clear of this attorney if you are needing competent legal assistance. Don't get me wrong, she'll do the work, but that's as far as it went in my particular case. Work was done but every time something needed to be finalized she would file a motion to withdraw her services based on false... accusations leaving my family and myself in a frantic state of not knowing what she was doing and if we even had an attorney. Would never return my calls/emails to clarify. Not a situation you want to be in when fighting for custody.

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.