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Very dangeours lawyer Ben Tao of Seattle
My wife and I had green cards from an excellent Californian lawyer, then we moved to Seattle and...
More 9 months ago
My wife and I had green cards from an excellent Californian lawyer, then we moved to Seattle and before we moved again to Vancouver Canada as, I became ill and lost my job, we asked Ben Tao to process the reentry permits for us. He did the first on, we stayed in Vancouver 2 years, the reentry visas expired, so we paid him his fee and asked for a renewal. We had been waiting 3 months and no reentry visas, but we wanted to travel to the US, so we contacted Ben and asked if we could travel. He said sure, just tell them the application is 'under process'. I got to the Blaine crossing and the official said there's nothing on the computer. Then I was sent to secondary where I was told my green card was invalid (it was supposed to expire 2011, this was April 2008). They bullied me and said either I have to voluntarily surrender my card or I would be arrested there on the spot (no, I could not contact my lawyer they said) and I would have to stay in custody until a hearing date before a judge could be set. I surrendered the card (although it is not a voluntary surrender I assure you)
here are the facts from immigration:
1. a reentry permit for a green card that expires has NO STATUS
2. GREEN CARD status is revoked while application is 'in process'
3. Any green card holder traveling while an application is in process can and will have their green card seized
4. The presentation of the CIS receipt would not have changed anything.
5. As my lawyer, you gave us incorrect advice on how to proceed under these conditions
6. The amount of the fee we paid was immaterial, we paid the fee and you agreed to provide the service, not only is the service incomplete but there is evidence if misconduct and willful negligence
When my wife asked you "can we travel"
The correct answer is not "yes, at the border your application will show 'in process' but "yes, but you can and will lose your green card", "so if you want to keep your green card dont travel"
You are providing blatantly incorrect and misleading information that most nearly resulted in me being charged as a felon
Ben Tao is a thief, he stole fees from us without delivering the permit, he gave us bad advice, he has hung up on me and now he refuses to speak to me. He even wanted more fees to fix the problem he created.
A very dangerous, unstable lawyer. Not worth it. Move on.
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Stinks
years ago my mother went to Gayle McElroy and Lowell Halvorson in a complex visitation issue and...
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years ago my mother went to Gayle McElroy and Lowell Halvorson in a complex visitation issue and was given good advice. Subsequently, after paying Ms. McElroy a substantial retainer to continue after she left the Halvorson firm, Ms. McElroy backed out of the case (not a popular case as my mother had just divorced a WA attorney who is a pedophile, still happily practicing in Snohomish County) at the last minute. What was never revealed to my mother, until years later, was a family court services document in the possession of Alice Probert that was an assessment of my father for sexual deviancy which found him at high risk of offending, along with his own narrative in which he relayed all types of abuse of women and children. The many lawyers my mother sought assistance from never told her of the presence of the document and we spent the next fifteen years fleeing and hiding from this pedophile until a lawyer sent us a copy of the document. The following attorneys easily could have accessed and used the document to help my mother and me: Gayle McElroy, Leonid Ponomarchuk, Anderson & Fields, Michele Coad. Years later, my father sexually abused a client and was given 6 months suspension from practice (see WSBA site for attorney Robert Getz - remarried to family law attorney Karen Everitt Emery). I would not touch any of the above attorneys with a ten foot pole for family law and, frankly, my mother should take their licenses to practice for what we went through.
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SAVED US MONEY ON OUR PROPERTY TAXES
Harley Hoppe helped us with our commerical AND residential property taxes. He was great, efficient...
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Harley Hoppe helped us with our commerical AND residential property taxes. He was great, efficient and answered all our questions. King County has increased our taxes for 2007 over 31%. We were shocked when we received our VALUE CARD in the mail last month. Mr. Hoppe @ Harley Hoppe & Associates assisted us in fighting our property taxes. He was professional and gave us a complimentary analysis for all of our real estate holdings.
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