Gregg N Cotler

The 2008 Thanksgiving holiday was a few days away. My wife and I were praying for a miracle. We had received a final Order from the Office of Homeland Security directing us to pack our bags and to appear at a detention center for deportation back to our birthplace. If that was not bad enough, our ...children, who were all born in the United States, would be thrown into this terrible conflict because they were legally entitled to stay in the United States. My wife and I showed up at Gregg Cotler's Law Office with the Final Deportation Order in our hand. We told Mr. Cotler that we had been through the immigration legal system for several years, all of our appeals were denied and, now, we were at the end of the road. Mr. Cotler listened to our plight and at the end he politely informed us that he did not specialize in Immigration Law. We told him that we knew that immigration law was not his specialty, however, we were told that he was the "Attorney of Last Resort". Mr. Cotler took our case. The first impression we had of Mr. Cotler was that he sincerely cares about helping people. When everything appears to be going wrong, it is so important to know that you have an advocate who really does care about helping others. The next significant impression that we got was that Mr. Cotler has an incredible passion and energy level and he quickly explained what his strategy was and he promptly began implementing that strategy. While important paperwork was being compiled and finalized for filing, Mr. Cotler prepared Press Releases and held a Press Conference with all of the local television stations, radio stations and newspaper reporters in attendance. The impact of that Press Conference was enormous and fueled our legal strategy going forward. Mr. Cotler's rare intelligence and unique communication skills broke our case wide open. After years of dissappointment with the legal system we were completely shocked and surprised by how fast Mr. Cotler was able to turn our case completely around. Local interest in our story quickly developed into national interest and, then just as quickly, the international press reported on our case. Mr. Cotler handled the Press and the attorneys at ICE and at The Office of Homeland Security with such ease and professionalism. Although we are no expert, we have read many legal documents prepared by our past lawyers and we can confidently say that Mr. Cotler's ability to draft clear and persuasive legal documents is unprecedented. Thankfully and as a direct result of Mr. Cotler's outstanding counsel my wife and I are still living with our children in the United States.