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USA Health Care Law Passes!

2010-03-21T21:51:00.000-07:00

USA Health Care Law Passes!

For the USA, a historic vote in the US House, full of all the things controversial & messy, which make watching American politics so interesting for the rest of the world. The USA now moves into the 21st century with heath care finally being made affordable for the people. The insurance industry had to know, just like the bankers are going to find out, that you cannot buy legislation that is harmful to the US for a long period of time that will not suffer a reversal, which swings the pendulum far in the other direction.

Health Care reform was so needed to counter the for profit abuses of the insurance companies who would callously and routinely deny coverage to those that needed it desperately. Children that are born sick cannot be denied coverage anymore and those that get sick cannot be denied coverage. This law is huge as many were paying premiums for a long time and then when they got sick, the insurance companies would look for reasons to deny them coverage, or to end their coverage.

Also included were provisions that remove student aid from the US banks and takes it into the government. Pell grants really help low income people get a chance at the American dream by educating themselves.

Next up in the USA is new legislation for immigration reform, which shows the power that the Hispanic community is wielding today, as they exert their power to get things that help their communities.

Lawsuit MadoffwithmyMoney Family!

2010-03-19T06:23:00.000-07:00

Their is a new lawsuit against the Madoff family members that were involved with the massive ponzi scheme that was the finical ruin of many investors who were seeking high returns and not doing their homework and checking out the investments. Normally a lawsuit against the government would be a waste of time do to laws that prevent the government from being sued but the lawyers that are bring the case seem to think that they have the legal grounds to make the SEC liable, which if they succeed would be a very interesting precedent.

The lawsuit seeks roughly 200 million dollars from the family members of Madeoffwithmymoney fame. they specifically are seeking 198,743,299 now if it was me I would have really tried hard to get that amount over 200 million instead of just 198,743,299 because 200 mil is a much bigger number, Lucky for Bernie's family that it was 1,256,701 otherwise this could have been a really serious case!

I really hope we get to see all of them in jail.

You know what is really funny is that the pictures that they use of Bernie make look like George Washington Makes cents when you are talking big money!

Wills, probate and lawyers

2010-03-02T20:20:00.001-08:00

Will, probate and lawyers, Believe it or not but some people have a fear of lawyers and as a result when they need one they often wait till they have all ready hurt their chances of getting the result that they might have gotten if they had taken action and contacted a lawyer earlier on in.

For sure if there is a area that this is the most true is wills and the resulting probate, if you do not have one you are putting at risk your family’s assets from being ripped at from many different sources, including family members that you would have not directed those resources towards, exorbitant lawyers fees, and the state could end up with more of your wealth. Once you are gone there is no going back and fixing it.

The real tragedy of this is that this is something that can be done for most estates very inexpensively with a form will, or a simple will that is prepared by a cheap lawyer. Another option is to have a paralegal draw up a simple will for you and have it checked by an attorney.

You can also do what is called a holographic will where you hand write what you want to happen when you are gone which works in some states but not all. There are some draw backs to this that you should talk to an lawyer about but in most cases you can do this in a simple consultation that should be relatively inexpensive.

Foreign Immigration Laws

2010-03-01T21:54:00.000-08:00

Foreign immigration law Thailand

I was researching something else and found this which I found interesting just because of the fact that if you had a regualr social security check and wanted to immigrate to Thailand that you would not be able to as your monthly income would not be high enough according to the Thai immigration law.

How is that if you work all your life in the worlds most powerful country and when you retire you have to stay in USA because your labor if you were not lucky enough to get a pension which is most Americans these days.

When this was written the Thai baht was 33 to the USD in foreign exchange FOREX in Bangkok Thailand. I was doing the math works out to roughly 25K in the bank or just under 2 thousand a month. or a combination of both so if you had saving of around 10 thousand USD and a full SS check you would meet the requirements as I read it.

In the case of a retiree: permission will be granted for a period of not more than 1 year at a time, the following rules and conditions are guidelines for the Immigration Bureau to follow in granting foreigners permission to stay in the Kingdom of Thailand on a temporary basis.

