Rete

> At least you're up to speed with the rest of us who've suffered those
> images for too long already...

Way too long and Ray is prowling his jungle in the back of his house
waiting for his next camping "victims" to materialize.

Ray

> Way too long and Ray is prowling his jungle in the back of his house
> waiting for his next camping "victims" to materialize.

The animals need feeding ...

--

Meauxna

> The animals need feeding ...

We'll see how hard up for a vacation I am by January.

I doubt it will get that desperate. There's always Bakersfield.

--

Andrea874

> Out of respect, because I think you're a very nice person, I won't
> take the... um, obvious route with this comment! I'll save it up
> for someone who really deserves it!
> Ian

Hahaha, thanks for being nice, Ian. We'd better remember this event as
it doesnt happen often

--

StevenR

> I am in the process of looking for an immigration lawyer and have
> spoken with a lawyer based in LA. I found him on the internet via
> myimmigrationlawyer.net, has anyone had any experience with this
> company before I go ahead and hire him?

Hello Hockey Chick:
Thanks for the sincere effort in discovering who I am; I do appreciate
the effort you took. One of my clients informed me of this string of
messages and suggested I reply to you to clear a few things up.

I 'am' a member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers' Association), as
well as the State Bar of California. I have been practising for 16 years
and seem to receive a lot of complex cases; especially those that other
lawyers state cannot be won.


I assume you have most likely hired someone else by now, but I feel if I
provide some information in can help other readers with some insights on
hiring lawyers.


We do not advertise our address for an important reason. The Internet is
an advertising medium for lawyers and many others. For the public, it is
a number of things. We have, in the past, received cases Registered Mail
24 hours before an appeal is due with no phone number or e-mail address
and were forced to prepare the appeal for free in order to save the
appeal case. We have bills to honor too (not all lawyers are all about
the money). As a result, we only provide our address to sincere clients,
not the whole world. We provide an e-mail address and a toll-free
number, so anyone who wants to contact us has no problem; 95% of our
calls are returned the same day and no appointments are even required.
The days of sending letters for information are long gone. Every client
that hires us is in a hurry, so why write when calling is easy and free?

As to members here not knowing me, it doesn't really mean anything. On
any given day or night some people on any web site will know someone or
not. There are 10,000 immigration lawyers in the country; not knowing
one person on a given day or night cannot really have much meaning. We
have been around a long time and 60 law firms nationwide hire us to
research their most complex cases, yet we don't expect everyone to know
us. Some firms are more popular because they spend more on advertising.
Our goal is not to have that kind of machinery; we are into pesonalized
service. Each client can always reach the lead attorney and lead
paralegal any time they want; not a junior person who will provide less
than experienced advice. That can only be achieved by keeping the firm
smaller. When I studied Strategic Management at Harvard University, I
set out to develop a better model for a law firm. The firm has to be client-
centric and that takes, among other things, quick response times (we can
prepare a Supreme Court Appeal in 10 days or less), a high-level or
research, and personalized service.


As to the issue of fees, we still offer 1% of our clients the ability to
make payments. However, of those, 90% default. We stopped payments a
long time ago when we realized we were never getting paid when we
offered people interest-free credit terms. Even now, we try to help
people who truly have a financial need, and are still spending a lot of
time collecting our money. However, every client has the option of
paying 70% down and the balance in 10 days when the case is complete.


You have to understand that apart from collection issues, the other
problem we as lawyers face is that people will change their minds on
cases or decide they want to save the money and prepare them alone, and
we are stuck with the custom work that cannot be used again for someone
else. Unlike most firms that send out cover letters with cases, most of
our cases come with a detailed and well-researched legal brief at no
extra cost (value $3500-$7500). As a law firm, we spend a greater amount
of professional time on a case than the average firm, and that costs us
more. Our profit margins are substantially lower, so the least we ask is
that we are paid for our services. We don't mind the extra work,
however, as it is reflected in our wonderful success rate with some very
high-level and complex cases.


As to doing your own case. Sure, some cases are easy to do, and we
actually tell callers what forms they need and suggest they consider
conducting their own case. Some cases need a lawyer (waivers for
criminal offences or appeals, PERMs, L1s, and so on) and there it is
risky. However, on other cases it is a matter of doing your homework and
knowing the law that goes with the forms.


