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Services
The Law Offices
of Norton Tooby offers the following services to immigration attorneys,
criminal attorneys, and clients:
- Preliminary Case Review
- Consultation Appointment
- Investigation and File
Review
- Attack on Criminal Conviction
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preliminary case review for immigration or criminal lawyers.
This involves a quick review of the documents from the criminal
case, brief research, and an opinion (which may be written or oral),
on the immigration consequences of the criminal situation, the possibilities
of solving them in immigration court or through post-conviction
relief in criminal court, and whether it may be worthwhile to do
a more thorough evaluation. This covers up to one hour of services,
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Personal appointments with the client
to learn about the criminal situation, the difficulties
it is causing for immigration status, and to offer an evaluation
of the possibilities for removing the adverse immigration consequences
through post-conviction work in criminal court. This usually takes
an hour and a half, and costs $350 plus out-of-pocket expenses.
For More Information
About An Appointment
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An investigation and file review
is a more thorough investigation of the validity of a criminal
conviction and can cost anywhere from $3500 up, depending on the
quantity of paperwork to be obtained and reviewed.
- A single conviction, based on a plea of guilty or no contest,
from a court that is not too far from the office, without extensive
police reports would cost toward the bottom end of the range.
- A federal or homicide case costs a minimum of $7500.00.
- A case from outside of California costs a minimum of $7500.00.
The investigation covers obtaining all documents from the criminal
case file from the court, obtaining original counsel’s file,
reviewing everything carefully, conducting legal research, and
drafting a detailed file review memorandum covering the following
questions:
- Immigration situation,
- Criminal history,
- What changes in the criminal conviction(s) and sentence(s)
are necessary to avoid immigration damage,
- What procedural errors occurred during the original criminal
case that might provide grounds for reopening the conviction,
- The chances that mandatory sentencing rules, or the unfavorable
exercise of discretion, might motivate a court to sentence the
client to greater custody time if the conviction were reopened
and the client were reconvicted,
- What procedural vehicle(s) might offer the best chance of
vacating the conviction,
- The chances of negotiating or litigating an immigration-acceptable
disposition after the case was reopened,
- How long this would take,
- The chances of success at each stage, and
- How much each stage of the work would cost.
The report often consists of 15-30 single-spaced pages of text
and includes most of the legal research necessary to attack the
conviction in court. If it makes sense for the client to use other
counsel for part or all of the litigation process, we would include
advice on who would be likely to do a good job of negotiating
or litigating the matter in the particular court in which the
conviction was rendered. The investigation and report is a feasibility
study, and does not include drafting papers for court or any representation
in court.
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An attack on a criminal conviction in one of the following
ways:
- Draft Court Papers and Documentation
- Formal Representation in Negotiations and (if necessary) Litigation
in Court
- Criminal Defense After Conviction Has Been Reopened
- Criminal Defense Before Conviction
To find out more about
attacking criminal convictions
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