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Attorney recommendations for AWA waivers?

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As title states, looking for some reputable attorneys that handle AWA waivers. I am damn sure that I can get an exception for my case but don’t want a bad attorney to mess it up. Google is not reliable and the ones that turn up don’t have great reviews (misfiled things or are slow) and Avvo is hard to search for this specific thing. 
 

Wondering if anyone can recommend some GOOD attorneys that have AWA experience

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Try searching the VJ site with either "AWA Waiver", or "Adam Walsh".  There is some history here.  The only attorney's name I saw mentioned was Allan Lolly.  I have no idea how good or bad they are.

 

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when im on the "hunt" of lawyers in Boston, i reached out to many non profit organization in Boston. about 30 non profit. some of them have list of lawyers. and some of the lists have same lawyer's name. i cold calls all the lawyers ( around 70), ask if they handle "removal proceeding" ( you can change it to AWA ) and after those calls, more than half of the lists dropped. i tried to find lawyers that gave free consultations because i cant afford to drop $200-300 per initial consultation. the list obviously dropped again, but i did manage to get few lawyers thats willing to do free consultation through zoom or even in person. what im saying is, finding lawyer is like a having a date. u will get better feeling once u talk with some of the lawyers. good luck !

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On 2/7/2023 at 6:01 AM, Dashinka said:

Try searching the VJ site with either "AWA Waiver", or "Adam Walsh".  There is some history here.  The only attorney's name I saw mentioned was Allan Lolly.  I have no idea how good or bad they are.

 

Good Luck!

Yup I have searched pretty extensively here. The thread mentioning Allan Lolly I actually replied in and the couple that used him didn’t really recommend him, so I am continuing the search :’)

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On 2/7/2023 at 7:28 AM, Misscloud said:

when im on the "hunt" of lawyers in Boston, i reached out to many non profit organization in Boston. about 30 non profit. some of them have list of lawyers. and some of the lists have same lawyer's name. i cold calls all the lawyers ( around 70), ask if they handle "removal proceeding" ( you can change it to AWA ) and after those calls, more than half of the lists dropped. i tried to find lawyers that gave free consultations because i cant afford to drop $200-300 per initial consultation. the list obviously dropped again, but i did manage to get few lawyers thats willing to do free consultation through zoom or even in person. what im saying is, finding lawyer is like a having a date. u will get better feeling once u talk with some of the lawyers. good luck !

Thanks! The non profit org is a good idea. I am essentially doing the similar for my state and using Avvo.com. I have only gotten a few hits back but am still hoping I can find my golden goose lawyer just like I found my forever love :)

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