The alien has obtained a temporary visa (NON-IM); and
The applicant is 50 years of age or over; and
Proof of income of not less than Baht 65,000 per month; or
Account deposit with a bank in Thailand of not less than Baht 800,000 as shown in bank account transactions for the past 3 months; or
Annual income plus bank account deposit totaling not less than Baht 800,000 as of the filing date of application
For an alien who entered Thailand before October 21, 1998 and continuously allowed to stay in the Kingdom as a retiree, the following shall apply:

He/she must be 60 years of age or over and has regular income. His/her bank account deposit shall not be less than Baht 200,000 a year and evidence of the account deposit for the previous 3 months must be shown; or he/she has a monthly income of not less than Baht 20,000.
If he/she is under 60 years of age but not less than 55, the alien shall have regular income with a bank account deposit of not less than Baht 500,000 a year and evidence of the account deposit for the previous 3 months must be shown, or he/she has a monthly income of not less than Baht 50,000.

Divorce rate up, What can you do?

2010-02-28T20:34:00.000-08:00

The reason that people end up in court suing each other for divorce in the US is caused by two main reasons and the first one isn't love but money, and in these tough economic times it is not surprising that more people are getting divorced all across the US, but i would wager that if you look at the cites and areas that have had the biggest adjustment in the real estate prices that you are going to see a spike in the number of couples filing to get their unions dissolved.

So what can you do to not end up yourself in divorce court. One of the main things is talk about it rather than fight about it and try to come up with some plans to move you out of the tight money situation towards getting back to being solvent.

If you are not working and the other spouse is, this is going to cause resentments if the party that isn't working thinks that you are not putting effort into finding a new job. Detail out what you are doing to get a new job and seek their support for your game plan and then go to it.

You can also come up with some short term ways to try to raise extra cash or figure out ways to save money for the house hold. It really is amazing that when you have a plan how much bettter everyone will feel rather than being rudderless vwhich fuels feeling of being less than.

New Credit Cards Law Protecting Your Legal Rights!

2010-02-25T04:23:00.000-08:00

SO the 2nd thing that Fox was going off on was 21 days before the bill is due they need to have the bill to you. the obvious thing is the credit card companies holding off sending the bill to the last minute knowing that people don't always answer their mail right away. I am sure that you can get a percentage of people to miss the bill just by moving the mailing of the bill by even just one day, and then of course you have holidays, bank holidays and weekends that you can play with as well. One of the banking laws that came out of the depression was the requirement that banks not ever be closed more than 3 days in a row as this would be a way that the banks would use to keep runs on their banks down they would just close for extra days and stop people from getting there money out now they stop you from getting your money in ahhh you gotta love the ingenuity of it all.

It always seemed fishy to me, again a cheap lawyer had to come up with it, is that they sites always seemed to be down for maintenance and if that just happened to be a couple of days before your bill was due that would be very convenient for them as all they have to do is just cause a small percentage of people to miss and they would make big free money the industry apparently made billions of dollars in late fees and I hate to think how much they made in extra interest where they snookered people into be late and then whammed them with the high rates that they were stuck with.

Credit Card Act of 2009 Now in Effect!

2010-02-23T05:19:00.000-08:00

Well let’s see what is going to happen now that the new credit card law has come into effect. This bill was signed by the new president right after he came into power and of course the chief executive is a Ivy League lawyer himself who had a fair bit of experience working the inner city I sure that a lot of Chicago Pro bono work there dealt with this issue in a place where the egregious behavior of the credit card companies would be easy to see.

The Fox network is making a bid deal out of 3 points of the new law the first is
45 days notice before they can raise your rates, this is good as if you can you pay the card off or way down before they get a chance to really sock it to you.

As I remember from reading the law, you also can cancel the card at that time and it locks the rate that you had in, which would be the way to go I would think for most people. Of course I am sure that the not so cheap lawyers & attorneys that are working for the credit card companies are hard at work looking for ways around this or to bring some sort of legal action that will force you to pay the card off right away it will be very interesting to see how this parlays out.

Lawyers and Attorneys Administrators vs. Litigators?

2010-02-20T13:16:00.001-08:00

When looking for affordable legal representation in a law action or for legal questions, answering this question can result in a better deal for you when hiring a lawyer or attorney, for instance, for most immigration visas you really only need someone, a law professional, that knows how to fill in a form correctly in most countries, in most cases, especially in Asia. You can find budget law firms that specialize in the processing of immigration visas, like fiancee, marriage and school visas, and because they specialize they can make it like an assembly line legal process and crank them out, which like any automated process, the more you do, and the more the costs drop and the better you get at it.

If there are difficulties then you are going to need a law firm that really understands the problem that you have, and that has had experience getting visa even when they have that particular type of legal problem, for instance if the original visa application for a fiancee visa was denied and when the case is reviewed by some one that knows, they can see that you did not do a good enough job of showing a relationship, this can be hard to fix if you don’t understand the local embassies thought process, or you inadvertently trip a red flag that is easily fixed, if you know what to be looking for that raises questions that lead to denials of visa applications.

