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Posted by D | May 25, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Great lawyer

All of the tasks were solved quickly. Liya's office is located in a convenient location. Wes started to work on our case in December 2017 and finished in May 2018. She correctly prepared our case and her tremendous work helped us to get an excellent result in the shortest possible time. I highly ...recommended Liya. She is a great lawyer!

Posted by Olga | April 30, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Thank you for helping us becoming permanent residents!

Liya and her team are the best! We started to work on our case in 2014 and it seemed like we’ll never get to the interview, especially now that the USCIS changed their policy. Thanks to Liya, who pushed our case, we had our interview and were granted asylum! I highly recommend her! She is very reli...able, responsive, very responsible. I was very stressed and panicked and she made sure to calm me down and assure that everything will be fine. She’s a great lawyer and person! Thank you Liya for everything!!!

Posted by anonymous | January 30, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Money Hungry Lawyer

Someone who dosent stick to her own contracts or policies. Liya asks for us to pay her more because the court kept changing our court date and since it was longer then expected she expected us to pay her over a thosand dollars more. After speaking to her about our contract with her and basicly tellin...g her we dont get payed the way we want to like she supposedly does we wouldn't pay her more. She had such a disgusting money hungry attitude about it. She decided to drop our case 4 months later since the last time we spoke to her. Apparently we disappeared and her office has been trying to contact us. Which is bullshit. This is not a lawyer for low income people or someone who cares to actually help people . The moment we called the office a couple days ago is the moment they decided to close the case sending us paperwork 2 days later. When we called her very very very nice and politely she said , fond someone else to represent you and hung up. So if your looking for someone to be on yourside dont waste your time with someone who just wants you for your money. She is not one of the top 10 lawyers in seattle nor award winning lawyer so look else where for someone whos simply not in it for the money. Cant even call without knowing shell hang up in our face again.

Liya Djamilova

Replied last January 30, 2017

I am sorry you feel this way. Lawyers and clients sometimes come to disagreements about services provided and costs of these services. It is my professional responsibility not to disclose any details of your case. The things I can say are: I protected you from deportation, I waived the additional fee for you after we spoke and that you were not able to complete the last step in your case that was necessary to be done in 4 months and I had to let you go for your uncooperativeness. I returned your file and advised you to find another lawyer.

Posted by Chris | January 20, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Citizenship issue.

My son and I needed to travel to Seattle to deal with a dual citizenship issue regarding my son. We had an appt at the Russian Consulate and there would have been absolutely NO way we would have been able to have the meeting with her. She immediately took charge and spoke with the representative an...d got through some hurdles that most likely would not have been cleared without her help. It was crucial that we were able to take care of this issue on this trip as we traveled from Minnesota and did not want to extend our trip further. She is still helping us with some follow up issues and is prompt with getting back to us and explains everything to us in a way that we can easily understand. She was great!

Posted by anonymous | November 28, 2016

Not sure where to start

I called Liyas office last Friday and got an appointment for Monday. Every time I called, the office would answer in a foreign language and I had to confirm it was the right place; hence it makes me wonder if it only caters to a specific group - impression 1. Impression 2- Liya was the second lawyer... I talked to (both of them found on avvo). The first one was amazing and gave me valuable information (i wanted to confirm this with liya and decide the next plan of action for my mom). After reading the reviews here, i was looking forward to talk to her. I was welcomed with a lady sounding very harsh. I explained the situation and she simply said there is nothing you can do about it. Immigration is slow and won't do anything within a week. Little background: my mom is a permanent resident and got the i551 stamped in her passport but never received the green card. My dad whose application I took care of as well at the same time got his early 2016. So my moms taking this long was unusual and odd. Each Uscis agent had no idea was happening and we got different information. Ultimately we were told that the file must have gotten lost. My mom is due to return next week so we needed to try to fix it once and for all before she exits the country again (to avoid complications). So back to liya, she absolutely didn't seem to care and plainly said there is nothing to do. We will have to restart the whole process and repay all the fees for her. I asked if she could help. She said no she wouldn't be of any use at this point. The lawyer I talked to before gave me three options! At that point, I asked liya was about extending the i551 through the local office so she can exit and enter without any issues until we fix the green card problem. The previous lawyer was the one that told me about this... Only then she said, mmm yes you can do that but again it will take forever. Your mother likely will have to stay in the country until it's done. I talked to liya on nov 14 and I'm happy to let her know that as of nov 18 meaning today my mother got her renewed i551 + got her biometrics done and the card is finally on its way. I didn't give up because the previous lawyer was the one that gave me the boost to insist and make it happen. Liya was only a downer and was not even helpful as to what are the next steps supposed to be. Not sure where the 18 reviews below are from but my experience with her was horrible. I hope she learns from it and treats people consulting her better in the future. Maybe take example on the first lawyer I talked to.

Liya Djamilova

Replied last November 28, 2016

We answer the phone in Spanish as the majority of our clients is Spanish speaking. I am not sure what is the problem with that. I advised you that it is a complicated process that may take a prolonged period of time. Anyone who ever had to deal with immigration knows that it is true. In sum, I am not sure what was the problem with the consultation that you received, especially because it was free.

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