Ama-Mariya Hoffenden

Ama-Mariya Hoffenden

4.6
Rating: 6.6

Licensed for 11 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Hollywood, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration

Presidential Circle, 4000 Hollywood Blvd Ste 165 S, Hollywood, FL

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 11 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 2014

Member in Good Standing

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The Law Offices of Ama-Mariya Hoffenden PLLC

Presidential Circle, 4000 Hollywood Blvd Ste 165 S, Hollywood, FL, 33021-6853

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Ama-Mariya Hoffenden's Reviews

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4.6 /5.0

10 Client Reviews

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Posted by Tetiana | October 5, 2024 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Highly recommend this law firm

I am very pleased with the law firm of Ama-Maria Hoffenden. They were polite and tactful at every stage. My lawyer, Ama Maria, was professional, thorough, and extremely knowledgeable. A high level of professionalism was maintained throughout all stages. Their calm and measured approach, without empty... words, only facts that had been verified, was impressive. I highly recommend this law firm!

Posted by Oksana | August 25, 2022 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Professional you can trust

Ama-Maria is a very competent specialist in her field. We cooperated with her on our immigration issues and I am very glad that we made asked her to help us. She is a reliable person and specialist who can be trusted, which is very important in legal matters. I always recommend her to my friends and ...family, because I know that I can trust her myself, so they can too!

Posted by Tatiana | August 11, 2022 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

My experience with the Law Offices of Ama-Mariya Hoffenden has been very unpleasant and very sad.

My experience with the Law Offices of Ama-Mariya Hoffenden has been very unpleasant and very sad. Olena Green worked with me. She introduced herself as an attorney for Ama-Mariya Hoffenden. Olena Green informed me that the service will cost $10,000 and this cost includes the full opening of a branch ...(registration of a company, assignment of a tax number and everything related to the registration of a company) and an L1 visa. She asked for documents to be sent to USCIS to form a package for opening a branch and opening an L1 visa. I sent the documents certified with an apostille that she requested from me. The documents were sent by me in time for Olena Green. We have received a response from USCIS. It turned out that Olena Green did not send all the necessary documents to USCIS. Mistakes were made in filling out the documents. We still have not received an answer from Olena Green and Ama-Mariya Hoffenden why Olena Green did not send all the documents that I provided to her.We asked to return the documents to us, but they still ignore our request and do not respond to messages. After paying for services in the amount of $ 10,000, Olena Green changed her behavior. She became very unfriendly in communication, ignored my questions and requests to appoint me a consultation, spoke to me very rudely and irritably. For a long time after paying for the services, she promised to form a package for migration in time and send it. But he didn't do it for a very long time. She came up with new excuses every time. I repeatedly asked to answer all the questions and schedule a video consultation for me, but she ignored me. She wrote that she had no time. Before signing the contract, Olena Green said that after payment, she will provide an additional agreement to the contract, which will indicate all the services that are included in the cost of $ 10,000. We paid the full amount of $10,000. But she never provided us with an additional agreement to the contract. Later, she demanded to pay for a photocopy of documents in her office and demanded payment for services that were included in the contract price of $10,000. For me, this was shocking news. We paid for other services in this company. She also demanded additional payment for these services. Later, the owner of the company, Ama-Mariya Hoffenden, announced in a letter that she was terminating the service agreement. In the letter, Ama-Maria indicated the reason for terminating the contract, that allegedly my representative secretly records the conversations of employees in her company. Elena Green and Ama Maria insulted and humiliated me as a client and my representative with such behavior and attitude. They allow themselves to slander and lie in relation to me and to my representative. Ama Maria never contacted me, never made an appointment. She showed up after I demanded that Olena Green explain what was going on. Olena Green did not inform before signing the contract and full payment for services that they do not receive an L1 visa in the US and do not put an L1 visa in the US in the passport. Olena Green deceived me, she first said that the L1 visa is considered by the migration service for up to 4 months. After that, she said that the L1 visa would be received only after 2-3 years. I demanded to send confirmation of her words. She did not send official information to USCIS, where it is written that the review period has increased to 2-3 years. There is no information on USCIS and there was not that the period for consideration and issuance of an L1 visa, according to Olena Green, is now 2-3 years. An employee Tatiana works in the office, who repeatedly accepted cash payments from us and did not provide payment documents. Ama Maria was not interested in helping me as a client and resolving problems.

Posted by Rafael Veloz | September 19, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Asilo exitoso gracias a Ama Mariya!

Ama Mariya, es excelente. Me ayudo cada paso del tramite y me guio en la mejor manera posible para hacer todo lo mas rapido y efectivamente posible. No dudo en decirme cuando algo estaba malo pero lo mas importante de todo es que arreglo todos los errores que yo habia tenido con mi "abogado" anterior.... Gracias a Ana Maria mi proceso de asilo ha sido exitoso. Gracias nuevamente Ama Mariya.

Posted by Nikolay | February 28, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

High level professionals and amazing person

If you need the help of a honest professional, and decent lawyer, contact the Law Office of Ama Mariya Hoffdenden. I heard about them from my friends, whom they helped to win the cases. Ama Mariya and Olena Green, helped me several times to solve various problems. They are always aimed at successful...ly solving a problem, regardless of personal gain. They are high level professionals and amazing people. Ama Mariya's phone number is saved in my phone as an emergency contact. Because she is 100% trustworthy!

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Experience

Rating:  6.6 (Good)

Honors

2010

Magna Cum Laude, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2009

Honorable Mention, Model United Nations

Work Experience

2014 - Present

Owner, The Law Offices of Ama-Mariya Hoffenden, PLLC

2014 - 2015

Discovery Consultant, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2014 - 2014

Associate, Myron E. Siegel & Associates

2013 - 2014

Legal Assistant, Robert L. Parks, P.L.

2013 - 2013

Public Defender, Miami-Dade Law Offices of the Public Defender

2012 - 2012

Law Clerk, Sherman Law, P.A.

2012 - 2013

Research Assistant, Florida International University College Of Law

2011 - 2011

Law Clerk, NYC Law Department Manhattan Trial Unit

2007 - 2010

Legal Assistant, Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, PC

2006 - 2007

Paralegal, Talkin Muccigrosso & Roberts, LLP

Associations

2014 - Present

Florida Bar

Member

2014 - Present

American Bar Association

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Education

2013

Florida International University, College of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor

2011

Universidad de Sevilla Facultad de Derecho

2010

City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

Russian

Ukrainian

English

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