You are going to need a litigator quality, read that not a cheap lawyer, if you have something that is blatantly wrong, or if you do something patently stupid like lie on a visa application or materially misrepresent to a counselor staff member or USCIS http://www.cheap-lawyers.us/ official.

Cheap Lawyer Tricks?

2010-02-14T20:30:00.000-08:00

We would like to see a change in the way that the US court system works and it was demonstrated last week in Aspen Colorado with the Charlie Sheen trail, where the government brings up a bunch of charges, but before the court gets a chance to hear the charges, the District Attorney will probably end up dropping them, as they never had any intention of trying them, they just wanted to add more weight to the severity of their case, an expensive cheap lawyer trick we feel.

We think that this is a huge waste of taxpayer’s money and in these days of bloated court schedules and tight budgets let’s put some heat on the government lawyers. Lets get a law that If they have more than 15% of the total charges they send up to the court dismissed or dropped by them, that they pay the court costs associated with these charges, and that they the lawyers personally be made to pay the fines and not pass the costs back to the taxpayers.

Immigrants and the US Census

2010-02-11T18:12:00.000-08:00

Census in the US every ten years the US Government undertakes a massive campaign to count everyone that they can that lives in the United States, an since the first one immigrants both legal and illegal have been concerned that participating in the count will some how work against them. for many this is a historic distrust of their home government and the policies that may have even caused them to immigrate to our shores.

The truth of the matter is that the Immigrants actually can benefit in additional resources being directed towards there issues and neighborhoods. for instance if they see that the population of a given area is larger that they though from previous census the USA government or state or city government might decide to build additional infrastructure to support the higher population density, this might be better roads, better sanitation systems maybe even more police protection.

From the US Census website I’m concerned that this may be the first time the census will count non-citizens.
The U.S. Constitution mandates us to count everyone, including both citizens and non-citizens. We’ve followed this mandate, since the first census in 1790. The Framers of the Constitution made it clear they wanted “all inhabitants” of the country counted in the U.S. Census, and every Presidential Administration since that time that has overseen a Census has interpreted the Constitution and the laws require everyone be counted.

Returning Vets and the Legal System

2010-02-10T16:40:00.000-08:00

We here at Cheap Lawyers have been discussing like most American several issues recently that have been topics everywhere here in the US and abroad. Returning Vets from Afghanistan and Iraq are suffering, some say, even higher levels of combat fatigue which manifests itself as Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome than in past conflicts. The main reason the experts feel that this is the case is because of the extended tours of duty. What is happening now is that these vets are coming back to the USA and they are scarred from their experience and they find themselves in the court system after acting out in some way that puts them in contact with law enforcement.

Some jurisdictions with enlightened jurists are starting to see this and are finding ways to divert them from jail and into treatment. We agree with this wholeheartedly. The idea that people that are in life threatening situations for a year and then another year and then another year and expect them not to be affected is insane on societies part, and to jail these heroes who are protecting our rights and our laws, which protects our rights and jail them is wrong!

I saw an amazing thing when I was in Denver International Airport over the Christmas Holiday and that was the universal applause for every soldier in uniform that appeared from the landing gates at the airport. I am not one for tears usually but regardless of how you feel about these conflicts, you cannot help but be proud when you see overt displays of support for our troops. I remember clearly the reception that out Viet Vets received and was very happy to see that everyday Americans were supporting their troops regardless of their beliefs, which we should have done then, and for which we as a society do owe that generation of warriors an continuing apology.

Let’s do the right thing now, for the veterans of this generation, and protect our returning warrior’s rights and see to it that they are afforded every chance to live the American Dream of Life,Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness that they put their lives on the line to defend.

New Laws against freedom of speech in Asia?

2010-02-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

Cambodia

a new government law proposal is to funnel all local ISP (Internet service providers) through a state-run exchange has prompted concern that a state run morality committee plans to increase its monitoring of web sites.

This is very similar to what they have done in China and it is seen as being very bad for business, not to mention human rights, which Cambodia all ready has a deservedly bad reputation.

Cheap Lawyers would like to see something like a Radio Free America where the USA sets up a satellite that allows free transmission and receiving of internet bandwidth over poor and oppressed countries.

