Immigration Law
Feds Wary of Boston Lawyer’s Work, Creating Problems for Legitimate Clients
Posted Jun 29, 2009, 01:35 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
Attorney John Dvorak has represented hundreds of clients in immigration matters over the past eight years.
But recently the feds have begun rejecting some of his cases, contending that it has found fraudulent documents in a significant number of them, reports the Boston Globe.
This has apparently put some legitimate clients in a tough situation: "I don’t know if he did wrong or not, but it’s not my fault. ... “I paid for him to do the right thing,’’ says Carlos Cianflone, 40. He and his wife are worried that the government's denial of their case will hurt their autistic son, who is an American citizen.
Dvorak, who seemed visibly upset last week, declined to speak with… Continue reading...
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