Posted by Oksana | December 17, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Be aware... unprofessional , rude, mean, careless, unorganized

At the very beginning he could be very nice in order to sell you his services, do not follow other reviews, like I did , choosing him purely relying on ratings, do not fool yourself, not sure, as you know in many businesses it is a trick, who writes these reviews. As soon as you pay him the money..., you should not bother him, because no matter what the reason is, it's aggravates and annoys him, it does not matter that you have paid him $$$ lots of thousands, you are taking his time now... think about that... my case was lost for two weeks unless I started making inquiries, no one even knew my case exist , then no one even bother to take a look at my documents in order to file employment authorization for me because I did not have any other proper ID. I was told by my attorney who took thousands from me to work on my case that he can not remember everything, also that I am distracting him and his office by pointing out omission that they made. think also about that.... Then goes preparation for the interview, at the meeting he was very rude and mean, advised me to be silent, anything I say could be stupid, take sedative medicine, this is the tone you can expect.... He does not care that his attitude itself increases stress level which is absolutely normal to experience whenever you go for an interview. Thank you very much for that, you gave me back then a headache. Well, then my big day has arrived. He was the last one to arrive, another 5 minutes and my case would be cancelled. But gladly he made it. While sitting in the waiting room I was observing another attorneys, how they interacted with their clients. At one point I wanted to approach one of them and ask for her card, that is how warm, polite, caring, and open she was with her clients. Unfortunately, I experienced just the opposite. During the interview my attorney was unable to find needed documents, ended up calling the office asking where they are... acted very arrogant and rude. When the interview was over I was very disappointed that I did not do everything myself., but have paid so much money to him for just sitting there. Thanks god, I got my green card, but it was not because of his excellent job that he did.

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Alexander Segal

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Oksana goes around the Internet posting this negative review of me wherever she can. One would ask why? What have I done to deserve such wrath? Well…. For starters, I won her case and resolved her complicated legal immigration predicament. However, according to her, I was too expensive and not sufficiently organized and prepared to meet her standards of good professional behavior. Unfortunately, this is all I can say on a public forum to defend my reputation. Attorneys are restricted by confidentiality rules from disclosing client's information on a public forum. Hence, the public would have to make evaluation of the plausibility of Oksana’s review having only Oksana’s account in mind. However, I do have the common sense of the public to rely on when reading Oksana’s review. I would ask the public to keep the following questions in mind: (1) Why would one hire and pay an attorney a lot of money for what they believe to be a simple matter? (2) How one can be aggressive during preparation yet be completely unprepared for an interview that occurred a few hours later? (3) Are rudeness, abruptness, and brutal honesty the same thing? (4) Is abruptness often unavoidable on the part of an attorney who rigorously represents a client with that client's best interests in mind? (5) Is not part of one’s success inevitably based on the attorney’s reasonable exercise of judgment, perception of the weaknesses of the case, and anticipation of a hostile interview? (6) Why an attorney would be looking in the file for documents when the documents are produced by the client and not the attorney during an interview? (7) If the attorney was working on the file and preparing the client for the interview, why would he need his office's assistance during the interview? Again, I will let the reader judge whether Oksana's review is helpful to the public in assessing my skills as an attorney. I do acknowledge that something in my interaction with Oksana must have contributed to her profound dissatisfaction since many months, if not years later, she decided to post this review. For that, I am genuinely sorry, but the bottom line is I successfully completed the task for which I was retained.

Posted by Ekaterina | December 15, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Thank you for making my American dream come true!

Meeting Mr. Alexander J. Segal and having him as my attorney in the extraordinary abilities greencard process is the best thing that could have happened to me! Alexander and his office's employees proved them as the most caring, professional and effective attorneys that I have ever worked with. The...ir advices and strategy for the case were fundamental. I am the World and European Champion in Ballroom dancing, pro teacher on Dancing With The Stars in Italy and Russia and I always prefer the best quality in services. Mr. Segal made an excellent service for me, winning my case and giving me a possibility of sharing my extraordinary abilities in the field of ballroom dancing with American dancers. So currently I am waiting for the audition for ABC Dancing With The Stars and if it wasn't for Mr. Segal's help and following my case on every step of it, this wouldn't be possible today! I am truly satisfied and grateful for his excellent job!

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Posted by valentina | December 15, 2016 | Hired Attorney

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I engaged Attorney Alexander Segal in June 2012 of in connection to my rather difficult immigration matter .He worked with me fer years including my asylum case preparation and interview preparation and later removal proceedings . I was granted asylum by the immigration judge in October 2016.During ...many years of working with Alexander ,I found him to be highly knowledgeable and very experienced attorney.A kind of lawyer one would want to have by his side in the time of difficulty.He is a decent and empathetic human being.As an attorney, he is exceptionally attentive to details and diligent in preparation.My hearing was long and I was well prepared thanks to Alexander.The hearing concerned several complicated legal issues which required briefing, legal arguments and of course preparation. He was outstanding .He has also managed to surround himself with very capable individuals working in his Firm.I am grateful to those of them who took park in the work on my matter. Now , I am finally a refugee and will eventually be able to become a citizen one day.My gratitude to Alexander and his Firm knows no boundaries given how complicated my case indeed was. Valentina

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Posted by VijayS | October 11, 2016

H1 B Out of cap question

I consulted with Mr Segal on H1B out out of cap eligibility questions. He advise very clearly on all questions I had so appeared he is very experienced in these matters. I would contact him in future for any immigration consultation and recommend others as well.

Posted by Archana | September 14, 2016

Unbiased resolution

I was in a very difficult scenario where in I received a mail form US embassy in India about my visa being revoked. His advised helped in getting my answers from correct sources and resolve the issue quickly. Thanks a lot.

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