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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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Showing 36 - 40 of 58 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge

Posted by Claudia | June 04, 2015 | Immigration

The Best Attorney and Very Professional Lawyer

I became a citizen of the United States in January 2014, in June we went to see Jerry to help my Mother to obtain her green card. He is an honest and confinable person. Mr. Jerry is a person you can trust. He answered all my questions and doubts. We started the process and everything was running f...ine but two months received a letter from Immigration that said the request for adjust status for my mother was rejected as a deportation order. We feel that the world was over for us. We got in touch with Jerry helped us to investigate, when was the deportation order and he found out it was since 1997. Jerry is someone who gives you options to look for a way to help . Mr. Jerry do everything possible to obtain to get your green card. I can tell you that without his help right now my mother would not have a green card. My mom just got his green card on May 28th 2015. We are grateful to Mr. Jerry

Posted by Lourdes A. Reyes | May 25, 2015 | Immigration

Very Professional and Reliable Lawyer

In only 5 months after our application for my change of status to Immigrant, Green Card was issued without any problems thru the help and assistance of Mr. Jerry Shapiro. He was a dependable and reliable Lawyer and his rate is so reasonable compared to other lawyers I heard from other friends which ...is double than the professional fee of Mr. Shapiro. He's always on time and update his clients in connection with the status of your application, from the requirements until at the end he was there. I will definitely highly recommend Mr. Shapiro to all my other Friends who need assistance with regards to Immigration problems, Mr. Shapiro will surely 100% can help them. Thank you so much Mr. Shapiro for all the help and guidance, you're such one of a kind.

Posted by anonymous | April 01, 2014 | Asylum

Asylum court

Recently Mr Jerry was my layer to present my case in Asylum court, his very responsive to my questions and all legal advises, his very honest and easy to communicate with, I am recommending him to my friends.

Posted by Lida | March 26, 2013 | Immigration

Incredible

I immigrated from Iran to the US in 2007 base on US citizen spouse. In 2009 I applied for removal of condition from my residency (I-751) which ended to removal proceeding. I hired first attorney who was not helpful and the second application ended to proceeding as well. I was so disappointed and rec...ommended by a local agent to Mr Shapiro. I call his office and there was a very warm greeting fro secretary. I found his cell phone number through the greeting of answering machine. (He's been easy to reach and available up yo the end of case, for 2 other lawyers I had to pass secretary and leave a message on the phone and wait for response for a long time). In one hour consul I explained my situation and he figured it out quickly. He drafted his plan for me to solve the issue. I had 2 other consults with other attorneys, and made my decision that I would be comfortable with Mr Shapiro: 1. Available for client all the time without secretary barrier, even he checks all documents in front of you and sometimes he makes copy by himself rather than asking somebody else, so it makes you sure nothing would be lost 2. He listens to you carefully without any interruption and no hurry to end the consult session. 3. He responds everything legally and does research about the details based on references, and if he doubts about anything he would say "I'll research about it". 4. He has good knowledge of the scope of his practice with multiple solution for each problem. 6. And the fee for service was excellent. My case took 2.5 years to get ended because my third application was stuck in CIS while the 2nd application was being followed up in the immigration court. Mr Shapiro was so smart to find where my application exactly is and asked Judge to make CIS to have a decision on that. At interview day he patiently addressed the legal issues in my application and gave me hints after on to provide all documents might be helpful. I couldn't believe my case would be approved but Mr Shapiro was so confident about it. Finally 6 weeks after interview I received my Green Card: a case i couldn't believe to be approved at the 3rd time!!! Unbelievable. I highly recommend Mr Shapiro to anybody with immigration issue. Incredible.

Posted by anonymous | February 20, 2013 | Immigration

Great Lawyer for Citizenship with criminal background

Jerry is an excellent lawyer for your citizenship if you have any kind of criminal background. My interview only takes 10 mins! He successfully solved my cause and previously he helped my friend with criminal background to become citizen. About my situation, I am an Iranian who came to America about ...10 years ago. I got wet reckless driving about 2 years ago. When my probation finished, I went to Jerry's office to help me with citizenship. He handled my expungement and citizenship. The whole process took only 4 months. I am satisfied with the result!

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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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