Ross Silverman LLP

This review is for Howard Silverman.
Howard is an immigration attorney at Ross Silverman LLP
I met with Howard Silverman to discuss a potential immigration case a while back. The first impression I got while sitting with him was that this guy was impossible to talk to; very arrogant and extremely cold. I explained the case to him, and it was quiet complicated. He immediately started jumping to conclusions and using unprofessional terms. I was going to leave right away but decided to stay to listen to what he had to say (after all, I was already there, right?). He provided me with his recommendations and I left.
Fast forward a few months later; we decided to hire another lawyer and the case went forward and we achieved our objective. It turns out all info we got from Mr. Silverman was not right. Other than being too expensive, his legal argument was a failure.
It is extremely important to find a lawyer you can talk to if you are an immigrant looking for representation. The immigration law is very complicated and you will need a strong advocate that you can talk to like a friend. You do not want someone judging you, or someone complicating issues for you (especially when the issues are simple). Unfortunately, this lawyer is not one of those.
Mr. Silverman’s legal knowledge overall seemed to be alright. I am very sure he can represent and argue some cases strongly in court. Unfortunately, he is not a warm person to talk to, not a good advocate, has gaps in his legal knowledge and too expensive.

The best I met is Heidi Snyder at Ross Silverman LLP, Boston. She’s warm, extremely knowledgeable and doesn’t rush you.
For our particular visa case we had tons of friends as well as online resources and even went to attorney, Joshua Goldstein. The latter had quite hollow facts, especially compared to Heidi (and we found out couple of facts to be even untrue) and was bored at the end of our ‘paid’ session as we apparently didn’t hold further business prospect for him– he even walked out earlier!