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Understanding Insurance Claims After an Accident in Maryland
First and foremost, what you do immediately after an accident may have an impact on the insurance process, so review these steps first. After an accident, insurance companies often become the primary point of contact for injured individuals. While insurance is meant...
What to Do After a Car Accident in Maryland (Step-by-Step)
Car accidents are one of the most common causes of personal injury claims in Maryland. What you do after a car accident in Maryland — in the minutes, hours, and days after a crash — can significantly affect both your health and your legal rights. Because Maryland...
U Visa Processing Times in 2026: What to Expect From USCIS, Bona Fide Determinations, and Work Permit Delays
As we move further into 2026, many immigrants are asking the same question: what are U visa processing times in 2026, and are cases getting harder? This question comes up repeatedly during consultations, on social media, and in community outreach—especially among...
The Maryland Contributory Negligence Rule: Why Fault Matters in Personal Injury Cases
Maryland personal injury law includes a unique and often misunderstood doctrine known as the Maryland contributory negligence rule. This rule plays a decisive role in determining whether an injured person can recover compensation after an accident. Because even minor...
Maryland Personal Injury Law: A Complete 2026 Overview
Personal injury law exists to protect people who are harmed because of someone else’s negligence. In Maryland, personal injury claims follow strict legal rules that can significantly affect whether an injured person can recover compensation. Understanding these rules...
The New U.S. Gold Card Visa in 2025: What It Is, How It Works, and What to Watch
A new immigration option is making headlines in 2025: the U.S. Gold Card Visa program. Marketed as a faster-track path to lawful permanent residence (a “green card–like” status), the Gold Card is built around a large financial “gift” to the United States and an...
Understanding Immigration Detention and Bonds in 2025
Immigration-related detention has become more common due to recent government policies. These harsh and often inhumane enforcement practices, aimed at rapidly removing immigrants from the United States, have caused deep fear, pain, and uncertainty in our...
What the Sims v. Sims Case Means for Your Divorce in Maryland: Property, Alimony, and Child Support Explained
When a couple chooses to divorce in Maryland, the court must decide several important financial issues — including how to divide property, whether alimony is appropriate, how much child support should be paid, and whether one spouse should contribute to the other’s...
Ending Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents: What You Need to Know
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that ends the practice of automatic extension of employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain categories of non-citizens who timely file for renewal....
Are the New Immigration Laws Confusing You? How to choose the best immigration lawyer.
Written by Lyda Fernanda Solano. How to choose the best immigration lawyer is more important now than ever. Since the start of 2025—with a new government and ongoing changes in immigration policies—many immigrants have felt confusion, fear, and anxiety. And...
The New Pretermission Order: Now More Than Ever, Your Asylum Case Needs an Attorney in 2025
Written By Juliana Uribe Gómez. In April 2025, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) issued Policy Memorandum PM 25-28, titled “Pretermission of Legally Insufficient Applications for Asylum.” This policy allows immigration judges to reject an asylum...
Is it really important to hire an immigration lawyer?
Emigrating to a new country, we all know, is a momentous and in almost all cases, very difficult step in our lives. Consequently, dealing with immigration issues is a real challenge, particularly when our destination is the United States of America. It all starts with...
Some tips for the first legal consultation
I am Luisa Osorio and as an administrative and client service assistant at J Kelley Law Group I have noticed that sometimes our clients may face difficulties in expressing clearly what they want in their immigration process and what they expect from their attorney and...
About exequatur in Colombia
For Colombian citizens who are not familiar with these types of legal terms and who live abroad or plan to settle outside their country, this information may be useful. The exequatur is a legal institution or jurisdictional procedure that arises from private...
One story and a thousand reasons: special young immigrants
The Special Immigrant Juvenile Juvenile (SIJ) category is a humanitarian nonimmigrant visa-like classification. Its main objective is to grant immigration benefits to immigrant children and youth who are in the United States due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect by...
If you are an entrepreneur, this is for you!
When creating a company, whatever it may be, the biggest concern of an entrepreneur is the separation of their product or service from everything else that is offered in the market. In a world where it seems that everything has already been invented, it is essential...
Dear immigrant: know your rights
An immigrant is any person who is outside the territory in which he/she has affective, social, or political ties, regardless of his/her migratory status, intention, or temporality. In other words, any person who leaves the territory of which he or she is a national,...
The five essentials for choosing an immigration lawyer
The five essentials for choosing an immigration lawyer Hiring an immigration lawyer to guide us through the legal system in the United States can seem like an overwhelming task and sometimes, that decision is mediated by haste, lack of knowledge, or concerns of the...
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