Stephen Arnold Black
Personal Injury and Immigration Law
Stephen has practiced Personal Injury and Immigration Law for more than 25 years. He is a recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Award for Legal Services, the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award, and 3 American Jurisprudence Awards-for the top grades in 3 of his Law School classes. He is a member of the State Bars of Florida and Texas, The Orange County Bar, The American Immigration Lawyers Association, The American Bar Association and the U.S District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts in Florida.
All personal injury cases are handled on a contingency fee basis which means you pay nothing unless you win. Stephen handles all types of injury cases but mainly handles car accidents, slips and falls, trips and falls, security negligence, sexual abuse, premises liability cases, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, dog bites, theme park accidents, funeral home misconduct, and negligence cases.
All immigration cases are handled on a flat fee basis. Stephen mainly handles family immigration cases including spousal visas, fiancé visas and immediate family relative visas. Stephen charges a flat fee of $2,500 for marriage based green cards for a spouse processing inside the US. He charges a flat fee of $2,500 for a fiancé visa or a spousal visa for an immigrant who is processing overseas at the US Consulate.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Immigration Law
- Citizenship, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
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All Personal Injury cases are handled on a contingency fee basis which means that client pays nothing unless they win the case. All Immigration cases are handled on a flat fee basis with no hidden costs.
- Florida
- Texas
- 11th Circuit
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Owner
- The Black Law Firm
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- Associate
- Seltzer and Kay Law Firm
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- Whittier Law School
- J.D.
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- Activities: Immigration Clinic
- Tulane University
- B.A.
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- Activities: Tulane Rugby Club
- Top Attorney Award
- Avvo
- American Jurisprudence Awards -3 classes
- Bancroft Whitney
- Orange County Bar Association
- Current
- American Bar Association
- Current
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Current
- Q. Need help . Need to divorce my wife of 2 years. No kids. She has provisional green card. I petitioned her to come to US.
- A: Be forewarned that she may try to enforce the I-864 affidavit of support that you filed with your Immigration case.
Even if a spouse immigrant is denied alimony in divorce proceeding, she or he can seek support as set out under form I-864. Further, the spouse immigrant has no obligation to find a job (which is a requirement for alimony in California) to obtain support under form I-864. In re: Marriage of Ashlyne and Vikash Kumar, 220 Cal. Rptr.3d 863 (Cal. Ct. App., 2017).
- Q. Went for a walk and hit a super slimy slippery piece of sidewalk.wiped out hard and broke tibia and fibula in left leg.
- A: So did you go back and take pictures of the accident site? Was this on private or public property? What time of day or night did you fall down? If pictures were taken, did they show a dangerous condition that a person was not likely to see, who was casually waking? If the evidence shows that the owner should’ve taken more precautions to minimize the risk of injury to a casual pedestrian, you may have a good case. if you don’t have any pictures, I would recommend that you go back to the scene, and take as many pictures from many different angles of the condition that caused you to fall. Take these pictures at roughly the same time of day or night that you fell. Finally, you should reach out ... Read More
- Q. My British husband is in the US on a travel visa. He only came to visit me and our daughter with a return ticket.
- A: A US citizen can sponsor their spouse for a green card if they entered the country with permission, even if that spouse falls out of status. The issue in your case is did the spouse, who entered the country do so with preconceived intent. Did he conceal his intent to reside permanently upon his last entry. You should discuss your case with an attorney, and better yet consider working with an attorney to handle the case for you, so that there are no complications that result in delay or a denial. Some of his charge a very affordable flat fee to handle the case from start to finish to wit by filing the G 28 form notice of appearance of attorney of record in the case