Gerald Shapiro

Jerry Shapiro is the best lawyer that I have ever worked with. Before I work with Jerry Shapiro I worked with few other lawyer and not only I was not getting results, just dealing with those lawyers had become a nightmare for me. I recommend Jerry Shapiro for the following reasons: 1- He is resp...onsive; whenever I had a concern on my case, I was able to get in touch with him quickly, and he addressed my issues and concern patiently 2- He is very knowledgeable; I have hired him on two immigration cases, and in both cases, he handled a case that was not exactly straight forward. in both cases very quickly and easily got my case approved. I have to admit that in both cases I was disappointed with approval of my immigration case and he did magic. 3- He understood my concerns and by explaining the solution to my case, and partly by his positive attitude eased my worries. 4- He is very fair on the fees that he charges. I remember for my first case, I was quoted twice than his fees by few other lawyers that did not even understood my case. 5- I was amazed by how neatly he organized my case and send it to the immigration office. It plays a big role on how your file is prepared and how easily immigration officers can browse trough it and find their material. 6- He is very organized; when I went to him for my second case, very quickly he found evidence and material from my first file (which was done ~5years earlier) that helped with my second case. Every time that someone ask me of a great lawyer, I will with no doubt reffer he/she to Jerry 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

Mr. Shapiro is the best immigration lawyer out there , he made my impossible , possible. I am an Iranian women who have lived in U.S. since 2004. I had a temporary green card and had to divorce my husband. Immigration was going to terminate my residency because they believed that I did not enter my ...marriage in good faith. But Mr. Shapiro prove them wrong. After his defense was sent to immigration on May 30, immigration sent my permanent green card in June 16. I can not thank him enough for an amazing job he did. The other lawyer I had turn out to be an immigration consultant and he took all my money and gave me all the wrong advises. But Mr. Shapiro did not promise me anything and gave me my green card at the end . THERE IS NO ONE BETTER THAN HIM IN CALIFORNIA