Typing is easy; reading daily changes to the law and understanding their
impact requires work. I have read that Fiancee visas, for example, have
a 42% denial rate. When everything is going well, it's easy, but when it
isn't, there are challenges and to fix the mistakes someone made can
cost several times more than the original case would have cost. In fact,
we are dealing with one such case now, and it has gotten to be a
challenge where it could have been very easy. I tell clients doing your
own case is like changing the brakes on your car for the first time.
Let's hope you got it right when the person on the freeway slams the
brakes and you are traveling 60 mph!


As to references, I have posted a number of references on our web site,
www.MyImmigrationLawyer.net and those people dealt with us completely by
phone. Thanks to phone and e-mail, we are able to complete any case in
10 days or less and provide instant access to our staff without an
appointment. In the old "walk into the office with an appointment"
model, a lawyer can only see 6 people a day and the client loses out by
waiting a week.


We do not charge most clients for e-mails, calls and faxes (unless they
overdo it) and that is not something every firm does. I hired a lawyer
for a business matter and she charged me $39.00 for a one-line e-mail
confirming my appointment the next day! Again, it's about the client and
not about us and growing to be a huge firm; we never take on more than
25 new cases at a time so that we get to know every client as a human
being-we have a first name only policy here-for the clients and for us.


I have the credentials-lectured on immigration at Oxford University and
conducted seminars all over the world on the topic but unfortunately I
do not advertise on this site (of course I will look into it and no-
one here knew me that day. However, it does not mean we do not care or
do not do a great job for our clients--we have over 3 inches of thank
you letters we have not had the time to post on our web site, not to
mention boxes of thank you presents and invitations to stay at clients'
homes all over the planet. In short, we love what we do and we are here
for you, the client.


Thanks for your efforts hockey chick and I hope that your case goes
easily, quickly and smoothly.


Have a wonderful day


Warmest regards


Steven Riznyk

Lead Attorney

American Immigration Attorneys Inc.

