Deborah Caballero

My husband and I were her clients on E2 (investor) visas. Every two years our status needed to be renewed. Once (either she or the Department of Homeland Security) made a simple spelling mistake on my name. Debra could not (or would not) take care of it for almost a year. I needed to go abroad but co...uld not because of this unfixed mistake. Later, she prepared all the documentation necessary for my husband to go to his native country and apply for a visa from there. He got denied, even though he had just renewed his status for two more years just a few months prior. I was still in the US, alone with a baby. When I contacted her to let her know what had happened and ask for her directions, she told me she would soon get back to us on how to proceed. But she did not. I called her mobile and her office more than 20 times, left many messages, to no avail. I just wanted information on how long I could legally stay in the country, considering my status had been tied to that of my husband's. But she did not return my calls. I was left in the dark, living in constant fear that the police would knock my door, and God forbid, take my baby, during the few weeks I needed to sell our property and leave the country as well. My husband had been her client for about 8 years and I had been her client for more than 5; we had always paid her legal fees on time. But when something terrible happened, instead of offering the assistance she was legally obligated to as our attorney, she simply disappeared.