Lavi Sholem Soloway

I worked closely with Lavi Soloway on my husband's adjustment of status. All I can say is that after several months of missed deadlines, unclear and inconsistent communication, and basic mistakes like filing the wrong form which delayed our case over a month... we walked away and consulted with some...one else. The horror stories are true.

I had a consult with Lavi Soloway on a immigration after being in the US 15 years. He informed us that theee were a few hurdles but felt very confident in winning the case, we had 3 more consultation and then was to,d we took to long to gather all the paperwork he requested, 1 month it took, and he ...had subpoenaed for records so was out of our hands. Pushed our case 4 months cause he was busy with other cases. 9 months later he said another postponement. We requested a refund n went to another lawyer. 13 months later he still hasn't refunded several thousand dollars won't return emails or calls

Lavi Soloway nearly got me deported, lied to us on the phone, and didn't file paperwork when he said he was going to. He told us to ignore the denial notice we got, claiming it was in error. Turns out, it wasn't in error, and he was completely blowing smoke. When it became apparent that he'd s...crewed up my change of status beyond redemption, and allowed the time to elapse so that we couldn't file an appeal, he stopped answering the phone, wouldn't respond to email, and has yet to send us a copy of our file- so we were forced to pick up the pieces, finding a lawyer who would handle the fact that we had no idea whatsoever as to what paperwork he'd filed on our behalf. In the end, we had to file a FOIA request with DHS to find out what he'd actually done- which turned out to be not nearly as much as he said he'd done. I was out of status and clocking up unlawful presence time, and my lawyer wouldn't answer the phone. I have since discovered that he has done this before, to other people. He's completely irresponsible and does not do what he says he will do. Avoid him at all costs.

Lavi took on my green card application case and promised to apply in two months for me. Then he disappeared with my money and no work done for three months. He only wrote 1 supporting letter. I had to complaint vigorously and for weeks before getting my money back. The office manager was also extreme...ly rude.

1. New York's office manager. Not polite and and not responsive. I called her to set an appointment. The following day I sent her an e-mail with a couple of questions and after 3 days I had to call her again, cause she had not replied. Her reply on the phone was "I am receivng hundreds of e-mails dai...ly". When I stressed out that the documents sent to us to fill in were not compatible with our case, she replied "misunderstanding". Then she set us up an appointment with an associate and required documents to be sent electronically. 2. Although thoroughly informed about the case (same sex couple mariage and issues related with spouses visas as well as possibility of green card petition), when we started making questions about visas and work permit etc., stunned he told us "he did not expect this kind of questions and had to call a partner". In additon, he did not have any of the documents already sent. 3. After the consult, we were told to get back to them in a week's tme, after we had posed specific questions. We did so, for 2-3 days, no reply. I call the manager and the reply was "we need to set up another consult but this time you will be charged" (the consult for LGBT couples issues is free, otherwise costs around $480). The line was not that good that day and I was trying to pose some questions as time is of essence and she replied to me in a rude way "Will you let me finish?". Nice way to talk to a client. Last, after the call, I sent the manager and the associate an email saying "you know our case and the details, you know what we need, can you give us an estimate more or less, about the cost and the timeframe?" No reply. Take your business elsewhere.