www.myImmigrationLawyer.net

--

Elvira

> Hello Hockey Chick:
> Thanks for the sincere effort in discovering who I am; I do appreciate
> the effort you took. One of my clients informed me of this string of
> messages and suggested I reply to you to clear a few things up.
> I 'am' a member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers' Association),
> as well as the State Bar of California. I have been practising for 16
> years and seem to receive a lot of complex cases; especially those
> that other lawyers state cannot be won.
> I assume you have most likely hired someone else by now, but I feel if
> I provide some information in can help other readers with some
> insights on hiring lawyers.
> We do not advertise our address for an important reason. The Internet
> is an advertising medium for lawyers and many others. For the public,
> it is a number of things. We have, in the past, received cases
> Registered Mail 24 hours before an appeal is due with no phone number
> or e-mail address and were forced to prepare the appeal for free in
> order to save the appeal case. We have bills to honor too (not all
> lawyers are all about the money). As a result, we only provide our
> address to sincere clients, not the whole world. We provide an e-mail
> address and a toll-free number, so anyone who wants to contact us has
> no problem; 95% of our calls are returned the same day and no
> appointments are even required. The days of sending letters for
> information are long gone. Every client that hires us is in a hurry,
> so why write when calling is easy and free?
> As to members here not knowing me, it doesn't really mean anything.
> On any given day or night some people on any web site will know
> someone or not. There are 10,000 immigration lawyers in the country;
> not knowing one person on a given day or night cannot really have much
> meaning. We have been around a long time and 60 law firms nationwide
> hire us to research their most complex cases, yet we don't expect
> everyone to know us. Some firms are more popular because they spend
> more on advertising. Our goal is not to have that kind of machinery;
> we are into pesonalized service. Each client can always reach the lead
> attorney and lead paralegal any time they want; not a junior person
> who will provide less than experienced advice. That can only be
> achieved by keeping the firm smaller. When I studied Strategic
> Management at Harvard University, I set out to develop a better model
> for a law firm. The firm has to be client-centric and that takes,
> among other things, quick response times (we can prepare a Supreme
> Court Appeal in 10 days or less), a high-level or research, and
> personalized service.
> As to the issue of fees, we still offer 1% of our clients the ability
> to make payments. However, of those, 90% default. We stopped payments
> a long time ago when we realized we were never getting paid when we
> offered people interest-free credit terms. Even now, we try to help
> people who truly have a financial need, and are still spending a lot
> of time collecting our money. However, every client has the option of
> paying 70% down and the balance in 10 days when the case is complete.
> You have to understand that apart from collection issues, the other
> problem we as lawyers face is that people will change their minds on
> cases or decide they want to save the money and prepare them alone,
> and we are stuck with the custom work that cannot be used again for
> someone else. Unlike most firms that send out cover letters with
> cases, most of our cases come with a detailed and well-researched
> legal brief at no extra cost (value $3500-$7500). As a law firm, we
> spend a greater amount of professional time on a case than the average
> firm, and that costs us more. Our profit margins are substantially
> lower, so the least we ask is that we are paid for our services. We
> don't mind the extra work, however, as it is reflected in our
> wonderful success rate with some very high-level and complex cases.
> As to doing your own case. Sure, some cases are easy to do, and we
> actually tell callers what forms they need and suggest they consider
> conducting their own case. Some cases need a lawyer (waivers for
> criminal offences or appeals, PERMs, L1s, and so on) and there it is
> risky. However, on other cases it is a matter of doing your homework
> and knowing the law that goes with the forms.
> Typing is easy; reading daily changes to the law and understanding
> their impact requires work. I have read that Fiancee visas, for
> example, have a 42% denial rate. When everything is going well, it's
> easy, but when it isn't, there are challenges and to fix the mistakes
> someone made can cost several times more than the original case would
> have cost. In fact, we are dealing with one such case now, and it has
> gotten to be a challenge where it could have been very easy. I tell
> clients doing your own case is like changing the brakes on your car
> for the first time. Let's hope you got it right when the person on the
> freeway slams the brakes and you are traveling 60 mph!
> As to references, I have posted a number of references on our web
> site, www.MyImmigrationLawyer.net and those people dealt with us
> completely by phone. Thanks to phone and e-mail, we are able to
> complete any case in 10 days or less and provide instant access to our
> staff without an appointment. In the old "walk into the office with an
> appointment" model, a lawyer can only see 6 people a day and the
> client loses out by waiting a week.
> We do not charge most clients for e-mails, calls and faxes (unless
> they overdo it) and that is not something every firm does. I hired a
> lawyer for a business matter and she charged me $39.00 for a one-line
> e-mail confirming my appointment the next day! Again, it's about the
> client and not about us and growing to be a huge firm; we never take
> on more than 25 new cases at a time so that we get to know every
> client as a human being-we have a first name only policy here-for the
> clients and for us.
> I have the credentials-lectured on immigration at Oxford University
> and conducted seminars all over the world on the topic but
> unfortunately I do not advertise on this site (of course I will look
> into it and no-one here knew me that day. However, it does not mean
> we do not care or do not do a great job for our clients--we have over
> 3 inches of thank you letters we have not had the time to post on our
> web site, not to mention boxes of thank you presents and invitations
> to stay at clients' homes all over the planet. In short, we love what
> we do and we are here for you, the client.
> Thanks for your efforts hockey chick and I hope that your case goes
> easily, quickly and smoothly.
> Have a wonderful day
> Warmest regards
> Steven Riznyk
> Lead Attorney
> American Immigration Attorneys Inc.
> www.myImmigrationLawyer.net

WOW!

I don't suppose you have some time to spare to help out on the other 2
US immigration forums here at British Expats?

I think the Marriage-based forum is quite well served, but people
(mostly non-Brits posting via Usenet) post on US Immigration and
US Visa, and many never get an adequate answer, or indeed no
answer at all.

