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Posted by anonymous | November 02, 2012

Great attorney!

Ms. Kennedy is a great attorney to work with. I need her help with immigration and general practice issues. In my own experience she has been honest, very dedicated, and pursues her work with great passion. She seems to only takes on work that she personally believes in. But once you convince her... about your case, she will take it on and defend you like no one else would! The only thing that I would complain about is that if I don't get through to her directly the phone transfers to an answering service that often seems to have trouble hearing me and always asks me to spell my name and give my phone number. I found Ms. Kennedy's legal fees to be very reasonable.

Posted by Michael | November 02, 2012

A+ Experience and Immigration process.

I was attending a university as a visiting student on a J1 visa, which comes with the 2 year rule. During my stay as a visiting student, I decided that I really wanted to change my status to a F1 visa, and instead of being a visiting student become a real student at the university. Anne helped me ...through this process and made me feel at ease right away carefully explaining all the details to me. During my stay on my F1 visa, I needed help getting my work permit for what is known as OPT (optional practical training). Anne helped me again with the details and made sure I understood everything. Lastly, during my OPT, I got married and needed help with a green card application. I went to Anne again and she helped me out through this process too. I was very nervous about getting all the details right, but she made it a breeze. I can highly recommend Anne as an attorney, from the first phone call I had with her, it was clear that she really knows what she is talking about. She also made the whole experience very pleasant and very easy. I was worried about how much the assistance from an attorney was going to cost me, but Anne talked me through the whole process so I knew where my money was going to be spend and it turned out to cost me less than I had initially expected. I now have my green card and I am happily married and working at a great job. Thank you Anne!

Posted by anonymous | March 28, 2019 | Hired Attorney

MIA Immigration Attornay

We used Anne Kennedy for an immigration case. Almost instantly we felt as if we were dealing with her assistant(s) instead of her. Communication was a problem from the beginning. And as soon as our case was no longer "cookie-cutter" Anne became even less consistent. We could not get her on the pho...ne, we could not get her to respond to emails, we were literally left to fend for ourselves. We had to thoroughly read all correspondence from the various immigration agencies and understand exactly what and how they wanted information without any counsel. We had to fill out every form and know exactly what supporting documents to include without any counsel. We paid Anne upfront for the entire process but in the end we had to do everything ourselves... except for the first form, but there were like 5 to 6 more forms and a plethora of other hoops and turns we had to go through with NO HELP. Anne got thousands of our hard earned money and then disappeared. But nevertheless, with no thanks to Anne, we did finish our immigration process with our desired results. Think twice or thrice before choosing this one because any hiccup in Anne's apparent assembly line method of handling cases will be met with you being left out to do it on your own. Every case is different and she knows that, but from my experience she is not willing to do what it takes to help out her clients. What really chaffs me, apart from the money we lost to her, is the fact that we had to give up on our attorney in order to get our case to proceed because had we waited on her we could still be languishing in limbo.

Anne Kennedy

Replied last March 28, 2019

I am saddened to see this review. It is posted anonymously and came out of nowhere, with no comment to me before posting. Nevertheless: This case was VERY difficult employment-based visa application. It had been originally prepared by another lawyer and denied by USCIS. The applicant had also overstayed his visa and engaged in unauthorized employment. After the client hired me, the application that I prepared was approved by USCIS on the first try, with no objection or request for additional evidence from Immigration. That is almost unheard of in today’s world! I spent MANY hours personally preparing and reviewing this file. I spoke with the client on my personal cell phone during business hours and after business hours and weekends. I have a wonderful staff. They will help with a file. Every client will talk to them at some point in time. It is what helps keep legal costs reasonable.

