Reviews

. My divorce was anything but peaceful with Dawn Underhill. Communication was horrible. Gave false promises. It’s all about money for this firm. They do not care about their clients. She even charges for paper that she prints documents on. Dawn had advised opposing counsel to stop paying me child support and maintenance. She never set up my account through the child dispersement unit before advising the stop of payments. After doing some investigating with the circuit court Dawn checked on my divorce documents that I would be receiving direct payments from my ex not payment through the state. Instead of fixing the problem she said oh well. She also stated she didn’t know my finances. She had my pay studs, financial affidavit, tax returns. I am not sure what other documentation she needed. This was crippling to my finances as I was a stay at home mom for 11years before the divorce.The child support and maintenance payments are more money than my actual pay checks. I would save yourself the head ache and money. The whole experience with Dawn is horrible. She is very disrespectful and condescending. She throws around legal jargon without explanation. She will charge $100’s of dollars on fixing grammatical errors. Divorce is traumatizing to begin with and Dawn was no help on calming the situation.

Dawn didn’t seem to want to help me. She made it seem like she didn’t care and clocked out of our conversation. She inturrpted me to only correct my “law grammar” and at the end of the consultation didn’t even shake my hand. If I do end up needing council I will NOT go to her.

Experienced, hard worker, fighter. Dawn told me this was going to be a tough battle, but she fought for me and my children and we won. When I first met her, she explained everything that I could possible have to go through. It was hard, but in this long process, it came out successful. Couldn't have done it without her. If you need a tough attorney, hire Dawn!

Everything that this attorney said she was going to do was what she did. Getting a divorce is not easy, and neither was my spouse. I understood that cases do take time, but Dawn informed me of what was going to happen and how we were proceeding. I am happy I had her as my attorney and would recommend her to everyone!!

the worst of the worst, she does not know what she is doing, in court she is like a fish out of water, did not keep me informed and did not return calls and was charged for things she didn't do she nickel and dime, and I had to pay for things she had to look up for stuff she didn't know, she is a waste of money and I am still in the same situation and broke, beware! and had the nerve to run for judge, lord have mercy on the world soul.

I hired Dawn for a simple agreed upon Joint Parenting Agreement. I only needed her help in writing it legally, and submitting it. I found errors on every monthly statement where I was charged for services that didn't take place. I rarely received a returned phone call, and it only once came directly from Dawn. She filed court date upon court date for "status", but somehow this was dragged out for more than a year. I spent more than $15,000, and was always current on my bill, but she racked up $3,000 in the final month, which I was not prepared to pay all at once. She filed a judgment against me, and I never even received a copy of the parenting order signed by the judge from her. I had to go directly to the courthouse and get a copy on my own. Don't do it! Terrible experience.

Didn't always respond to calls in a timely manner, but overall helpful and a good lawyer

She NEVER returns phone calls, doesn't update you on whats going on.. goes to court without informing you. In 9 months I've spent $3000 and accomplished nothing on a child support case! Ridiculous.. I've talked to other lawyers about the same case and have been told that this is absolutely unnecessary.. she's dragging things out to get money. Firing her today!

I don't knw where to start. All I can say is don't make the mistake I made. She nickels and dimes every chance she gets, never returns call, never is prepared. Still not divorced had to fire her.

she didn't follow up. didn't allow me to input on important decisions, and at the end when i fired her she wrote up bogus bills to rip me off big time. did nothing for me whatsoever.

I had a major issue happen in my life, A DIVORCE!!!! Never saw it coming!!!! Anyway, I had heard from alot of my friends who had been down this road that they had wished they had this lady attorney in Joliet. They had seen her in action and they had said they wished they knew about her. So, I called. I have had to hire attorneys in the past for other issues so this was not my first. She did exactly what I wanted, what I asked for, gave attention to my matter, staff was understanding, professional and prompt. No problems with billing, just that I had to submit any questions in writing. Billing was honest, fair and precise. I had called around for pricing beforehand. She will be my first call for any future help I need.

I hired this attorney for my divorce case and she was brilliant! She pushed the other attorney for the settlement I wanted before it went to trial. I got everything I asked for! Her staff was courteous and kind and to be quite frank, I don't know how I would have gotten through this difficult time without them. A very professional and friendly experience though this office.