James Robert Mayock

James Robert Mayock

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Rating: 6.6

Licensed for 47 years

Immigration Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration

220 Sansome St Ste 1200, San Francisco, CA

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Immigration 100%

Bringing the Best & Brightest to America!

48 years | 5,000 cases

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 47 years

State: California

Acquired: 1978

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Law Offices of James Robert Mayock

220 Sansome St Ste 1200, San Francisco, CA, 94104

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Posted by Jakub | September 28, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Don't waste your precious time and money!

I worked with Jim’s firm twice. Both for E-2 Visa for my startup. First time was pretty good though wasn’t smooth at the consulate. The second time, I trusted that he will put the same care and focus to my case like at the first time. Boy was I wrong... First of all, they postponed my case for fe...w months, because they were super busy preparing for H1B’s in April. I was running out of time! Finally, my startup got approved to the most prestigious startup accelerator in the U.S. and we had several other successes on the way... but our case wasn’t approved! When we met with Jim in his office a week after the denial, his only advice was: leave the country! We found another lawyer and within 2 months got approved! A few months later my wife got approved for a green card and we’re all set. He never looked at solutions out of the box, though our cases were really no problem for other lawyers. Don’t have to tell you how much stress and anxiety it cost me. He refused to return my money, even though I wrote him super to the point letter pointing out all the mistakes. He responded 3 months after, saying that they were busy with H1B’s... A JOKE. Deja vu! Don’t work with them if you care about your immigration issues and life in the U.S.

Posted by ron | January 25, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

terrible attorney

Do not waste your time or money with James Mayock or EM Visa. My fiancee had selected Jim as her attorney and he is 100% useless, Between Mr Mayock and his staff they do nit provide due diligence, an attorney who submits paperwork to USCIS should at a minimum ensure the firms are correct and SIGNED... before submission, he failed to do this. the forms submitted were incomplete, unsigned, and USCIS requested additional information was not submitted within the time frame dictated by USCIS. this firm will nickel and dime you to death, and leave you in limbo. if i could give them negative scores i would. Run from them they are inept, unprofessional and incompetent.

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Erik Newton

Immigration lawyer | Apr 03

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"Jim is an excellent immigration attorney. His extensive experience and deep knowledge in his filed combine to deliver exceptional results. Highly recommended."

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Experience

Rating:  6.6 (Good)

Work Experience

1995 - Present

Managing Partner, Elliot & Mayock LLP

1991 - 1995

Partner, Crosland, Strand, Freeman & Mayock

Associations

1986 - Present

AILA American Immigration Lawyers Assn

Member

1978 - Present

Bar Association of San Francisco

Member

2008 - 2010

British American Business Council

Vice President

Sample of Legal Cases

Mayock v. INS, 714 F. Supp. 1558 (N.D. Cal. 1989)

Enforced FOIA 10-day disclosure rule

Turcios v. INS, 813 F.2d 262 (9th Cir. 1987)

Denial of Political Asylum reversed

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Education

1978

Indiana Univ Bloomington SOL

law

1975

Univ of Toronto

undergraduate

Languages

Mandarin

Cantonese

English

French

German

Spanish

Russian

Tagalog

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