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FitzGerald Law Company helped Jon Carlos, a teenager from El Salvador, obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) approval after overcoming a significant documentation problem: his father was not listed on his birth certificate. Our Boston immigration lawyers established paternity through Massachusetts Probate and Family Court proceedings, obtained the court findings needed for his SIJ petition, and…

A Colombian woman, “Marta”, was a victim of terrible accident when she was struck while walking home from work by a car operated by a drunk driver. We represented her in connection with her personal injury claim against the driver and she was awarded the full limits of the auto insurance policy. Her injuries were…

Part 1: When Love Isn’t Enough—They said Their Marriage Wasn’t Real Have you ever worried that a small mistake in your immigration paperwork could destroy your family’s future? That almost happened to Mory and Sandra. When Mory Met Sandra Mory arrived in the U.S. from Senegal with little more than determination and hope. He worked…

In November of 2005, Elsa was only 15 years old when she found herself pregnant and alone.  The man responsible for her pregnancy had left her and she was facing a life of continuing insecurity and poverty for both her and her child.  A family member sacrificed money they had saved to travel to the…

When German Muñoz was a teenager in a town near Medellin, Colombia during the 1990’s, it was a region overwhelmed with violence from Narco-terrorists, criminal organizations and armed militias or paramilitaries. German also faced an issue that made things even more difficult, his family was very poor, being supported by only a single mother. Due…

In 2002, Cesar Alexander Restrepo found his way to a small town in New Hampshire to get his family away from the danger that had plagued them where they lived near Medellín, Colombia.  Unfortunately, one night a loud family argument put their safety in jeopardy. The local police were called to his house to investigate…

Drita had worked hard in college in Albania to earn the opportunity to travel to the U.S.  and perfect her English, through a student exchange program and a J-1 visa.  The program was three months in Michigan staying with an American family and studying at a local university.  During her studies in the exchange program,…

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and Carlos Felipe took the opportunity to wash his car, listen to a soccer game and relax with a beer.  The game was exiting and so the car washing project took longer than normal and a substantial amount of alcohol was consumed.  The radio was loud and not all…

When Karina met her husband John, she had no idea what was going to happen to her, because at first he was so nice and treated her so well.  However, it did not take long for his true nature to reveal itself. He was abusive and manipulating, and to make the situation worse, he was…