1) We like the freedom of the internet cross talk, it makes it hard for bad things to happen with out the rest of the world knowing, and if there is enough oil there to actually do something about it and Cambodia does have oil. Myanmar is now blocking any cell phones with internet ability from entering the country to keep a lid on information getting out, as well as charging stupid amounts for Sim cards to, again, limit the transmission of information in real time.

2) It will allow poor people to join the information age which will raise their standard of living through self education a key concept of US Democracy.

New Michigan divorce?

2010-02-03T05:40:00.000-08:00

There is a new divorce program in Michigan and we sincerely hope that the method is passed along to all of the states in the US, as divorce American style is a nasty process that the only real winners are the lawyers. The new process uses lawyers, accounts and psychologists to address all of the needs of the family in a divorce. This method is much better for everyone, even the lawyers, rather that being the legal battles that drain resources both mental emotional and monatary, that the family's are going to need to regroup in the new configuration after the life changing event is over.

Cheap Lawyers believes strongly that if you end up in front of judge that everyone loses.

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State of the Union Stimulus

2010-01-28T08:30:00.000-08:00

We watched the State of the Union last night which was as usual a great display of the American Democratic system at work with both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which writes the laws for the United States and the Supreme Court which dichphers the laws and the percieved intent of the legislators and of course the President who is the Excutive responsible for implemnting the laws and protecting the Constitution which is the foundation on which the goverment of the United States rests. The president is required under the constitution to give a annual report of the State of the Union.

As a American we have never known a different system and President Obama explained the different times when it looked like the American form of Democracy was in danger. For people outside of the US it must seem a amazing thing to watch as large and unwieldy as it is that it works as well as it does despite the seemingly pandemonium of everyone going in their own directions yet coming together every year for this report.

Jobs and Energy were main focus points for the president ands we believe strongly that this should be the case we are however not happy to hear of the revival of Nuclear and anytime we hear clean coal we want to scream as only a real idiot would ever believe that coal can be made into a clean source of fuel. All these decades wasted since President Carter tried to push towards research and implementation of laws that helped in developing these needed technologies. Wind Solar & Geothermal should be given the same priorities as the Manhattan project or the man on the moon program if America is to continue to be The Leader of the free world.

Stimulus, Energy, Health Care, Employment and Trees

2010-01-21T08:40:00.000-08:00

Well the Democrats were givin a huge upset yesterday when they lost the seat that the lion of the seante had held for generations, and the reason they lost it boiled down to the disconnect of law makers and the people that elected them, and their concerns about jobs and the deficet.

We have suggested that the goverment as part of the stimulous package of bills past last year that they include a project to plant fruit trees in poor neighborhoods Too simple an idea until you really start to look at it.

Getting kids to eat more fruit goes a long way towards getting them to eat more healthy Most 7-11 you can't find anything that doesn't have salt fat and empty carbs. Imiaging walking down the street and it has a ton of apple trees or pear trees and fresh fruit there for the plucking.

Put the guys that are comming back form Iraq and Afganistan to work and give them a chance to decompress doing something enjoyable like planting trees.
more later

Cheap Lawyers in Colorado

2009-12-28T18:14:00.000-08:00

Cheap Lawyers in Colorado The internet is a amazing place to find information and one of the most expensive pursuits that you can do during your life is hire an attorney. Many people find that like Doctors, Lawyers can bankrupt you quite quickly.

One of the reason for starting Cheap Lawyers was to give common people ideas on ways that they can get legal services Cheaper.

I have to admit that I was surprised to see that there are so many resources available to help those who cannot afford to hire even the cheapest lawyers in the USA that many states provide great services for you to take advantage of.

In Colorado some of the more common needs is on security deposits which I had first hand information on last year as I was unlucky enough to move into a house which had a very smart landlord who knew all the different things to do to ensnare unsuspecting renters and screw them out of hundreds of dollars intentional and this happen in Aspen Colorado where you would think that there would be a little more civility. Surprisingly enough the courts while helpful, actually supported this behavior knowing that the landlord was deceitful and manipulative to get money that they were not normally entitled to.

Cheapest Imiagration Lawyers CA , LA

2009-12-08T08:31:00.000-08:00

I like to from time to time look for new information and laws to see if their are interesting things that people that are looking to save money on legal matters can use to their benefit. a free lawyer is even better than a cheap lawyer even in the United States of America.

AKRAM ABUSHARAR, ESQ.

ACCESS California Services
2180 W. Crescent Ave., Suite C
Anaheim, CA 92801
(714) 917-0440
(714) 917-0441, Fax
www.accesscal.org

* provides services to Arab and Muslim-American communities.

