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Posted by Mehmet | August 17, 2024

Losing time and money

Me and my wife contacted with Shusterman. We paid more than 400 dollars for 30 min consultation. And we decided to work with him and after he forwarded our case to his assistant Raj and he replied our first email and then he had never and never answered our emails or voice mails again.we found on goo...gle and all reviews were good, he always seems like best lawyer. Not serious law office. We got our E2 visa with another lawyer very easily. Thanks

Carl Shusterman

Replied last January 12, 2017

Dear Mehmet, I would like to bring a few important items to your attention. 1. Attorney Raj Iyer is not my "assistant". He is an experienced and talented immigration attorney who specializes in E-2 investor visas. During the 5 years that he worked for the Law Offices of Carl Shusterman, he had a 100% approval rate for the dozens of E-2 visa applications which he prepared. 2. We charge $425 for an initial consultation. When a person retains our law firm after their consultation, we credit the entire amount toward the fees for their case, thereby making their consultation free. 3. Attorney Iyer left our law firm in April 2016. I find it odd that you would be writing this review 9 months later. Our law firm continues to obtain the E-2 visas for our investor clients on a regular basis. Despite your review, I am glad to hear that your E-2 visa was approved. Sincerely yours, Carl Shusterman

Posted by anonymous | April 16, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Immigration

WHY WOULD SOMEONE PAY $400 FOR A 30 MIN OVER THE PHONE CONVERSATION, HE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR FILE IN FRONT OF HIM, HE DOESN'T KNOW YOUR CASE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF IMMIGRATION LAWYERS OUT THERE THAT OFFER FREE IN PERSON CONSULTATION, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!! REMEMBER THAT THE PERSON YOU ARE SPEAKING W...ITH IS PROBABLY NOT THE ATTORNEY HIMSELF, IF PROBABLY AN ASSISTANT, (( TO THE ATTORNEY Carl Shusterman , SHAME ON YOU FOR CHARGING PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE $400 FOR A USELESS 30 MINUTES OVER THE PHONE CONVERSATION!!!!

Carl Shusterman

Replied last April 16, 2024

Please take a look at a few of our 400+ 5-Star Reviews on Avvo and you will see how pleased our clients have been with our work on their behalf. If a person hires us within a reasonable time after their consultation, we subtract what they paid for their consultation from their overall fee. I carefully review the information on the person's intake sheet and the attached documents before the start of their consultation. I recommend taking advantage of our free immigration resources at https://www.shusterman.com including how to get a temporary visa, a green card and US citizenship. We encourage you to join our 40,000+ subscribers to our Free Immigration Newsletter to keep up to date on immigration laws and policies.

Posted by anonymous | December 26, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Nurses and nurse practitioners: DO NOT use this lawyer

Don’t waste your money! We waited; kept providing all the documents they were asking in the past few years; lost tracking with them because they think your priority date is not yet coming; no reminding; kept changing lawyers and paralegals three times without noticing; (only lawyer Ma and her Paraleg...al indeed helped us, but left their company) the biggest shot was that they prepared the I-485 forms with numerous mistakes, checked by our unprofessional eyes by the way. But Mr. Shusterman arrogantly ignored my request of refund, (paid $6000, only got the 1-140 approval notice), and said” do you want me to prepare your papers?” NO!! NO!! I am sure he is capable to do this simple work in minutes with accuracy, but he just doesn’t have the heart to do it. And once client’s faith and hope were broken by crappy works, you are always counted unreliable. Do not put yourself on this burning pan, they just want money but serving clients with respect, and professional works are not their desires, especially Mr. Shusterman, you don’t even need to spend one minute to smell his superiority, arrogance and rudeness while talking with him. Such an awful and shameful experience we had in the last few years with this law firm. But we were blessed to have another lawyer with opposites to help us out of this mud. Last word to Mr. Shutersman: you can be a good lawyer, if you are willing to recognize yourself as a part in ONE. “Before the ​​Lord​​; for he cometh to ​​​judge​ the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the ​​​world​, and the people with equity.” Psalm 98:9 Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by Arman | July 04, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Amazing job!!!

This is for sure the best immigration firm. I would like to thank Mr. Shusterman for his excellent advice and guidance. Special thanks to Ana Cruz and Giselle Sotelo. They worked with me from start to finish My case was complicated, but they did the impossible thing and solved my case in less than tw...o weeks. They helped me with my dream of becoming a US citizen. I am going to my Oath Ceremony in the end of July. That is exceptional and you cannot put a price on that. I highly recommend this firm for any immigration issues.

Posted by Charles | October 09, 2018

This firm gave me bad legal advice

I had a relatively simple case and made decisions based on paid consultations with this firm. They did a very poor job of explaining the alternatives for what is actually a very simple immigration case. I wish there was a way I could get my money back. I would definitely recommend using a different... firm.

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