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Posted by Jonathan | December 15, 2021 | Hired Attorney

Par Excellence!!

Growing up I have been bedeviled by behavioral problems which at times drew the attention of law enforcement. It was reasonable to expect that my petition for naturalization could not be decided without close scrutiny of my history. A case such as mine called for representation by a law firm staffed... by experienced immigration attorneys who are knowledgeable, hard-hitting, tough-as-nails, resourceful and unafraid of the ton of research and legal briefs necessary to be highly effective advocates. I chanced upon an interview on the radio in 2017 or 2018 of a Lt Col (Rtd) Margaret Stock by an NPR correspondent. I picked up on the fact that the Colonel was also at one time, a West Point professor and an Immigration Attorney based out of Anchorage Alaska. She had spearheaded a program named MAVNI a few years before, during the Bush administration, to recruit legal non-immigrants possessing foreign language and/or medical skills into the military. Recruits were promised a fast track to citizenship at the end of their tours of duty. Attorney Stock was expressing dismay to the interviewer at efforts of the then administration to put obstacles in the path of deserving members of the military to get citizenship. My first impressions of Attorney Stock then was that she is a compassionate, principled person and a woman of great integrity who does not countenance injustice and is not afraid to speak up. I decided to look her up online and to seek representation. It took a few months for me to summon the nerve to call. But eventually I did. Attorney Stock agreed to take on my case after a prequalification interview. When fact finding commenced, no stone was left unturned over several months in completing the daunting task of meticulously assembling a mountain of supporting documentation - some decades old - which was to be submitted with my N-400 application. An immigration firm must of necessity possess considerable resources and reach in order to meet the challenges of such a burden. Cascadia Cross-Border Law is such a firm. It was a disappointment when the N-400 petition was initially denied. However, why would I have retained counsel if I hadn’t considered this a distinct possibility? Attorney Stock and her very able associate Attorney Stearns took the denial in stride and wasted no time regrouping to strategize the best way forward. Attorney Stock assured me that all would be well eventually - that the setback could and would be overcome on legal grounds. With that, a masterfully crafted legal brief was prepared to launch an appeal at an N-336 hearing. The case was so impressively argued that the hearing USCIS officer would have had to be impervious to reason or willfully dismissive of the law to rule against us. Even though my admission for permanent residency decades prior was brought into question at the hearing, it was insufficient to overcome our robust argument in urging a reversal of the N-400 denial. Our case had merit and was rock solid. Weeks later, we learned that the denial had indeed been overturned . I was scheduled to take the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony. Against considerable odds, the very fine Attorneys and staff of Cascadia Cross-Border Law under the leadership of Attorney Stock, had successfully navigated treacherous waters and secured citizenship for a very , very grateful immigrant. I have since discovered that Attorney Stock is one of the nation’s foremost immigration experts and is frequently sought after as an expert witness by Congress. Dear immigrant, if your case is hopeless, Cascadia Cross-Border Law possesses the integrity to tell it to you like it is, and suggest an alternate path. If there’s reason to be hopeful, and there’s a path forward despite difficult circumstances, you cannot do better than to retain Cascadia Cross-Border Law and the inimitable Attorney Margaret Stock to fight your fight. I rest my case.

Margaret Stock

Replied last December 17, 2021

Thank you, Jonathan, for the detailed review. I am sure that your story will inspire others not to give up on their American Dream!

Posted by anonymous | September 28, 2021 | Hired Attorney

Citizenship

She is a very good and kind lawyer with all her busy schedule she volunteered to help me solve my immigration case and with her help I got my citizenship today after ten months . She help me through the AILA program.

Margaret Stock

Replied last October 01, 2021

Thank you very much for the kind words!! And thank you for your service in the US Armed Forces.