Posted by Ann | June 30, 2025 | Hired Attorney

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT HIRE ANN OR HER FIRM TO REPRESENT YOU IN A CONTESTED DIVORCE OF ANY KIND, IF YOU DON'T WANT

This is an honest review that has been long overdue. In 2022, I hired Ann E. Kennedy to represent me in my contested divorce, but she never took my case seriously nor effectively represented me because I am Black and an immigrant. On the day of my mediation scheduled for Ann, my so-called lawyer, and... me to meet with my Ex, his lawyer, and the Mediator, Ann never showed up at the meeting until many hours later. She only sent a young kid who is NOT even a paralegal, let alone a litigator. The clueless boy had no idea what to say or do. The Mediator asked him many questions, but he couldn't answer any and doesn't even know anything, for real. Much later, Ann showed up and talked too much, exchanging pleasantries with the mediator as old-time friends catching up and all that, stating that she had another mediation scheduled for the exact same date and time, and right after that, she disappeared again and never showed up until mediation was over. I was utterly disappointed and crying afterwards. I had no representation, yet I was paying a lawyer for legal representation. Ann, why schedule another mediation for the exact same time and date, when you were the one who did the scheduling that works for all parties?What broke the camel's back for me and still hurts my life to this day is that everything that was agreed upon during the mediation was not captured by the mediation documents nor the final divorce decree document. Meanwhile, the mediation meeting was recorded! In spite of the hurtful fact that during the mediation, I had no lawyer to help me and negotiate anything on my behalf, and I ended up just accepting whatever my Ex and his lawyer wanted, my own dumb lawyer literally omitted 2 of my Ex's debts (see them attached), which he himself stated that he would be paying and should be awarded to him. When I called Ann's attention to her errors, she told me that it was too late and they couldn't be corrected, and that if I wanted them corrected, I should pay her again to file another divorce lawsuit. WHAT? WHAT THE F**K?!!! How's that my fault? Why should I pay for your own errors and omissions?I reached out to the companies and explained and wrote letters to the credit reporting agencies—Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax—but they all refused to remove those negative accounts from my consumer credit profile. Worse off, both companies still report both accounts as active and showing that I missed 22-30 payments till today. Even when I tell them that the 2 bills were awarded to my Ex and they say, Show me your final divorce decree, and I send it over, they all think I'm telling lies, and no one believes me because my unintelligent lawyer, Ann E. Kennedy, failed to represent my interests by including at least all the items my Ex & his lawyer insisted were the only things they'd assume responsibility for.The very worst part is that twice I have tried to purchase a house or condo since after my divorce, both accounts hunt me down, and they deny my mortgage loan, even rental property, simply because of ANN's heinous mistake. As a result of the above ugly experiences, when Ann sent me a final bill citing that I will pay the clueless DUMBF**k child she sent who wouldn't talk to the mediator nor provide answers, I refused to pay her whatever she wanted to extort more from me because she literally ruined my life and still wanted me to pay her for it. I have been waiting for her to sue me so I can expose her to the state bar association & all, but she hasn't sued me yet.I was and still soo heartbroken by this till today, especially each time I open my credit report and see the ruins. ANN E. KENNEDY'S DUMB**S HAS CAUSED ME! I think I may have to sue Ann or at least report her to her state bar because my creditworthiness & my life have been ruined by her sloppiness, discrimination, & lackadaisical attitude towards my case & her representation of me & my interests during that matter. If I were a white woman, would Ms. Ann have done this to me?

Posted by Client | November 19, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Caution! Beware!!!

Keep looking, I hired Anne in a custody case and she took my money and sided with opposing counsel- talk about a nightmare!!! My child was crying out to everyone about being abused. The case was hard and I feel that Anne just didn't want to work. Easy money and move on. Well I'm hoping that she's le...arned a HUGE lesson in law. ETHICS & INTEGRITY above all else. I'm in the process of filing a grievance against her, my child's life has been ruined. And to know that she put my child in danger by playing a game with opposing counsel and the amicus is serious business. I have forgiven and moved on. I just don't want anyone else's child to ever have to go through what she's put my child through all because of a game! This is real life and real people! SERIOUS BUSINESS.

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