Mike Singh Sethi

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Mike Singh Sethi

also known as Mike Sethi

4.7
Rating: 9.2

Licensed for 18 years

Immigration Lawyer at Orange, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration, Personal Injury, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense

625 N Main Street, Orange, CA

Virtual Consultation Available

About Mike

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Immigration 70%

Attorney Sethi worked for several immigration law firms and as a result has over ten years of experience in complex immigration matters. Mr. Sethi's knowledge of immigration matters is broad, including employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, family-based permanent residence matters, and naturalization. Mr. Sethi has successfully worked extensively in preparing and filing labor certifications and PERM applications.

20 years | 560 cases

70%
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 10%

20 years | 50 cases

10%
Criminal Defense 10%

20 years | 70 cases

10%
Personal Injury 10%

20 years | 60 cases

10%

Fees and Rates

We have not found any cost information for this lawyer

Licenses

Licensed in California for 18 years

State: California

Acquired: 2007

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Sethi Law Group

625 N Main Street, Orange, CA, 92868

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Sethi Law Group

16204 Pioneer Blvd., Norwalk, CA, 90650

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Mike Singh Sethi's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.7 /5.0

30 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 2 of 2 reviews | 1 star

Posted by Robert | July 03, 2021 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Bad front office or assistants

I do not have anything bad to say about Mr. Sethi himself. In fact, I held two free consultations with him. However, his assistants are very terrible. I interacted with two different women in that office and I can say that anything that they say is a lie. I once called to speak with the attorney and ...one of the women answered and told me he was wrapping up with a client and that I should hold. I was on hold for more than 45minutes. I ended the call and call again, she answered and told me the same thing again " he is wrapping up with a client now" please hold. I held again for close to another 45minutes but there was no response. I called back again, she told me the attorney himself will call me back. That did not happen. I wrote an email and complained about it, they called me and apologized. After communicating with the attorney, he asked me to obtain a document from a school and he will use it to start my case. I did that and sent the document to his office while copying the attorney too. But none of them responded after a few days. I contacted them to follow up on it, the woman told me the attorney says he will review my document and get back to me. It's well over a week now and there is no feedback back from that office.

Mike Sethi

Replied last July 03, 2021

Dear Robert. I am very sorry that you felt like this after me giving you 2 free consultations. When you sent the documents to review for no fees again, I was out of country and out of office for a few days. Your case was a complicated case and so when I got back to my office I wanted to review the documents carefully and to get back to you with my answer if we could help you. I did call you and have sent you an email wanting to speak with you. Anyways once again I apologize you felt like this even after my two free telephonic consultations. Our office did not charge you any fees and was trying to help you after carefully reviewing your documents. Anyways I wish you all the best in all your future endeavors.

Posted by Alexandra | June 30, 2015 | Immigration

Worst lawyer ever! Don't even think to hire this lawyer

I hired this lawyer approximately a year ago. first time working with a lawyer and it has been a terrible experience. the initial consult was great i felt reassure with everything he had told me so he was hired. At the beginning we had a rough start, paperwork filled out improperly,. misspelled nam...es, incorrect information. it was corrected so we proceeded. everything was going ok until the day of the appointment. " THE LAWYER DID NOT SHOW UP". Angrily we called the office and his response was "it is not on my schedule". What kind of lawyer does not have his client on his schedule. After that he never returns our calls. He only calls when there is money involved and was paid off before the immigration appointment. perhaps that is why he didn't show up. his responses now are: i don't know, they didn't want to see me, i didn't have time to go today, i went and they didn't tell me anything, they never call me to give me an update on my status and to top it off its not him that goes its some other "lawyer". I'm always calling them and they always give me the same response. i have accomplished more by calling immigration to know about my status and its funny because they say they go to the immigration and get no response but when i call i get updates. my case is still pending it has been over a year i am extremely upset with the lawyer money down the drain.i do not recommend this lawyer but if you do go with this lawyer i wish you luck and be prepare for long journey

