MacDonald, Lee & Senechalle, Ltd.

We have been happy customers of Pluymert, MacDonald Hargrove & Lee, Ltd for over a decade. Al Lee helped us to set up our trust and estate plans to best suit our wish to protect whatever legacy we leave our children. Al has been proactive over the years in alerting us of necessary updates to our plan as laws have changed over time. We believe that Al has kept us well informed as to how our estate plan will operate, gave us valuable guidance on how to structure the plan, and made it easy to understand the legal aspects. I have also recently worked with Tom Hargrove at the firm on an insurance claim case. We had significant storm damage to our home and needed help to get our insurance company to cover the full repair. As is becoming all too common, the insurance company tried to minimize their payout by having the adjuster insist on covering only small areas of our roof where damage was observed. The adjuster would not accept any of our reasoning for the needed complete replacement. Tom worked to represent us and to make sure our valid concerns were reviewed by the insurance company. The insurance company agreed to cover the needed full repair based on Tom's representation of our case without the need for court litigation. We were very pleased in our collaboration with Tom and the outcome of his work. Based on the experiences we have had with Al and Tom in both estate and insurance matters, I would highly recommend Pluymert, MacDonald Hargrove & Lee for legal services!

I typically do not write reviews but I felt compelled to share our experience with Alfred Lee who assisted my husband and I will our estate planning late this year. We came to Al through a program benefit my employer offers, AARG Legal. They recommended 5 or 6 attorneys and law firms that participated in the program. I chose Alfred Lee and his firm after looking into his background and education and also with the help of a friend of the family that is an attorney. We could not be more pleased with the service we received from Al and his staff. We have been extremely careful with Covid and social distancing and Al was able to set up sessions for us via Zoom and take care of the entire process virtually. He also took the process of selecting a trust vs a will to an elementary level for us that was easy to understand and very detailed. He was able to answer all of our questions. He was prompt and on time for all of our appointments and made himself available to us whenever we needed a question answered. His staff, specifically Denise Jackowski and Brian Bentrup stepped in as we were wrapping up all the details and documents to complete our trust. They also were responsive and knowledgeable and very easy to work with. They made what we thought was going to be the most tedious part of the process very easy and it was a pleasure to work with them as well. Lastly, we felt that the expense to complete this trust was well within line of other firms we looked at and fair. They delivered a finished binder to us that will be easy for us and others to reference and utilize when needed to either be executed or reviewed. If you want to work with an ethical, knowledgeable and personable attorney, Al is your guy. We feel fortunate to have found him. He made a difficult emotional process easy to navigate. THANK YOU AL!

In speaking with me about my matter, Thomas Hargrove was both very compassionate and knowledgeable. He provided me with great advice, and I advise anyone who needs a consultation for this area of practice in IL to speak with him. I can't state enough how grateful I am for the sound advice he offered.

We have been very happy with the services provided by Alfred Lee and Brian Bentrup at this firm. We are retired musicians in our late 70's and legal and financial matters are not our strong points. We wanted to make things as simple as possible for our two children when we passed away so we were looking for the best legal advice and help we could find. Mr. Lee is very personable and helpful, very generous with his time. He explained our various options and answered all our questions with patience and good humor. During the pandemic, he did everything to make it safe and easy to complete our plans with the computer. He promptly returned any items we needed to send him by mail and promptly responded to all our questions by email. Mr. Bentrup is helping us finalize the details of our trust and he has been extremely patient, helpful, and prompt. We have a mild aversion to forms which makes us procrastinate doing the necessary and easy paper work. Brian has through email held our hands all the way and made us realize that "Yes" we will get this all done and "Yes" we are very glad we did it and had such expert help. Many thanks!

The entire professional and office staff were a pleasure to work with. Neal was extremely patient in answering the questions I had re: my estate planning. He is extremely knowledgeable and helpful in walking me thru the entire procedure. His suggestions were invaluable.