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After a tip from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) apprehended a Tampa, Florida woman who was holding herself out as a licensed attorney. According to the report, Maria Virginia Constantinou, told immigrants that she was an attorney who could help them obtain immigration benefits from the federal government. After receiving “legal…

A recently released infographic indicates that only a small portion of new deportation filings, less than 15%, are based on alleged criminal activity. And, the rate at which non-criminal immigrants have been arrested for immigration violations has risen each year since 2010, indicating that the federal government is stepping up enforcement of immigration violations, even for otherwise…

Earlier this year, Celia Collins, Bo Perry, and Spencer Larche formed a strategy and practice team of employment, health care, and business lawyers to ease our clients’ Affordable Care Act woes. Since ACA’s enactment our lawyers have counseled clients on various provisions of the law as their effective dates approached and have spent considerable time analyzing the law and…

On September 19, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama granted judgment in favor of Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company and dismissed the claims of a bank that complained it was left with a worthless piece of real estate after it foreclosed on the property. The bank made a construction loan…

Spencer H. Larche has recently joined the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Mr. Larche is a 2008 graduate of Marquette University Law School and is an active member of the Wisconsin and Alabama Bar Associations. Prior to joining Johnstone Adams, Mr. Larche practiced with Quarles & Brady, LLP, a…

The Mobile Law Firm of Johnstone Adams has been selected as a top-tier law firm for 15 different Metropolitan Mobile practice areas in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings released this month and also ranked highly in 4 other areas. We were the only Mobile-headquartered firm ranked nationally in the area…