Allied Law Counsel

U.S. Immigration I-589 Asylum Granted!

We are proud to announce that Attorney Nguyen had his first major victory in this new year. After five years of fighting for our client who hails from Belarus, we were able to get him political asylum here in the United States. Originally the client was denied asylum at the administrative level and we appealed it up in front of an immigration judge who ultimately awarded our client asylum.

Background: The client was a successful Information Technology entrepreneur who founded a thriving security camera system business in Belarus in the early 2010s. But after refusing to take on a government contract that was not financially feasible for his company, the Belarussian government tried to seize and shut down his business. Fortunately, our client was able to escape from Belarus and arrived in the U.S. where he sought asylum.

Positive Construction Arbitration Ruling Awarded!

We are excited to report that our firm was able to get a successful verdict rendered in a breach of contract construction arbitration case. Our client was the General Contractor who incurred substantial cost to undertake a home basement rehab. The homeowner was unsatisfied with the pace of which the project was moving and terminated our client prior to the deadline that was agreed upon by the parties. Let’s just say the homeowner was being a Karen (which was actually her name) and demanded our client to refund the entire amount back. Our client was willing to refund the unused payment but could not return the entire amount since he was working with her for over 6 months with permits and design. In addition, actual construction had been undertaken for several months.

The homeowner thought she could bully our client into giving her essentially free work and whatever she wanted. We went through a full arbitration hearing where arguments were presented, evidence were submitted, and direct/cross examinations were take of the witnesses. Ultimately, the arbitration court rendered a decision that the homeowner would only be paid the left over unused amount instead of the entire payment that she initially paid which is fair and all our client wanted in the end.

Green Card Approval After 7 Years of Appeals!

We are happy and proud to announce that one of our clients was granted a 10 year green card today after 7 years of fighting the government for it. When this client first came to our office he had a very messy divorce with a former spouse and a finding of fraud against him by USCIS.

Whenever there is a finding of fraud by USCIS on any application submitted to them. USCIS applies a strict rule denying any and all subsequent applications or petition no matter if it is a legitimate one or not. This bar is essentially a lifetime bar as it does not matter if the finding was 5, 10, or 20 years ago.

In this case, USCIS ruled that his first marriage was done solely for immigration purposes. We had a hard fight to overcome this finding and was able to eventually convince USCIS that it was not a fraudulent marriage but a very toxic relationship that had very little signs of a typical marriage. By doing so, we were able to get USCIS to approve his second marriage to his current spouse, who he has 3 children with currently.

Days like this give us true fulfillment in our work and makes the fight worth it. This client is now able to fully live out his American dream with his young family.