Siskind Susser Atlanta immigration attorneys have recovered expenses from the U.S. Department of Labor in Landmark Law Suit

Atlanta, GA Tuesday, November 24, 2009 –

Siskind Susser Atlanta Immigration Lawyers Mikiel Davids and Karen Weinstock of the office recently won a landmark case in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia against the U.S. Department of Labor.

Recently a judgment was ordered and filed by the court on behalf of the plaintiff’s attorneys. This is an unprecedented success in this area. “The court issued expenses against the government in this case which is really extraordinary ” said Karen Weinstock, managing attorney of the Atlanta Immigration law firm. “Not only that the court concluded that the government’s position is not justified”, she added, “but the court agreed to award a higher hourly fee for our immigration law expertise”.
This case is the first in the country of its kind. The court ordered DOL to immediately decide a pending PERM application (foreign labor certification) after finding the agency had unreasonably delayed in doing so. Our attorneys brought the case to federal court in order to ensure that the I-140 immigrant petition for their client could be filed with USCIS before the client’s son turned 21, after which point he would no longer be eligible to obtain a green card with the rest of his family. But the I-140 petition could not be filed until DOL decided the labor certification and the agency refused to expedite a decision on the pending PERM application on the basis of the plaintiff’s son’s “ageing out,” or for any reason, including the fact that the application had been pending 4 months beyond DOL’s stated processing times.

DOL complied with the court’s Order and approved the labor certification prior to the 21st birthday of the plaintiff’s son, allowing attorneys Karen Weinstock and Mikiel Davids to file the I-140 petition with USCIS in time to preserve the family’s ability to immigrate all together, thus preventing irreparable harm to the applicant and his family.

By ordering the fee award against the government, the Court concluded that the government’s position in this case was not substantially justified. The government never provided any legitimate or specific reason for the delay, and then, after the court’s order, the DOL was able to process and approve the plaintiff’s PERM application within 48 hours.
Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

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Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

http://www.visalaw.com/atlanta.html

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta law firm have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law . Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International – the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world’s top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

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Atlanta, GA Tuesday, November 24, 2009 –

Siskind Susser Atlanta Immigration Lawyers Mikiel Davids and Karen Weinstock of the office recently won a landmark case in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia against the U.S. Department of Labor.

Recently a judgment was ordered and filed by the court on behalf of the plaintiff’s attorneys. This is an unprecedented success in this area. “The court issued expenses against the government in this case which is really extraordinary ” said Karen Weinstock, managing attorney of the Atlanta Immigration law firm. “Not only that the court concluded that the government’s position is not justified”, she added, “but the court agreed to award a higher hourly fee for our immigration law expertise”.

This case is the first in the country of its kind. The court ordered DOL to immediately decide a pending PERM application (foreign labor certification) after finding the agency had unreasonably delayed in doing so. Our attorneys brought the case to federal court in order to ensure that the I-140 immigrant petition for their client could be filed with USCIS before the client’s son turned 21, after which point he would no longer be eligible to obtain a green card with the rest of his family. But the I-140 petition could not be filed until DOL decided the labor certification and the agency refused to expedite a decision on the pending PERM application on the basis of the plaintiff’s son’s “ageing out,” or for any reason, including the fact that the application had been pending 4 months beyond DOL’s stated processing times.

DOL complied with the court’s Order and approved the labor certification prior to the 21st birthday of the plaintiff’s son, allowing attorneys Karen Weinstock and Mikiel Davids to file the I-140 petition with USCIS in time to preserve the family’s ability to immigrate all together, thus preventing irreparable harm to the applicant and his family.

By ordering the fee award against the government, the Court concluded that the government’s position in this case was not substantially justified. The government never provided any legitimate or specific reason for the delay, and then, after the court’s order, the DOL was able to process and approve the plaintiff’s PERM application within 48 hours.

Media Contact: Karen Weinstock
404-935-0056
Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

http://www.visalaw.com/atlanta.html

About Siskind Susser:
Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta law firm have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law . Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International – the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world’s top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

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Vayu Media is the premier company for local internet advertising using search engine marketing and local search engine optimization. Vayu Media is taking advantage of the consumer shift from traditional media to internet based marketing. The company’s focus is local online business marketing and web design services. The company’s strategy to get out into the market place and consult with local businesses face to face has allowed it to make local business owners aware of the opportunity that exists online. In order to stay relevant in today’s market every local business must have an online marketing strategy and Vayu Media can help.
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Atlanta, GA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 –

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For a quarter century, the publication has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Atlanta Law Firm Siskind Susser has been included in the specialty of Immigration Law.  The Atlanta immigration attorneys are led by Karen Weinstock, Managing Attorney.

Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. In the U.S., Best Lawyers publishes an annual referral guide, The Best Lawyers in America, which includes 39,766 attorneys in 80 specialties, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers including Atlanta immigration attorneys and law firms.

We also publish peer-reviewed listings in more than 48 countries around the world. The Best Lawyers Board of Advisors includes legal luminaries from almost every major world economy as well as general counsel from global companies with business on every continent.

Because Atlanta immigration attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a signal honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than 25 years, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere including Atlanta law firm Siskind Susser.

Best Lawyers listings also reach a broader and more important audience than any other lawyer-rating publication. Internationally, more than 200,000 individuals, 1,800 law firms, and 4,500 general counsel subscribe to BestLawyers.com. The website hosts more than 9.4 million page views a year, many of them by Fortune 1000 companies.

More than 88,000 top general counsel see the lists in Incisive publications such Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer, while more than 16 million readers see the lists in dozens of city and regional publications in the U.S. including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine, Atlanta Law Firms as well as in major business and general publications around the world, from Business Day in South Africa to Expansion in Spain, from the Australian Financial Review to the National Post in Canada.

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Media Contact: Karen Weinstock

404-935-0056

Kweinstock (at) visalaw (dot) com

http://www.visalaw.com/atlanta.html

About Siskind Susser:

Siskind Susser is one of the largest immigration law firms in North America and its Atlanta Immigration attorneys, a part of the Atlanta law firm have experience handling all aspects of American immigration and nationality law . Siskind Susser also can assist clients with immigration matters outside the US. We are co-founders of Visalaw International – the Global Immigration Law Alliance and work with many of the world’s top immigration specialists assisting companies and individuals relocate anywhere in the world. Our lawyers provide consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handle cases before the government.

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Vayu Media is the premier company for local internet advertising using search engine marketing and local search engine optimization. Vayu Media is taking advantage of the consumer shift from traditional media to internet based marketing.  The company’s focus is local online business marketing and web design services. The company’s strategy to get out into the market place and consult with local businesses face to face has allowed it to make local business owners aware of the opportunity that exists online.  In order to stay relevant in today’s market every local business must have an online marketing strategy and Vayu Media can help.

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Atlanta, GA October 23, 2009

Siskind Susser Atlanta Immigration Lawyers attorneys Mikiel Davids and Karen Weinstock of the office recently won a landmark case in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia against the U.S. Department of Labor. This case is the first in the country of its kind. The court ordered DOL to immediately decide a pending PERM application (foreign labor certification) after finding the agency had unreasonably delayed in doing so. Our attorneys brought the case to federal court in order to ensure that the I-140 immigrant petition for their client could be filed with USCIS before the client’s son turned 21, after which point he would no longer be eligible to obtain a green card with the rest of his family. But the I-140 petition could not be filed until DOL decided the labor certification and the agency refused to expedite a decision on the pending PERM application on the basis of the plaintiff’s son’s “ageing out,” or for any reason, including the fact that the application had been pending 4 months beyond DOL’s stated processing times.

To the knowledge of the Plaintiff’s attorneys, the victory secured in this case, Kumykov v. Carlson et al., is the first time that a court has ordered DOL to decide a permanent, foreign labor certification by a court imposed deadline. DOL complied with the court’s Order and approved the labor certification prior to the 21st birthday of the plaintiff’s son, allowing attorneys Karen Weinstock and Mikiel Davids to file the I-140 petition with USCIS in time to preserve the family’s ability to immigrate all together, thus preventing irreparable harm to the applicant and his family.

Siskind Susser is one of the largest Atlanta immigration law firms in North America, headquartered in Memphis, with its largest branch office located in Georgia. Siskind Susser represents international corporations such as International Paper, Hilton Hotels and other technology and healthcare organizations. Siskind Susser is listed as one of the best 15 immigration law practices in the United States by Chambers and Partners.

“This significant case shows that government officials need to consider the individual’s irreparable harm instead of ignoring it”, said Karen Weinstock, managing attorney of the Atlanta law firm. “Until now, there was no case law on point that the court could reference in the Department of Labor context, what is unreasonable and what is not, so this case determines a new baseline”.

About VisaLaw.com:

The Siskind Susser Website (http://www.visalaw.com) is recognized as the leading source of immigration-related content on the Internet, receiving more than 1,000,000 hits every week from over 150 different countries. It has been ranked the best law firm web site in the US by IMA, the major ranking service for legal web sites. With over 30,000 subscribers, Siskind’s Immigration Bulletin is the most popular and one of the most trusted immigration newsletters in the U.S., read by immigrants, human resource professionals, reporters, corporate immigration specialists, among others.

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