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Immigration

by Fred Abramson

Immigration
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Immi­gra­tion reform is in the news every­day. It is impor­tant to act now and con­sult with an attor­ney to guide you through the com­plex process of immi­gra­tion law.

As your per­sonal advi­sor, I will lead you and/or your com­pany through the maze of immi­gra­tion laws, pro­vid­ing com­mon sense solu­tions for aliens who want to work or immi­grate into the United States.   I have helped an array of dif­fer­ent com­pa­nies, such as those in the I.T. and import/export indus­tries obtain employ­ment visas for work­ers such as pro­gram­mers and mar­ket­ing spe­cial­ists. I have also suc­cess­fully obtained per­ma­nent res­i­dency and cit­i­zen­ship for indi­vid­u­als and their fam­i­lies from all over the world.

Immi­gra­tion sta­tus is usu­ally a mat­ter where time is of the essence.  Unfor­tu­nately, USCIS  is a gov­ern­men­tal agency with a back­log of hun­dreds of thou­sands of appli­ca­tions.  I will pro­vide a per­sonal road map with you and/or your com­pany so that your case will be resolved in the fastest pos­si­ble manner.

My immi­gra­tion prac­tice includes rep­re­sen­ta­tion for business/employment immi­gra­tion, family-based immi­gra­tion and depor­ta­tion. I pro­vide con­fi­den­tial advice relat­ing to immi­gra­tion and nat­u­ral­iza­tion, employ­ment, visas, cit­i­zen­ship, asy­lum and deportation.

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Do you have a Default Judgment against you in NY? It may be void.

by Fred Abramson

The New York Attor­ney Gen­eral announced today that they are suing 35 law firms for improper ser­vice of default Do you have a Default Judgment against you in NY? It may be void. judg­ments. A party obtains a default judg­ment when the defen­dant does not appear in a law­suit. Amer­i­can Legal Ser­vice, a process server located in Long Island has been named by the Attor­ney Gen­eral as pro­vid­ing improper \“sewer\”  ser­vice.  The 35 law firms have not been accused of any wrongdoing.

If you wish to re-open a default judg­ment against you due to improper ser­vice based on the Attor­ney General\‘s action today you should:

1.  Go to the county clerk in the county where the default was filed and obtain the court file.  Check the affi­davit of ser­vice to see if Amer­i­can Legal Ser­vice was the process server.

2.  If you are unable to ascer­tain the name of the process server, check the law firm who started the law­suit.  If it is one of the 35 law firms listed in the Attor­ney General\‘s com­plaint then:

3.  File a motion to vacate the default for improper ser­vice of process.

At this point, it is unclear what the reme­dies would be for insti­tut­ing an action, espe­cially in cases where the statute of lim­i­ta­tions has run for vacat­ing a default.  In New York, the statute of lim­i­ta­tions is one year.  How­ever, the court or some other gov­ern­men­tal body may fash­ion new law based on this mass fraud.

Do you have a Default Judgment against you in NY? It may be void.