Extremely knowledgeable, reasonable fees and quick response time make her the best immigration lawyer I've ever dealt with.
Let me start by saying I've heard of people filing their own immigration paperwork with disastrous results. If you have an immigration matter pending, lawyer up. plain and simple. (You wouldn't perform open heart surgery on yourself would you? So why gamble with your future?).
We had previously been working with another lawyer who although did produce results had 2 very unappealing characteristics: He always took forever to respond to my emails or to call me back, and his fees were really high, so I decided It was time for a change. I found Emily Sumner and her firm Sumner Immigration Law through avvo.com. I live in the middle of nowhere. There are no immigration lawyers here, let alone good ones. So I needed a lawyer that could handle my case exclusively via email.
I searched avvo.com for lawyers and I found Emily Sumner. The reviews generally described her as a knowledgeable lawyer, with an outstanding track record. Exactly the type of lawyer I needed to work on my case. So I gave her a call, and left a message with her paralegal. To my surprise, she personally called me back within the hour. Every question I asked her (out of a gazillion questions I had, mind you) she answered with the same level of professionalism and enthusiasm for the law that she answered the first. She also assured me she was used to handling cases via email and that not only she had customers in the Maryland / Virginia area but all over the country.
Finally came time to talk about money. Have in mind, I was not expecting any of this paperwork to take place until a few years down the road so when all of a sudden I'm told I have to pay uncle Sam over 2 grand just in filing fees and on top of that, pay my lawyer, to say I was put in a tight spot would be an understatement. Mrs. Sumner's fee structure was very reasonable. Her fees were fair, and when I explained my situation, she graciously offered me the option to pay her fee in 3 installments and I could even use my credit card. I was sold.
The process from the get go was extremely fluid. Every email I wrote was answered almost immediately and she kept me in the loop every step of the way. Every payment I made to her firm was made through Google wallet which was super quick and easy and you don't even have to share your credit card number with anybody. They just send you an email with a link and you enter your credit card information on a secure website yourself. Everything I needed Mrs. Sumner to work on related to my case she handled like a champ.
Exactly 2 months after I first contacted and hired Mrs. Sumner, I received an envelope in the mail from USCIS informing me everything I had requested in my case had been granted. Of course, your particular case might differ and your mileage might definitely vary depending on the nature and legal specifics of your case, but what I can assure you is hiring Mrs. Sumner will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. read more