Reviews

I have used Todd Stephens to help with various legal matters numerous times over the past 15 years, including real estate closings, contracts, and civil matters. He has consistently provided wise counsel and handled everything very professionally. I have been very pleased. As a result, I have confidently referred numerous friends to Todd for help with a variety of legal issues, and have always heard good things back. I would highly recommend his services.

Todd has handled numerous matters for my husband and I over the years, including real estate closings and estate planning. Without exception, everything has been flawlessly executed in a timely fashion and for very reasonable fees. And, to top that all off...He also happens to be a really nice guy, with a great witty sense of humor. Highly recommended!

Posted by Diana May 28, 2020 I had a terrible experience with Todd Stephens while my mother was dying of cancer several years ago. My mother was born in Brazil and English was her second language so once my mother died I realized Todd had appointmented himself as Executor of my mother's estate while I was in my early 40's and my mentally incapacitated father was in a nursing home. The will placed the deed of my parent's home under my mother's legal name and Todd Stephens refused to pass the title of the home under my legal name because he stated that my mother owed him $3,000 so I ended up being forced to sell my parent's home to my renters because Cook county couldn't help me remove my renters from my family home the way the will was drawn up. There wasn't even a hard copy of the will to be found in his legal office or my mother's home once she died. Once he arrived at my mother's hospital I remember she gave him a check to help pay off the taxes to her home and he accepted the check and never paid taxes on the property even though he appointed himself as Executor of my mother's estate. My mother didn't have a large estate and she died impoverished because she lost everything during the Enron crash. All she she left me were her belongings, a small sum of cash that was her retirement money and her home. Todd Stephens knew my parents were not wealthy people yet he encouraged my mother to state the home in Skokie would be called The Bertha Grossman trust and refused to pass the title of the home to me. I was unable to sell the home legally because it was still under my mother's name and when I put renters there they refused to leave the property so Cook County suggested I sell the home to my renters for far less than it's value. Todd Stephen's took $3000 from me after the sale of the home claiming that my mother owed him for his time and services yet my mother was an excellent accountant and never left bills unpaid. This man was unprofessional and extremely rude to me and I truly do not recommend his services to anyone. He took complete advantage of my mother. I will never forget or forgive how he treated me after my mother died. I am regretful that my mother chose to hire him to draw up her will because her intentions were never to create such misery for me yet this attorney was deeply disrespectful to me and I wasn't even able to find a hard copy of the will because he claimed it wasn't in his office. At the very end of my mother's life she suffered a stroke and some major memory loss. This entire period of my life was a complete nightmare because of his mismanagement of my mother's estate.