Posted by Iris | September 04, 2020 | Hired Attorney

One of a kind attorney

Attorney Stock is my life saver who helped me out with my military naturalization case. I contacted her when the MAVNI progress was hauled about 2 years after I enlisted in Army Reserve. Since 2017, Mrs. Stock has being selflessly helping me with my naturalization case. She always responds and handle... things rapidly, I was always impressed about her network and resources in law field. She gave powerful support to my public defender when USCIS made a false charge on me, and with her help, my charge was dismissed and I finally got citizenship. Without her amazing professional assistance, I can never make it happen. She is the kind of lawyer who can easily find any law written in which page of the book. She works on cases and travels around the nation to go interviews with clients even in holiday season. Through her, I can feel the justice of laws. Tons of words just can’t express my appreciation to her.

Posted by Miguel | April 13, 2020 | Hired Attorney

Very professional & careful. Best choice for my case

After failing trying on my own and hiring another attorney, I made the best decision to contact Attorney Stock through Avvo. It definitely took a bit longer than I would have wanted but since the start she understood my case (as it was a bit tangled) and helped me finally get my US Passport issued. N...o doubt I would recommend her buffet to anyone, very professional and resolutive.

Posted by Gilbert | February 10, 2020 | Hired Attorney

Professional, detail oriented, VERY caring understanding

Words cannot describe how amazing Margaret is. First off, she’s excellent at what she does. My very first encounter with her was through a Skype consultation. Believe me, I thought the Skype call wouldn’t mean much, based on my past experiences with criminal defense attorneys. For anyone who’s had to... deal with lawyers, most of them who do phone call consultations rarely keep track of their clients’s cases. They make you recount your story all over again, barely interact with you when you have questions, sometimes ignore you when you dial their digits and seldom(In my case never) reply to clients’ emails. Sometimes, the clients aren’t even aware of what’s going on with their case and only have to find out when they get to court before a DA or the judge, and that’s either during an arraignment, a trial or plea agreement. Some attorneys even show up late to your own court case, if that says anything. Yeah, that’s how untrusting I was of attorneys. I can attest that Margaret IS different. She truly cares, is genuine, and very professional. She doesn’t care about money. She pays attention to every Minute detail of your case, even the details you didn’t think mattered or forgot you told her two years prior. Yeah, that shocked me, too. Her para-legal team was very calm, patient, professional and friendly. They worked on my case incessantly from the moment I hired Margaret right up to the time my case was complete. I just wanna say a huge thank you to the wonderful team at Cascadia Cross-Border Law Firm. Even while I was deployed, they never stopped working. The esprit de corps energy was very apparent and palpable. I remember asking many questions pertaining to my case and when the para-legal didn’t know the answers, they always deferred to Margaret’s superior knowledge. They would get back to me Promptly with the answers I needed. There’s not a single time that I felt ignored or my questions unanswered. I was always aware of what was going on with my case, right up to filing, my interview with USCIS, oath ceremony, and beyond. At my Naturalization interview, Margaret truly vouched for me. She was an incredible advocate. Never before had I seen a fierce fighter in an attorney like I did in Margaret on that day. But for that to be possible, the client must be honest and willing to be vulnerable, though. She was blunt. Didn’t mince words. Never belittling or condescending. If she felt something was a little off, she’d tell you. I don’t know about you reading this, but that’s the type of person I want as an attorney. And in spite of that, Margaret didn’t judge. She didn’t care that my past was crappy or nutty. She saw me as a whole person and not just a paycheck, and treated me as such, even before the immigration officer(IO). She knows the law to her fingertips and argued for why my petition deserved to be approved before the officer. I felt like my IO was a little brash and when I told Margaret, she said smiled and told me that it was nothing lol. At the end of the day, I think her experiences with people of different cultures gives her an upper edge as far as understanding human interaction, cultural differences, and behavioral patterns. There’s no doubt that I needed a lawyer for my case, and I absolutely have no regrets that I hired her. She’s the type of loyal immigration lawyer you want at all times, trust me. I’m forever indebted to Margaret for changing my life.

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