Gerald Shapiro

Since the end of 2010 my family was going through very tough times because of my husband's immigration status. Both I and my husband are Armenians from Armenia. We have 2 kids, who were born here in LA. Even though I and our two sons were US citizens at that time, the authorities deported my husba...nd back to Armenia, after keeping him in Immigration Jail for almost 4 weeks. While my husband was in immigration jail, I met with 8-10 lawyers of different nationalities., including Armenians. The one I hired before Mr. Shapiro (while my husband was still in jail), failed. My husband was sent back to our country of origin. I heard about Mr. Shapiro's great work from a friend of mine. At that time I had already met with about 15 lawyers, and couldn't decide who to hire. As soon as I met Mr. Shapiro and had my first consultation with him, I understood that he was the type of attorney I was looking for. Mr Shapiro took over my husband's case in February of 2012. He filed deportation waivers for my husband ( I-601 and I-212). Every person who has such issues most probably knows how difficult it is to get waivers approved after deportation, and how long it can take( in average 4-6 months). Mr. Shapiro prepared such a strong case that our waivers were approved within 2 weeks, after submitting them. I will definitely recommend Mr Jerry Shapiro to anyone who is going through immigration issues. What I like about Mr. Shapiro most is that he is very responsive, very honest and knowledgeable. He was always there to answer any question I had. He even answered my phone calls on Sundays. Mr. Shapiro is very detail oriented. Whatever he writes in his legal briefs and cases is proved by strong supportive documents. I hope we will never go through anything like this, but if we ever do, I will without hesitation go directly to Mr. Jerry Shapiro ( even though there are so many Armenian attorneys out there). One more thing I forgot to mention is that he not only files documents and waits until he gets a response back, but also follows up with officials to get status of whatever he does. I had never heard someone enter the US with an immigrant visa after being deported back to Armenia.( May be from other countries but not Armenia) Great job Mr. Shapiro!!! Thank you very much for everything you did for my family. Thank you

Ive dealt with a few attorneys in my life, criminal, real estate etc... but Jerry was the first and only that I have come across to be as honest and professional as he was to me. I was referred to him by another immigration attorney, who told me that Jerry was the one to talk to about my immigration ...case on obtaining my US citizenship. I cant thank Jerry enough, as he helped me obtain my citizenship even with the previous criminal issues that I had when I was younger and made some bad mistakes. Thank you Jerry again for helping me become a citizen, being so professional, knowing the law like you do and letting me realize my American dreams!!! Sincerely, O. A. the new american

Jerry has been a great lawyer; our case was very complicated involved deportation to Armenia. We consulted with Mr. Shapiro he reviewed the case very carefully and said we have a great shot @ winning this case. He is wonderful person to work and would reply immediately to messages anytime of the day.... It was hard fought battle but in the end he won the case for us. He made numerous visits and prepped everyone in the case to answer all questions. Our family had a piece of mind with this case and felt confident that in the end the verdict would be in our favor. I hope we never have to go through this again in the future, but if we did Mr. Shapiro is who we would turn to. It's almost like talking to a friend when you speak to Mr. Shapiro. We thank Mr. Shapiro again for his services.

Both my sons had their Green Cards withdrawn on re-entering the USA. Gerald Shapiro prepared their cases with great detail and had his arguments supported by detailed documentary evidence . After a number of hearings with the Immigration authorities , both of my sons had their Permenant Residence sta...tus re-instated.

Mr. Shapiro did a excellent job in defending one of my family member through a difficult immigration trial. He was honest and up front from the time he took the case. Not only was he honest but also professional and down to earth. When it seems that there was no hope and a lot of dissapointment, He ...was honest to say he will do his best to make our case heard. He is one of the most honest and trustwordly lawyer you could have. I rate Mr. Shapiro excellent because he is an outstanding lawyer. We are from Belize and mr Shapiro help my family member obtain legal status in the United States. Mr shapiro was very defiant in defending my family member. He went to the INS building on sevral occasions to make sure he got whatever documents he needed to prepare for our case. He visited my family member who was in INS custody on sevral ocassions to prepare for the case. He made sure we had all necessary paper work for our court date. The services from mr Shapiro's office definately met and exceeded our needs. We definately will and has always recomend mr Shapiro whenever any approach us that need an INS lawyer.