NIKKI MEHRPOO JACOBSON, ESQ.

510 West 6th St.
Suite 326 - 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90014
1-213-620-0222
1-800-990-5660, Toll Free
Email: info@greencard4you.com

* Hablamos Español.
* Will handle all immigration matters.
* Willing to represent aliens in cancellation of removal proceedings, asylum hearings, and TPS applications.
* Will represent criminal aliens.
* Will represent aliens in bond redetermination proceedings(bond/bail).

AILA CHAPTER PRO BONO NETWORK

448 S. Hill St., Suite 615
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 389-5384

"We do not accept cases of detained individuals. No aceptamos casos de individuos detenidos"

WARREN S. JACOBSON, ESQ.
SHEPARD A. JACOBSON, ESQ.

The Jacobson Law Group
1000 Town Center Drive, Ste. 300
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 487-7025

ESMERALDA A. ALFARO, ESQ.

Alfaro & Associates, A PLC
611 S. Olive St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 623-5758
(213) 623-5748, Fax

CARLOS R. JUELLE, ESQ.

Herrera & Juelle, LLP
8255 Firestone Boulevard, Suite 209
Downey, CA 90241
Tel: (562) 622-9988
Fax: (562) 622-2255
www.hjllp.com

* Hablo español
* Does not represent aliens in asylum proceedings.

EMILY K. ALLEN

Allen, Butler, & Muon, LLP
448 South Hill St., Ste. 808
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 623-3696
(213) 623-3932, Fax
GITA B. KAPUR

Attorney at Law
617 S. Olive St. Suite 311
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Tel: (213) 327-0455
Fax: (213) 327-0707
Email: gkapurlaw@yahoo.com

ROBERT K. AMAYA, ESQ.

1672 West Ave. J, Ste. 207
Lancaster, CA 93534
(661) 916-7801
LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES

5228 E. Whittier Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
(213) 640-3881
(800) 399-4529, Toll Free
NASSIM ARZANI, ESQ.

American Law Center
6696 Brockton Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506
(951) 683-0900
http://www.immigrationlawyerinfo.com

and

American Law Center
3750 E. Anaheim Street, Suite 100
Long Beach, CA 90804

To schedule an appointment please call our Riverside office at 951-683-0900.

ANN A. LIM, ESQ.

Law Offices of Chang & Lim
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 832
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 389-9021
(213) 389-8991, Fax

ANA AVILA-COTE, ESQ.

Law Offices of Avila & Romo, LLP
1625 West Olympic Blvd., Ste. 1035
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 380-8850

SILVIA MARTINEZ
Law Office of Silvia Martinez
444 South Flower Street, Suite 1410
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Tel: (213) 488-1457
Fax: (213) 623-4400

Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Does not represent aliens in asylum proceedings

MYRA V. AZUCENA

Azucena Valencia Law Corporation
1055 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 500
Pasadena, CA 91106
(626) 240-4654
VICTOR MARTINEZ, ESQ.

Law Office of Victor Martinez
1901 W. 8th Street, Ste. C
Los Angles, CA 90057
(213) 353-9222

* Will represent aliens in asylum.

CARLOS R. BARRIOS, ESQ.

Law Office of Carlos R. Barrios
617 South Olive St., Ste. 906A
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(818) 571-2550

JUDITH MARTY, ESQ.
Gender Rights Asylum Project
520 West Commonwealth Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 724-9986 (emergency)
(714) 870-8457 (office)

TODD BECRAFT
Law Office of Todd Becraft
3450 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1015
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 388-1821
(213) 388-1911, Fax

* Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, Armenian, and Russian.
* Represents individuals in all areas of deportation defense.
* Will represent individuals with criminal and refugee cases

ANGELA NOVAS McGILL

The Law Office of Angela Novas McGill
249 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 1006
Long Beach, CA 90802
Tel: (562) 432-6227
Fax: (562) 432-6337
www.mcgillimmigrationlaw.com
Hablamos Espanol
We will represent individuals in all types of cases, including criminal aliens.

MEREDITH R. BROWN, ESQ.

Law Office of Meredith R. Brown
2013 Broadview Drive
Glendale, CA 91208
(818) 541-9999
(818) 541-9099, Fax

* La abogado y su equipo hablan Español
* Will handle all immigration matters
* Willing to represent aliens in cancellation of removal proceedings, asylum hearings, TPS applications and related matters
* Will represent criminal aliens

DAVID NAKATSUMA, ESQ.

