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I’m listed in the NY Metro 2013 Edition of Super Lawyers

September 23, 2013 by Matthew

I’ve been listed in the NY Metro 2013 edition of Super Lawyers. I am listed on pages 50 and 104. I was selected under the immigration attorney category. I’ve been listed in the NY Metro Edition of Super Lawyers every year since 2008. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.

Does Senator Rubio Still Care About Immigration Reform?

September 7, 2013 by Matthew

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is one of the Gang of Eight. He’s also a Republican and he’s taken a lot of criticism over pushing immigration reform. During the height of the immigration reform frenzy, Senator Rubio set up a really good website on immigration reform. The website has a news tab that provides links to news about immigration reform. However, the news tab hasn’t been updated since June. Since Senator Rubio has stopped updating the news page of his website about immigration reform, does he still care about immigration reform???

FOIA Appeal Victory

September 6, 2013 by Matthew

Whenever I have a new client that has had dealings with immigration, I usually do a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Under the FOIA law, anyone can ask a the Government for a copy of their immigration file, which is called “the A File.” Immigration lawyers are permitted to do FOIA requests on behalf of their clients.

Recently, I received a response to a FOIA request and documents were intentionally omitted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS). His prior wife had filed a visa petition for him and the visa petition was denied, but the visa denial was redacted from the FOIA response, so that we did not know why it was denied. I appealed the redaction of the FOIA request and demanded that the visa denial be provided. The CIS agreed with me and provided me with the documents that I requested. The non-redacted information turned out to be helpful to the client’s case.

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