Reviews

I was very impressed at the way attorney Nathan Reyes handled my civil litigation case. He was honest, straightforward, and receptive when discussing my options at all stages of the case. He is incredibly knowledgeable in the area of civil law. I would certainly use him again in the future if I needed legal representation in a civil matter.

I recently worked with Mary Sump for my divorce and she is extremely knowledgeable, prompt, and professional, but yet relatable. She always made me feel comfortable through a difficult situation. I would highly recommend her to anyone going through this. She is very efficient and thorough! I’m very happy how the divorce turned out!

Bruning and Associates took great care of me and helped me resolve my issues quickly.

Mary Sump is an outstanding attorney! She helped with a family issue that is nothing short of miraculous. She is very informative and explains all the details of the process. I would highly recommend Ms. Sump for any of your legal needs.

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Mel Bruett is hands down the best attorney in Chicagoland. I’ve hired her and her associates to represent me and my business in a contractual dispute. As well as recommending her to my mother for her divorce and my best friend for hers! She is incredibly knowledgeable in her field, and if she doesn’t know it, there is always someone on there team to assist! I respect her honesty and her ability to clearly explain the situation when my emotions got the best of me. Hire her if you want to WIN.

Bruning & Associates is one of the most professional, caring group of people I have had the pleasure to work with. They did some work for me over the past couple of years, and I was never disappointed. In fact I was always impressed with the way they all went above and beyond to take care of my needs. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for good people who do quality legal work.

I had 3 cases with this law firm. 1 there was no payment from me to Bruning, 1 was my father’s estate and one was for creating my estate. The last case was barely started, & Bruning was paid in full. He will not return any portion of my money, which was approximately $3500. He also will not provide me with copies of ANY of my cases. At the end of October 2022, I left a vm with Bruning’s office stating my BF will pick up my cases. When my BF got there, Mr. Bruning told him, HE LOST MOST OF HIS HELP & must do everything himself. He told my BF he would put the cases on a flash drive & contact me. When I hadn’t received anything from Bruning, I called and left another voicemail with his office. On 11/1 received a voicemail from his staff, stating Mr. Bruning told my BF I would not receive until I paid my balance, but that statement wasn’t true. That prompted another call to his office, & I spoke to a diff employee. I explained there wouldn’t be a balance if someone would review my dispute I emailed 6 weeks earlier. This employee sent an urgent email to Mr. Bruning, the office manager, and me. She also stated she was looking at my dispute while we were talking. Bruning emailed me 11/1 with inaccuracies. Quoted from an email of his on Bruning stated “We informed you that the flash drive was available at our office for pick-up. You did not come to pick up the flash drive, but instead sent a gentleman who claimed to be your significant other. Unfortunately, you did not provide any authorization to deliver your file material to this gentleman, and I explained that fact to him when he came to the office. I also explained that I would provide the flash drive to him if he was able to bring written authorization from you. I have not heard from you or your significant other since that time.” My BF called on 11/4/22 to confirm the files were ready, & was told he wouldn't get them because Bruning didn’t feel comfortable. My BF stated he had signed authorization from me to pick the docs up, which was requested by Bruning for him to be able to do so. It took a week and a half for a response from Kevin Bruning after sending an email regarding my newest frustration with his company. I responded 12/4/22 with shipping information for my cases to be sent to me, but it never arrived. As of today, 3/31/24, I still have not heard a word about my dispute. A year later, the only emails I’m receiving from this company are to have my estate plan that I barely started with them, completed with Bruning Law Firm. I also have a dispute about the invoicing done by this firm. Previous employees at Bruning were able to assist in correcting the billing I had constant issues with, but THEY are no longer there. I started noticing, shortly after I hired Bruning’s firm, that Kevin Bruning would charge me to review my case with the attorney who was working on my case. I never agreed to pay for 2 attorneys and that charge happened every month. I also was charged with interest on my invoices while waiting to connect with my lawyer to review my charges. This lawyer would go over my billing from Bruning (after I noticed the review billing charge) each month, to ensure its accuracy, make corrections, and make sure I understood the charges. After my attorney left Bruning, I received 2 things from Bruning & Associates. One was a hard copy letter stating they saw my estate/will was not done & provided a contact for me to talk to. I also received an email, with a new invoice.There were charges for Bruning reviewing my father’s estate case with my original attorney’s replacement. No one from Bruning received confirmation I was continuing with them. I had completed doc for a new law firm to move forward with my case & they made Bruning aware. When I emailed my frustration regarding the newest charges I was told to email my disputes. I did and I sent a follow up email and left several messages. No response. Bruning lost several decent, ethical, empathetic, hardworking attorneys. Please find & look to them for help.

Scam. BIG SCAM!!!. ALERT ALERT ALERT. DO NOT HIRE THIS FIRM. I SPENT $7,000 PLUS FOR A DIVORCE. NOTHING WAS DONE. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS DONE IS THEM TAKING MY MONEY.

Mary Sump recently represented me in a Family Law case. I engaged her as my attorney because I received great feedback from a friend that she had represented. Working with Mary, I found her to be very professional, ethical and extremely knowledgeable of the law as it applied to my situation. She took time to understand the facts of my case; thoroughly explained my options; proposed strategies and then executed those strategies flawlessly in court. Also, Mary responded to all of my emails and phone call on a timely basis and I always felt like I was her only client. Finally, I had Mary establish my Trust, Living Will and Power of Attorney documents. She did an excellent job. She really got to know me my financial goals and was able to structure these documents to protect my Estate. Finally, and most importantly, Mary did her best to minimize the amount of fees that I had to pay. I know that I received the best value for the services that she provided. I personally think that Mary is one of the BEST attorneys in McHenry County and Bruning and Associates are fortunate to have her on their team!

I just want to say the bruining law has did great on my case they kept in contact all the time with me threw my whole case and served justice for me and got me what i deserved