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Posted by anonymous | November 13, 2017

USA Immigration consultation for Family

This lawyer was able to clear the relevant complexities regarding the issues of my family's immigration very well He was not hired, but the textual consultation was good to make some of the complexities clear I am quite satisfied by his co-operation and knowledge

Alexander Segal

Replied last November 13, 2017

That you for your kind words.

Posted by anonymous | June 20, 2017

Satisfied

Well explained, straight to the point Thank you I wish I could afford him

Posted by Alexey | March 05, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Thank you to the EXCELLENT ATTORNEY!!!!

I am writing this review to express my sincere gratitude to Alexander Segal and his professional team: Wendy Barlow, Ricardo, etc. Around three years ago I was referred to the law office of Alexander Segal by my friend. It was the best idea to hire him as my attorney in my complicated political asylu...m case. From the first initial consultation, during the whole working and preparation process he proved himself as a professional, knowledgeable, experienced, detailed oriented immigration attorney that you can trust to and rely on. Anytime I had a question or doubt I could ask him and he always found time to respond me back and give the best advice during the meetings. He was easy reached by skype, phone or email too. Alexander Segal is straightforward and does not ’babysit’ you. He took my case seriously. At the beginning I felt a little bit overwhelmed but later I used to his pace because I understood that it was his own manner to help and prepare me to the interview. During your meetings you have to listen to him carefully and answer his questions precisely. He assists you in preparation to the interview but you have to put your part and be responsible and truthful. Along with Alexander Segal I would also like to thank other attorney Wendy Barlow who closely worked with me in preparation to my interview and assisted the interview in Lyndhurst, NJ. She made a considerable and valuable contribution in overall success of my case. Three years ago I believed in smart and intelligent Alexander Segal and his reliable team and they delivered. Together we achieved our goal. Last February I was granted political asylum from the interview after being in this country for more than twelve years. I greatly appreciate your assistance in achieving my dream. I sincerely recommend Alexander Segal to anybody who is seeking political asylum. I know that all cases are different but I can assure you that it does not matter how difficult and complicated your case is, Alexander Segal will try to do his best to win it.

Posted by Noman Baksh | December 23, 2016

Great Lawyer

He is smart & expert lawyer and very straightforward,he will give you the best advice.

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.

Alexander Segal

Replied last December 17, 2016

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.

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