523 West 6th St., Ste. 1107
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 943-4779

Email: davidn@megapathdsl.net

* Will represent aliens in asylum.

JULIANA L. BUTLER

Allen, Butler, & Muon, LLP
448 South Hill St., Ste. 808
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 623-3696
(213) 623-3932, Fax

JONATHAN C. NAVARRO, ESQ.

Law Offices of Navarro & Associates
2107 N. Broadway, Ste. 107
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 647-9361
(714) 647-9362, Fax

* Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Tagalog (Filipino)

KENNETH BYRD

Law Offices of Kenneth D. Byrd
3250 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213-388-9630
213-388-9666, Fax

CURTIS F. PIERCE, ESQ.

Attorney at Law
523 West Sixth St., Ste. 348
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 327-0044
( 213) 327-0066, Fax
Email: curtis.pierce@cpvisa.com
Website: www.cpvisa.com

* Fluent in Spanish and French

MARTA VICTORIA CANOSSA, ESQ.

3055 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 650
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 252-9121

* Spanish spoken.
* May charge a nominal fee.

JOSEPH A. PORTA, ESQ.

Law Offices of Cohen, Porta & Kim
3731 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 502
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 383-4105
(213) 383-4106, Fax
CHABAD LUBAVICH RUSSIAN SYNAGOGUE

7636 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(323) 848-8805 or 848-8842
PUBLIC COUNSEL

601 S. Ardmore Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
(213) 385-2977

* Limited to victims of domestic violence.
* Will not represent criminal aliens.
* Will represent aliens in asylum.

STEVE S. CHANG, ESQ.

Law Offices of Chang & Lim
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 832
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 389-9021
(213) 389-8991, Fax
NOEMI G. RAMIREZ, ESQ.

A Professional Law Corporation
The Pacific Center
523 West 6th Street, Ste. 830
Los Angeles, CA 90014-1218
(213) 622-2706
(213) 943-4551, Fax

* Will represent aliens in asylum.
* Speaks Farsi and Spanish.

LINNETTE TANO CLARK, ESQ.

523 W. 6th Street, Ste. 830
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 943-4550
(213) 943-4549, Fax

* Fluent in Spanish.

JAMES E. ROOT, ESQ.

Root Law Group
5757 Wilshire Blvd. #440
Los Angeles, CA 90036
www.RootLaw.com
(888) ROOT-LAW (866-766-8529)

* Fluent in Spanish and Russian.
* Will represent aliens in DHS.
* Detention & Immigration Court.
* Will represent aliens in asylum.
* Will represent criminal aliens.
* Will represent aliens in bond redetermination proceedings (bond/bail).

BARBARA J. DARNELL-ALLEN, ESQ.

3255 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 904
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 386-8900

* May charge a nominal fee.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

13327 Van Nuys Blvd.
Pacoima, CA 91331
(818) 896-5211

* Cannot represent undocumented aliens.
* Representation is restricted to assisting legal permanent residents, asylees, special agricultural workers or others who have filed applications to adjust their status to legal permanent residents.
* Cannot represent aliens incarcerated due to criminal activity and/or criminal convictions.
* Cannot represent aliens at the Lompoc Federal Prison.

NAVID DAYZAD, ESQ.

Attorney at Law
The Wilshire Center
3255 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1688
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 380-6280
(213) 559-0516, Fax
Email: dayzad@DayzadLaw.com
http://www.dayzadlaw.com/

* Farsi and Spanish spoken.
* No longer represents respondents with asylum claims.

SHAWN SEDAGHAT, ESQ.

Apropio Lawyers, ALC
1610 Argyle Ave., 2nd Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 461-1111
(323) 461-9181, fax
Email: info@visaattorney.com

* Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Gujarati, French, German, Farsi, Armenian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani spoken.

ALAN R. DIAMANTE, ESQ.

Law Office of Alan R. Diamante
The Pacific Center
523 West Sixth St., Ste. 210
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 943-4555

* Will represent individuals in all forms of immigration cases including asylum.
* Will represent criminal aliens.
* Se habla Español.

PRISCO DAVID SERRANO, ESQ.

Law Office of Prisco David Serrano
617 South Olive Street, Suite 906A
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 623-4651
EL RESCATE LEGAL SERVICES

1313 West 8th St., Ste. 200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 387-3284

Accepts collect calls Mondays
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

* Will not represent criminal aliens.

VITALY B. SIGAL, ESQ.