Mike Sethi

Replied last June 30, 2015

The facts of this review are incorrect. This is not true that we never showed up at this client's interview. There was a confusion with the officer about her date and time of the interview because we had two interviews that day in the same office. When the officer called me I personally spoke with her and addressed the issue. After that the case was put on administrative hold due to some confidential issues in her case and our office called and visited USCIS office in Santa Ana several times to get a resolution to the situation without charging any further fees. This client did not want to wait any further and posted this review with false accusations. There are many thankless people in this world that you can never satisfy. No matter what you do.

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Mike Singh Sethi's Lawyer Endorsements

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Christina Bateman

Immigration lawyer | Apr 13

Relationship: Co-worker

"Mr. Sethi is a very skilled attorney. I highly recommend him."

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Arthur Ilangesyan

Personal injury lawyer | May 17

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Robert Vetchtein

Immigration lawyer | Aug 31

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Douglas Borthwick

Immigration lawyer | Nov 16

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Nassim Arzani

Immigration lawyer | Aug 24

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Jeffrey Jacobs

Unknown lawyer | Jul 14

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Michael Waddington

Personal injury lawyer | May 30

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Mike. He is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community."

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Randal Moore

Unknown lawyer | Apr 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. A highly skilled and respected lawyer in the community."

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Jeffrey Runge

Chapter 7 bankruptcy lawyer | Apr 21

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Experienced and highly regarded in the legal community."

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Michael Doland

Immigration lawyer | Feb 09

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Although new to Avvo, the answers of Mr. Sethi are of the highest quality, accurate, analytic, and customized to the needs of the Avvo asker. These qualities are exactly what the Avvo asker is looking for when hiring an attorney."

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Anu Gupta

Immigration lawyer | Feb 08

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Mike wholeheartedly."

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Ajay Arora

Immigration lawyer | Feb 08

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Maryam Atighechi

Immigration lawyer | Feb 07

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Alexander Ivakhnenko

Immigration lawyer | Feb 07

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Carolina Gomez

Immigration lawyer | Feb 24

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Sanjay Sobti

Immigration lawyer | Apr 29

Relationship: Co-worker

"I endorse this lawyer's work. Mike is an expert in Immigration Law and is consistently improving his knowledge base in this area. I have worked with Mike for several years now and know him to be honest, reputable, a subject matter expert in Immigration Law, and a good friend. He is an outstanding attorney that I cherish having on the U.S. Law Center team."

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Experience

Rating:  9.2 (Superb)

Honors

2010

Client Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

2008

The Global Directory of who's who, The Global Directory

2000

Highest Achievement, Bancroft-Whitney

Work Experience

2007 - Present

Owner, Sethi Law Group B.B.A

1996 - 2007

Attorney, Law Offices of Jack Holmes & Associates

Associations

2017 - Present

South Orange County Bar Association

Executive Committee

2017 - Present

South Orange County Bar Association

Executive Committee Member

2017 - Present

South Orange County Bar Association

Attorney Member

2017 - Present

OC Attorney Network

Attorney Member

2016 - Present

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Member

2008 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association (southern California chapter)

Member

2007 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

2007 - Present

State Bar of California

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Family Based Immigration

Successful

Employment Based Green Card

Sucessful

Investment EB-5

Approved

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Education

2000

American College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1999

California State University, Dominguez Hills

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2019

Charity Event

Immigration today

2017

Charity event

Immigration Environment today

Publications

2017

Sethi Law Group USCIS Proposes Changes to EB-5 Regulations

2016

Sethi Law Group Tips for How are Non-Citizens Detained by ICE

2016

Sethi Law Group Tips for Improving Your Chances of Getting Cleared by US Customs at an Airport

2016

Sethi Law Group Employer’s Obligation to workers who have H-1B Visas

Languages

Hindi

Punjabi

Farsi

Urdu

English

Activity

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