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Gerald Shapiro

also known as Jerry Shapiro

4.9
Rating: 8.0

Licensed for 28 years

Immigration Lawyer at Encino, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration, Criminal Defense

16133 Ventura Blvd. #700, Encino, CA

About Gerald

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Immigration 85%

Deportation defense, consular visa processing, naturalization, lawful permanent residence, appeals, motions, waivers and federal court writs.

30 years

85%
Criminal Defense 15%

Post Conviction Criminal Defense

15%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 28 years

State: California

Acquired: 1997

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Jerry Shapiro

16133 Ventura Blvd. #700, Encino, CA, 91436-2406

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Gerald Shapiro's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

134 Client Reviews

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Posted by Janeri | May 11, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Excellent Services

I was referred to Jerry by a colleague. We met for an initial consultation in May 2018 and we hired him to represent my mother for her adjustment of status. My mother is from Honduras. Jerry was always available for any questions or concerns. He guided us through the process and kept an open commun...ication. My mother had her interview with an immigration official on April 10th, 2019. We met with Jerry a week before to make sure everything was in order and to make sure we were ready. The day of the interview he was present. The interview went well but the immigration official requested additional documents. Jerry helped us gather one of the documents and my mother and I gathered the rest. Once we had everything, we met with Jerry and he made sure to walk the documents in to the immigration office. On May 7th, my mother received a notification that her adjustment of status was approved. She received her green card 2 days later. We are extremely pleased with Jerry’s services and would definitely recommend him to anyone.

Posted by Yavuz | March 11, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Outstanding Results for a Tricky Immigration Case

First of all, it was a pleasure to work with Jerry Shapiro. We decided to see Jerry based on a couple of our friends’ recommendations. From the first meeting we felt immediate confidence in him as he offered us a solution that none of the other lawyer’s we interviewed had offered us. Jerry was calm, ...practical and friendly as he walked us through our options. He gave us a logical & hopeful next step and he immediately took action, within the next day. Jerry took our very tough case very seriously. He submitted a notion to reopen our case based on an error, and took this straight to the supervisor. When we hadn’t heard back from USCIS, Jerry followed up repeatedly. He was always commutative & quick to respond, it felt very personable as we felt we could contact him at any time & hear back directly from him within hours. After relentlessly making efforts to have our case reviewed & corrected, Jerry was successfully able to get us the results we were looking for. I am happy to say that I now have my green card thanks to Jerry Shapiro. I would work with him again in a heartbeat and recommend him to anyone.

Posted by Maayan | November 06, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Absolutely an amazing lawyer!

Been working with Mr Shapiro since mid 2015 when my husband and I were referred to him by a different immigration lawyer (as she believed he is more qualified to handle my case -removal proceeding), and I am so happy she did! Thanks to Mr Shapiro, I am now a resident of the US! Mr. Shapiro respo...nded to the consultation inquiry immediately and I was able to meet him in his office shortly after. He was very thorough in explaining details of the process from A to Z at the consultation and we hired his services at the end of our first meeting. At all times, Mr. Shapiro gave us proper guidance about the timelines and requirements of the process, He always explains everything in detail and with patient, and never did he miss to answer a phone call or respond to an email or even a text (within minutes!!). Mr. Shapiro provided excellent advisory to help us navigate through this complex legal procedures. I can't even emphasize enough how responsive, knowledgeable and resourceful he is. I already recommended 2 of my friends to Mr Shapiro and will continue doing so to anyone who ask me if I know an amazing Immigration Lawyer. We are very, very thankful we decided to use his services. Highly recommended!

Posted by Hisham | October 16, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Asylum

Political/Religious Asylum / Jerry Chapiro

If there was more than five stars then Jerry would definitely deserve it. My family and I are from Lebanon, we hired Attourney Gerry Chapiro to help us with our Political/Religious complicated Asylum case which we were seeking. Actually we visited several well known attornies all over the west coast ...in California and all of them either turned us down and said we can’t/impossible to win this case “meaing they asked us to bring certain papers which we did’t have or they seemed not professionaly motivated or eligible to handle such a LIFE CHANGING case. Later we knew from several referrals that Gerry was one of the best whom we missed. He has over 20 years of extensive exprience in immigration law, well know and distinguished for his MORALS and INTEGRITY and COMMITMENT in dealing with his clients to win their cases and follow with them to the end. He accepted our case in an open heart and worked with us intensively to come up with a professional file to submit to USCIS. He prepared us for the interview and introduced us to all kinds of questions which we might expect and asked us to always be TRUE and AUTHENTIC. He accompanied us for 2 consecutive interviews and gave us all the emotional support, he was more than happy to respond to all our consultations. We WON our case couple of days ago and Gerald played a major role in our positive life changing turn over. We would definitely recommend Jerry for all kinds of complex immigration cases and we’ll continue with him to obtain our Greencard and future related matters

Posted by Roxana | August 11, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Best Lawyer

Jerry was referred to me by a family member, he assisted her with getting her green card. I was under a very complicated case with immigration. I have had several lawyers previously but none were as professional as Mr. Shapiro. He answered every single question I had and was quick to respond to my e...mails. He reviewed my case and advised me how long in can take for me to get my green card and assured me that it could be done. He gave me a time line of approximately six months to a year and now six months later I have my green card.I highly recommend Mr. Shapiro as he has an amazing work ethic.

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Gerald Shapiro's Lawyer Endorsements

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Mark Cunningham

Immigration lawyer | Mar 29

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"I endorse this lawyer."

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Scott Schwartz

Immigration lawyer | Jun 06

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer...integrity, knowledge and dedication."

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Jong Lee

Immigration lawyer | Jan 04

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Fakhrudeen Hussain

Immigration lawyer | Nov 22

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I consider Jerry to be one of the very best in the field of immigration law. I have referred very difficult cases to Jerry where he has used his knowledge, skill and diligence to bring a positive outcome. The clients I have referred to Jerry have been very satisfied and have thanked me for referring them to him. I continue to consult with Jerry on difficult deportation cases and I have always received valuable guidance from him. Most of all Jerry Shapiro is very helpful and goes out of his way to make sure that clients understand the complex nature of their case and communicates with clients every step out of the way. Clients who I have referred to Jerry have always admired his quick response to their calls and emails. I highly recommend Jerry Shapiro in any immigration and or criminal matter."

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Experience

Rating:  8.0 (Excellent)

Work Experience

1998 - 2008

Founding Partner, Law Offices of Fuire & Shapiro

1988 - 1997

Associate Director, Anti-Defamation League

Associations

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Section

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Education

1984

UCLA

Master of Arts

1981

UCLA

Bachelor of Arts

N/A

Southwestern University School of Law

Juris Doctorate

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