--

Folinskyinla

> Hello Hockey Chick:
> Thanks for the sincere effort in discovering who I am; I do appreciate
> the effort you took. One of my clients informed me of this string of
> messages and suggested I reply to you to clear a few things up.
> I 'am' a member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers' Association),
> as well as the State Bar of California. I have been practising for 16
> years and seem to receive a lot of complex cases; especially those
> that other lawyers state cannot be won.
> I assume you have most likely hired someone else by now, but I feel if
> I provide some information in can help other readers with some
> insights on hiring lawyers.
> We do not advertise our address for an important reason. The Internet
> is an advertising medium for lawyers and many others. For the public,
> it is a number of things. We have, in the past, received cases
> Registered Mail 24 hours before an appeal is due with no phone number
> or e-mail address and were forced to prepare the appeal for free in
> order to save the appeal case. We have bills to honor too (not all
> lawyers are all about the money). As a result, we only provide our
> address to sincere clients, not the whole world. We provide an e-mail
> address and a toll-free number, so anyone who wants to contact us has
> no problem; 95% of our calls are returned the same day and no
> appointments are even required. The days of sending letters for
> information are long gone. Every client that hires us is in a hurry,
> so why write when calling is easy and free?
> As to members here not knowing me, it doesn't really mean anything.
> On any given day or night some people on any web site will know
> someone or not. There are 10,000 immigration lawyers in the country;
> not knowing one person on a given day or night cannot really have much
> meaning. We have been around a long time and 60 law firms nationwide
> hire us to research their most complex cases, yet we don't expect
> everyone to know us. Some firms are more popular because they spend
> more on advertising. Our goal is not to have that kind of machinery;
> we are into pesonalized service. Each client can always reach the lead
> attorney and lead paralegal any time they want; not a junior person
> who will provide less than experienced advice. That can only be
> achieved by keeping the firm smaller. When I studied Strategic
> Management at Harvard University, I set out to develop a better model
> for a law firm. The firm has to be client-centric and that takes,
> among other things, quick response times (we can prepare a Supreme
> Court Appeal in 10 days or less), a high-level or research, and
> personalized service.
> As to the issue of fees, we still offer 1% of our clients the ability
> to make payments. However, of those, 90% default. We stopped payments
> a long time ago when we realized we were never getting paid when we
> offered people interest-free credit terms. Even now, we try to help
> people who truly have a financial need, and are still spending a lot
> of time collecting our money. However, every client has the option of
> paying 70% down and the balance in 10 days when the case is complete.
> You have to understand that apart from collection issues, the other
> problem we as lawyers face is that people will change their minds on
> cases or decide they want to save the money and prepare them alone,
> and we are stuck with the custom work that cannot be used again for
> someone else. Unlike most firms that send out cover letters with
> cases, most of our cases come with a detailed and well-researched
> legal brief at no extra cost (value $3500-$7500). As a law firm, we
> spend a greater amount of professional time on a case than the average
> firm, and that costs us more. Our profit margins are substantially
> lower, so the least we ask is that we are paid for our services. We
> don't mind the extra work, however, as it is reflected in our
> wonderful success rate with some very high-level and complex cases.
> As to doing your own case. Sure, some cases are easy to do, and we
> actually tell callers what forms they need and suggest they consider
> conducting their own case. Some cases need a lawyer (waivers for
> criminal offences or appeals, PERMs, L1s, and so on) and there it is
> risky. However, on other cases it is a matter of doing your homework
> and knowing the law that goes with the forms.
> Typing is easy; reading daily changes to the law and understanding
> their impact requires work. I have read that Fiancee visas, for
> example, have a 42% denial rate. When everything is going well, it's
> easy, but when it isn't, there are challenges and to fix the mistakes
> someone made can cost several times more than the original case would
> have cost. In fact, we are dealing with one such case now, and it has
> gotten to be a challenge where it could have been very easy. I tell
> clients doing your own case is like changing the brakes on your car
> for the first time. Let's hope you got it right when the person on the
> freeway slams the brakes and you are traveling 60 mph!
> As to references, I have posted a number of references on our web
> site, www.MyImmigrationLawyer.net and those people dealt with us
> completely by phone. Thanks to phone and e-mail, we are able to
> complete any case in 10 days or less and provide instant access to our
> staff without an appointment. In the old "walk into the office with an
> appointment" model, a lawyer can only see 6 people a day and the
> client loses out by waiting a week.
> We do not charge most clients for e-mails, calls and faxes (unless
> they overdo it) and that is not something every firm does. I hired a
> lawyer for a business matter and she charged me $39.00 for a one-line
> e-mail confirming my appointment the next day! Again, it's about the
> client and not about us and growing to be a huge firm; we never take
> on more than 25 new cases at a time so that we get to know every
> client as a human being-we have a first name only policy here-for the
> clients and for us.
> I have the credentials-lectured on immigration at Oxford University
> and conducted seminars all over the world on the topic but
> unfortunately I do not advertise on this site (of course I will look
> into it and no-one here knew me that day. However, it does not mean
> we do not care or do not do a great job for our clients--we have over
> 3 inches of thank you letters we have not had the time to post on our
> web site, not to mention boxes of thank you presents and invitations
> to stay at clients' homes all over the planet. In short, we love what
> we do and we are here for you, the client.
> Thanks for your efforts hockey chick and I hope that your case goes
> easily, quickly and smoothly.
> Have a wonderful day
> Warmest regards
> Steven Riznyk
> Lead Attorney
> American Immigration Attorneys Inc.
> www.myImmigrationLawyer.net

To our esteemed moderators:

This string now has the viewpoints of three immigration lawyers on what
OUR obligations are and what we can bring to a case.

I wonder with editing of the tangential discussion [Hairy Hand, et al.]
this string might be edited into a FAQ.

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