Moaddel Law Firm

I just want to say thank you to all the people who have worked on my U-Visa application at the Moaddel Law Firm. During the application process Manuel Godoy and Hugo Calvillo were guiding me in collecting the paperwork I needed for the application. Hugo was very helpful throughout the process. At the moment, I am waiting for my case number since they have sent the application about a week or two ago. I can assure you they have very good Lawyers because in 2018 they helped me with a criminal case and I got no jail time due to their good representation. Before them, I had another lawyer offering me 6 months of jail time for the same case. Do yourself a favor and get good rep.

Unfortunately I can't do zero stars, but that's what Moaddel Law Firm truly deserves. This is probably the worst-run law firm I have ever had the misfortune of working with. The staff are extremely unresponsive, and after initial consultation & upfront payment, you never actually speak with any lawyer or legal professional. Interactions with any staff are few & far between. The assistants never seem to be working, and the supervisors take more than 2 weeks to return your calls if they even bother to. We had a straightforward immigration case that just required the filing of the I601A waiver, and this process took longer than 6 months for them to even submit the forms! They've been extremely negligent and dismissive of our case, broken several deadlines, transferred us between several 'assistants' & have gotten nothing done for our case. Some supervisors have acknowledged their firm's negligence and tried partially refunding us in exchange for a 'second-chance', but even then, they've failed to follow through with anything they proposed. We had our NVC appointment but had to reschedule because we wasted our time with this poorly run "law firm". Mr. Daniel Moadell is either too distracted to notice how poorly run his firm is, or indifferent to the concerns of his clients that pay for services upfront. Regardless, I can't help but notice the discrepancy between reviews on BBB + the amount of complaints/lawsuits filed against them compared to the superficial reviews shown on their website. It has now been 17 months since this process began, which is roughly the time it takes to get this form approved, and we haven't even been given any receipt from USCS or confirmation of receipt from Moaddel. After several hours of phone calls to USCIS, we were finally able to learn that the form submitted by Moaddel was DENIED back in July of 2023. Even after we called for months after July 2023, the assistants simply said it was still processing and they'd update us as soon as they had more information. As recently as December of 2023, Moaddel told us that the application was still in review. This is extremely heartbreaking and frustrating beyond comprehension. They never told us the application was denied, nor did they provide any insights into why it was denied. We have thorough documentation of all these conversations and will definitely seeking counsel from the state BAR to assess what our best course of action will be moving forward.

I wish i read the reviews before hiring an attorney from this law firm. Every one star review is 100% accurate. I was lied too by the assistant attorney and ended up paying lots of money to find out 3 months later that everything that was told to me was in fact false. When I requested my money back they told me that im going to have to pay the lawyer for the time spent. They eventually gave me back every penny after i was ready to sue the company for misleading me. I say any law firm would do a much better job without going through the hassle of no call backs, no replies what so ever. And without going through people that know nothing about basic immigration laws. Very very disappointed.