Ft Lauderdale Personal Injury Attorney

Personal injury trial lawyers at The Law Offices of Yuri Tsyganov, PL strive to protect their clients’ interests. We accomplish your goals by:
Proceeding from day one as if your case will be going to trial Discussing the facts of your case with you on a regular basis Hiring and consulting with the most reputable experts in the industry Utilizing the most modern and innovative technology in the Courtroom Giving back to the community
In reality, the majority of personal injury cases end up settling before going to trial. However, the trial lawyers at the Law Offices of Yuri Tsyganov, PL will handle your case as if it is going to trial from day one in order to maximize the settlement or judgment you may be entitled to receive. Our attorneys have significant case settlement and trial experience.
Most personal injury attorneys will immediately try to settle your case well below its actual value. Our trial lawyers never assume your case will settle prior to trial. Our adversaries, the insurance companies and defense attorneys, recognize and respect the approach we take to representing our clients.
It is important to hire attorneys who know how the insurance companies and defense attorneys think. Prior to forming The Law Offices of Yuri Tsyganov, PL, a number of our attorneys have worked with insurance companies defending personal injury claims. This experience has proven to be invaluable.

Will Florida Follow Arizona in passing a more stringent immigration law?

A new bill introduced by Florida State Rep. William Snyder is starting to look very similar to the Arizona immigration law enacted last year. Some of the more notable proposals include making it a state crime for non-U.S. residents to not carry documentation (punishable with $100 fine and up to 20 days in jail).  If this bill passes, businesses will be forced to use the federal E-Verify database to run a background check of the legal status of all new employees and if caught hiring illegal immigrations could face probation and potentially loss of state-issued business license.

According to the latest news from Tallahassee, the bill is gaining momentum and is likely to pass.  Our new Governor Rick Scott has already ordered that all government agencies in Florida are to use the federal E-verify database. When the bill passes, business owners must be ready to comply or face harsh sanctions for misconduct.  If you are a business owner, an experienced Fort Lauderdale Immigration lawyer may be able to help you become more familiar with the E-verify process in order to be able to avoid monetary fines or even the loss of your license. 

Challenging your previous guilty plea in deportation proceedings

If you find yourself on the verge of being deported because of a past guilty or no contest plea to a serious criminal offense such as possession of cocaine, then post-conviction relief may be the solution that you have so desperately been waiting for. An experienced Fort Lauderdale Immigration Lawyer may be able to help you vacate or set aside that past conviction, which may make you eligible for various forms of relief immigration, or lead to a complete dismissal of your deportation case. 

In Padilla v. Kentucky the United States Supreme Court ruled that when a non U.S. citizen is improperly advised, or not advised at all, of the potential immigration consequences which a plea of guilty or no contest to a criminal charge may have, the conviction may be overturned. If you were not advised of the immigration consequences prior to taking your plea, you may be able to challenge that criminal conviction. Winning such a challenge is no easy task and may require ordering the plea colloquia (the conversation between you and the judge, which is recorded prior to you agreeing to take the plea) or asking your former criminal defense attorney to come in an testify. However, there is a chance that the prosecutors and the judge were so busy, that they simply forgot to advise you of the criminal consequences. Please do keep in mind, that the courts are starting to include the language required to fulfill the immigration consequences warning and that it will become more and more difficult to challenge the conviction based on Padilla v. Kentucky alone. 

If Padilla is not the answer, then Matter of Pickering may be the way to. In Matter of Pickering the Court ruled that a prior conviction may be vacated if it is proven that there was some kind of legal defect in the conviction, or in the proceedings underlying the conviction, which ultimately resulted in the conviction being legally invalid. The conviction will not simply be vacated for showing rehabilitation or as a humanitarian gesture to avoid adverse immigration consequences. It is absolutely crucial that the final order of the court vacating the previous conviction does not have any mention of the fact that the conviction is being vacated for the prevention immigration consequences. 

For more information please visit our website: http://www.tsyganovlaw.com/practice-areas/fort-lauderdale-immigration-attorney