Liberman & Sigal
6320 Commodore Sloat Drive, First Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90048-5496
(323) 931-5577
(323) 931-7577, Fax

and

15250 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 1220
Sherman Oaks, California 91403
(818) 325-0570
(818) 325-0571 Fax

www.libermansigal.com

* Fluent in Russian.
* Will represent aliens in DHS.
* Detention & Immigration Court.
* Will represent aliens in asylum.
* Will represent criminal aliens.
* Will represent aliens in bond redetermination proceedings (bond/bail).

MARTIN C. FONTES, ESQ.

Law Office of Martin C. Fontes
3941 Brockton Avenue, Suite 7
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 276-9999

Will not represent aliens in asylum proceedings.
DAVID M. PAZ SOLDAN, ESQ.

Attorney at Law
523 W. 6th St., Ste. 802
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 489-4440
(626) 654-8480, Fax

* Fluent in Spanish.
* Will represent aliens in DHS detention.
* Will represent aliens in asylum.
* Will represent criminal aliens.
* Will represent aliens in bond redetermination proceedings (bond/bail).

RAMIN GHASHGHAEI, ESQ.

Ayuda Legal Centroamericana, Inc.
3255 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1111
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 487-9211
(213) 487-3811, Fax
JOAQUIN A. TALLEDA, ESQ.

Law Offices of Joaquin A. Talleda
1015 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 209
Pasadena, CA 91104
(626) 296-4100
(626) 296-4103, Fax

NICOLETTE GLAZER, ESQ.

Law Office of Larry Glazer
1875 Century Park East, Ste. 700
Century City, CA 90067
(310) 407-5353
(310) 407-5354, Fax

* Will represent aliens in asylum.
* Will represent aliens in detention.

JACQUELINE TAPIA

Attorney at Law
The Pacific Center
523 West 6th St., Suite 830
Los Angeles, California 90014
Phone: (213) 622-5006
Fax: (213) 623-4400

RAUL GOMEZ, ESQ.

Raul Gomez, Esq.
Gomez & Associates
617 S. Olive St. Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 623-7008

and

533 S. Workman Mill Rd.
La Puente, CA 91746
(626) 363-4922
www.raulgomezlaw.com

* Los abogados y su personal hablan espanol
* Will handle all immigration matters
* Will represent criminal aliens
* Will represent aliens in DHS detention
* May charge a nominal fee

DELFINO VARELA, ESQ.

209 N. Soto Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 261-6101
(323) 261-6191, Fax

* Will represent individuals in all forms of imigration cases, including asylum.
* Will represent criminal aliens.
* Spanish spoken.

SUSAN E. HILL, ESQ.

Hill, Piibe & Villegas, Attorneys at Law
523 West Sixth Street, Ste. 737
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 622-8775

or

1214 S. Glendora Ave
West Covina, CA 91790
(626) 850-5000
(626) 850-5003, Fax

* Will not represent criminal aliens.

MELANIA VARTANIAN

Law Office of Melania Vartanian
1010 North Central Avenue, Suite 304
Glendale, CA 91202
Telephone: (818) 245-1133
Fax: (818) 245-1134
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES

435 So. Boyle Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 264-6217

or

14701 Friar St.
Van Nuys, CA 91411
(818) 988-1332 or 1333

* Will not represent criminals.
* May charge nominal fee.
* Will represent alien in asylum.

CARLOS VELLANOWETH

Vellanoweth & Gehart, LLP
1625 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 702
Los Angeles, CA 90015-3811
Phone: (213) 382-8380
Fax: (213) 427-2525

If Money is your God then protect your rights & sue the government for violating the constitution.

2009-11-28T07:51:00.000-08:00

If we follow the first amendment and truly have separation of state and church, then separation of business and the state should also be a given on the same grounds, the state needs to be neutral and let capitalism and the markets work, so protect your rights and sue the government. Wall Street worships money so I am surprised that they have not brought suit against the government on Constitutional grounds.

We spent a trillion dollars to save a bunch of banks and supposedly save a bunch of jobs Horse hockey . If people want work they will make work if they know that the government is not going to save them, If we have banks that went over the edge of reason and imperiled their institutions then Darwin needs to have his day, it is like the forests and protecting them we then end up with these massive fires that would not have happened if we had let nature take its natural course.

How many people did not take a chance and start a new business because that is the risky way, so the governments interference in the markets is causing the decline of our way of life as America was made great by people taking chances and succeeding but for everyone that succeeds their needs to be one that fails just like in nature.

Penalties harsher for the credit card companies?

