Marina Shepelsky

I do not recommend working with Marina Shepelska’s firm. While they actively promote themselves on social media, in practice the team shows little interest in their clients’ work or results. Communication is extremely poor, and the overall attitude suggests arrogance rather than expertise. The cases... they submit are often unprofessional and full of errors, and Marina herself seems detached from each case, unable to discuss its substance when asked. They play with people’s time, show no accountability, and yet charge significant fees — around $20,000 per case.

Shepelsky Marina team called her and emailed constantly to communicate updates and kept her informed every step of the way. Even when she had to temporarily relocate to another state, they was consistent with their updates and personal communications. It took several stressful years, but the case was... finally approved for VAWA, and then in 8 months for Green Card. She used Advance Parole that they got for her to visit family back in Poland. Thanks to Marina's group, she was able to get her work permit too, and to finally renew her driver's license. Her green card was approved without an interview after she mailed in her medical. Marina Shepelsky and her lawyers are honest, friendly, professional, and knowledgeable. They got the job done very good. VAWA is a very hard type of case, and they did a great job for my family member. My entire family is extremely grateful.

Marina Shepelsky and her team, especially her associate Colleen M. Vitali, have been outstanding professionals in handling my complex, multi-state contested divorce case in New York and California. The divorce process itself has been extremely overwhelming and stressful, but having the best divorce a...ttorneys in my corner helped me survive this very difficult time and eventually move on with my life! Both Marina and Colleen conducted my divorce case with the utmost diligence, in a manner consistent with years of experience and comprehensive knowledge of matrimonial/family law. Their caring, compassion, and understanding to my highly emotional situation provided me with the comfort and support that I desperately needed to successfully navigate this extremely turbulent process. Marina and Colleen listened to my questions, provided explanations in simple, understandable, and practical terms, kept me updated regularly regarding progress, and were always honest and upfront in managing my expectations. They have gone the extra mile, above and beyond for me every time! Marina’s dedicated support staff, especially Jacob, have been very helpful in facilitating my divorce process and generous with their time, empathy, and guidance. This wonderful law firm, with all the comfort of a small firm, also has a “large firm” feel by being so well organized and highly efficient. They always responded right away to my e-mails and phone calls. I have been a repeat client since 2015 in the areas of real estate, immigration, and now divorce. It is my pleasure to recommend Marina’s firm as the best choice to anyone facing similar problems and seeking legal help. I will be forever grateful to Marina and her team for giving me my life back!

I hired Marina to handle my I751 waiver case, and I wish I went with another lawyer. I never felt like she cared about my case, her main concern being the money she charges her clients. Overall the office/appointment etiquette was poor: on a couple of occasions I would take off work to make it to the... appointment with her (I work far away), - only to get a call mid-way saying that she had to leave the office due to some circumstances. When in office, I had to wait for an hour or so for her to be done with her other appointments. Oftentimes, I would be waiting, while she would take care of her personal matters or plans for the evening. During a couple of my appointments, she would get interrupted by a personal call, or text and she would stop our conversation to respond to it. Her etiquette overall is poor, and I always felt like she is doing me a favor during the appointments, even though I was the one paying for the services. For my case, she did not explain to me all the consequences that could occur if my case was denied. I think she should have done a better job explaining all the pros and cons of my situation to me. Once I got a letter to go to an interview, - again, it took the office about 2 weeks just to set up an appointment with me (the interview was to be in a month), and during that time she rescheduled once on me. When I finally had an appointment with her, she spent with me 30 minutes at most and very high level went over the questions that they may ask during the interview. In my initial contract she cited a certain price that she would eventually charge if I had to go to an interview, - however when we discussed the price a year from then, she cited a much higher rate, explaining it by saying that she needs to study the case (the case that she was very familiar with). I ended up picking a different lawyer last minute, since I was not comfortable she would do a good job representing me.