John and his staff were very friendly people, and super dedicated to getting my loan signed. However their over-zealous approach and poor follow through allowed for our seller to take advantage of my family during the purchase of our first home. The process was murky and John and team did not meet our needs; it did not allow us to have the euphoric post-sale, pre-mortgage feeling. Admittedly our seller was awful and deceitful in the process. That said, if you can predict your home sale to go smoothly--have little issues along the way-maybe John and his staff would be valuable. If the process gets complicated, or you expect your lawyer to protect you in bad situations, I'd go with other representation. read more

Second time using John as our realty attorney....once for selling and once for buying. He was very responsive and explained the process each time in great detail . You can't be a expert in home buying/home selling when you do it once or twice in a lifetime so I highly recommend getting a great attorney like John. His Team was also very responsive, professional, and friendly. John also had some hilarious stories to share about him growing up. read more

Recently sold my home in suburban Chicago & they handled all information & advice long distance by phone & on line. John & his paralegal were almost always available. Closing was handled well. read more

John T Clery and his team are the best around, I have worked with them for over 10 years and would not change them for anything!!!

I would not recommend working with John Clery and his staff. I chose to work with him, because he was recommended by a family friend. However the recommendation was awful. John was friendly when I initially reached out to him for help and actually answered my calls/responded to my emails quickly in the early process. However something happened and then he never responded to my phone calls and it seemed that my emails were just going to a black hole. I needed to get some basic information and in a 10 day period I sent many emails and attempted to call many times with no luck. When I finally was able to get a hold of their staff regarding my question they were completely rude. After getting my answer (which they were short about and I needed to pull information from them, which seemed like I was irritating them) I asked why they never responded to my email and messages. They couldn't answer that and couldn't understand why I was upset. It seemed that his staff was screening his emails and calls, because every time I would ask to speak to him they would respond oh he's busy. I sent one final email during the closing process asking if we can speak (I clearly acknowledged that he's busy, but it was an urgent matter) and there was no response. During closing he acted like nothing had happened and was chummy. During the closing we needed to provide a death certificate and I was told he would mail it back immediately after the closing. It's been almost 3 weeks and I haven't received anything and yes you can guess all my attempts of contacting them have failed (no responses). If you want to work with someone that is friendly to get your business, but then not helpful...or willing to answer your questions...or has an unfriendly/unhelpful staff then work with him...otherwise you are better off working with any attorney, but him. He was awful, his staff was awful, and I hope they learn to treat their clients in the same respect their clients treat them with. One additional information to keep in mind. We were selling our house, so we had signed the paperwork prior to closing and I had to pick up the check we were paid with. When I picked it up none of his staff asked for an ID to verify I was the check owner or willing to sit down with my to review the discrepancy in the check amount between what we had discussed at the contract signing and the actual check amount received. read more

John and his staff were great and made me feel at ease during the home buying/selling process. After meeting John one time, I could tell he is a great and honest person! Definitely recommend this firm. read more

Fantastic office to work with! Friendly and professional staff. John is extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

I have worked with this firm for many years and they are the best in the area, I am blessed to have them as part of my legal team in real estate! read more

Had a very good experience working with John. Made the process short and simple. Definitely recommend his business to my family and friends.

John and his staff are amazing! I used him for both a sale and purchase. I was kept informed at every step. All the information was clearly explained. When an unexpected hiccup arose, john was on top of it right away to rectify the issue. On top of it all, he's genuinely funny and a nice guy! I'd recommend him to anyone buying or selling a home. Thanks for everything John! read more

Attorney was not professional, rude and quite disrespectful. One of those people who thinks they are the law themselves and don't care about the other side. I would not recommend him and also caution you working with him indirectly as well in case he is representing the other party. read more

To say the least, we are very disappointed in Mr. Clery and all the associates at the firm. We had an awful time during our closing dealing with your firm, and afterwards with trying to work out the taxes. They may want to consider, just consider, being nicer to their clients. We are a young couple with a baby due any day now and all we expected were caring, nice, helpful and intelligent people to help us buy our first home. And we didn't get that, which is too bad. They are so full of themselves, it's ridiculous. read more

very nice man, but unhelpful. never felt like the office was working for us, just kind of apathetic in their approach. also poor communication with client. was very disappointed in the service. read more