2009-11-23T17:52:00.000-08:00

Makes the penalties harsher for the credit card companies when they don't follow the fine print in the Truth in Lending Act. We are still waiting for the settlement from the foreign transaction class action, so if there are greater penalties imposed hopefully the government can get the money back faster than the lawyers have so far.

(Sec. 107) Revises civil penalties for creditor noncompliance with TILA. Includes in such penalties twice the amount of any finance charge in connection with a transaction, between $500 and $5,000 (or a higher amount in the case of an established pattern or practice of noncompliance), in the case of an individual action relating to an open end consumer credit plan that is not secured by real property or a dwelling.

US laws Marijuana!

2009-11-16T06:58:00.000-08:00

These kinds of US laws are sorely needed as we lock up so many that should be treated instead of criminalized. I happy to see that the Us government is starting to understand that you can't declare war on your own citizens and still call your self a democracy.

The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they are out of public view -- despite a federal ban.

"This club represents personal freedom, finally, for our members," said Madeline Martinez, Oregon's executive director of NORML, a group pushing for marijuana legalization.

"Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana," said Martinez. "We hope to have classes, seminars, even a Cannabis Community College, based here to help people learn about growing and other uses for cannabis."

The cafe -- in a two-story building which formerly housed a speak-easy and adult erotic club Rumpspankers -- is technically a private club, but is open to any Oregon residents who are NORML members and hold an official medical marijuana card.

Members pay $25 per month to use the 100-person capacity cafe. They don't buy marijuana, but get it free over the counter from "budtenders". Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., it serves food but has no liquor license.

There are about 21,000 patients registered to use marijuana for medical purposes in Oregon. Doctors have prescribed marijuana for a host of illnesses, including Alzheimer's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Tourette's syndrome.

Sex 107of the New USA Credit Card law

2009-11-13T20:28:00.000-08:00

This section of the US new credit card law that comes into effect in Feb 2010 puts a cap of sorts on the amount that the Credit card companies can collect from you in fees. TILA is the Truth in Lending Act a law to also help consumers.

(Sec. 107) Revises civil penalties for creditor noncompliance with TILA. Includes in such penalties twice the amount of any finance charge in connection with a transaction, between $500 and $5,000 (or a higher amount in the case of an established pattern or practice of noncompliance), in the case of an individual action relating to an open end consumer credit plan that is not secured by real property or a dwelling.

Thailand Grounds for divorce

2009-11-10T21:47:00.000-08:00

We found this interesting we at cheap lawyers hope you do to and write what you feel about these divorce grounds that apply to US citizens married to Thais for divorce cases in Thailand

Thailand Grounds for Divorce.

- Adultery;

- misconduct;

- physical or mental abuse;

- one of the parties has been sentenced to jail for more than a year;

- the parties have been living separately for more than three years;

- failure to support;

- insanity;

- breaking bond of good behaviour, or;

- communicable or dangerous disease.

Divorces on the grounds of adultery, misconduct, abuse or failure to support and divorces demanding living allowance based on need of the party not at fault must be brought within a year of the fault alleged. If they aren't, they will be unsuccessful - unless another ground exists.

Cheap Lawyer Grace Periods on Credit Cards in USA.

2009-11-05T20:42:00.000-08:00

This section of the new credit card law closes another of the ways that the banks would use to trip people up and protects the rights of Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discovery and other credit cards issued to US citizens. By changing the date every month they would get a certain number of people that would miss the deadline and would get hit with late payments or ever worse get the penalty rates. One of the earlier sections also addresses this problem.

For many people in the USA this law alone Mr Obama should have won the Nobel peace prize for all of the family disputes that this will curtail.

(Sec. 106) Requires the payment due date to be the same day each month, or the next business day if such date falls on a weekend or holiday.
Revises requirements for the timing of payments and the grace period. Requires each periodic statement of payment due to be mailed no later than 21 days before the payment due date.

Cheap Lawyer fee harvester credit cards in USA

2009-11-04T02:54:00.000-08:00

We are still going through the new law for credit cards that comes into effect in Feb 2010 which is very close. Another avenue of insane practice closed to the banks. We like the parts of the new credit card act that protect people from being mauled as they are getting into trouble that dig bigger holes and bury the consumer in debt.

(Sec. 105) Prescribes a standard for the initial issuance of subprime or "fee harvester" cards (accounts requiring first-year fee payments in excess of 25% of the total amount of credit authorized). Prohibits payment of any fee from the credit made available by the card (other than any late fee, over-the-limit fee, or any fee for a payment returned for insufficient funds).

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