Reviews

They handled my divorce and did not finish the necessary paperwork for the QDRO I was entitled to. I was told it was done. When I called to tell them the mistake they made the owner would not return my messages and take no responsibility for their mistake. I now have to hire another lawyer to finish the process they did not. This law firm is not professional and I would never recommend them to anyone.

For legal matters, if you value knowledge, experience and professionalism, then look no further than Bruning and Associates.

I’ve known and liked the owner for a decade. We’re Facebook friends, and I’ve sent friends to him. I can’t believe how unprofessional he was when taking my case. He agreed to be my attorney then passed me off to a brand new attorney who was a lovely person, but made many mistakes costing me thousands. We are currently disputing the bill and considering going to the states attorney to report them after the many, many mistakes and ridiculous charges. Use someone else. Sad to say this. I liked them very much personally, but professional they charged us such ridiculous amounts that we had to stop the “bleeding” and negotiate ourselves so we could drop them. $20,000 later we still can’t get answers to our most basic questions. Sad to say this…use another firm.

Nathan Reyes did a superb job representing my case to a win in the appeals court then a win at the Illinois Supreme court--I really appreciate his work and will be forever grateful

Bruning and Associates have always lived up to their reputation, especially working with Nate Reyes and Teresa Manion. They have always shown great customer care and a very pragmatic and thoughtful approach to every client I have referred them over the years. I can highly recommend them and the whole team at Bruning and Associates.

I want to thank Bruning & Associates for providing superior legal representation and bringing successful resolutions to corporate and personal cases. Dealing with Kevin, his team of high quality attorneys, and his top notch staff has been a pleasure. Joe Tarzian

I have been using Bruning and Associates for a number of years now and always with great results. I honestly feel Kevin and his team care about me on a personal level. Kevin is one of the most professional down to earth lawyers I have ever met and his associates, Mary Sump and Melissa Bruett were outstanding with responsiveness and professional handling of some rather difficult Child custody and Divorce case matters which resulted in my favor. I would recommend Bruning and Associates to anyone reading this.

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.