CLEVELAND, OH -- Parma, Cleveland green card attorney Jonathan Bartell recently won and overturned a case involving a non-citizen who previously pleaded guilty to a trafficking and drug offense.
Defending clients with immigration issues is a specialty for the visa attorney who also serves as a naturalization lawyer. "There are not many guys that do both," said Bartell, who fights charges ranging from drunk driving to murder and fraud.
He also negotiates for lesser penalties for criminal offenses. On Aug. 12, he reopened a case and changed the guilty plea to keep a 45-year-old Jamaican client from getting deported for an aggravated felony conviction as a result of drug trafficking charges.
"He never had problems in his life up until maybe two years ago," Bartell said of his client who has lived in the United States for almost 25 years. "The facts demonstrated that he wasn't involved."
Bartell, who also is a citizenship attorney, said his client was misinformed by his previous lawyer to plead guilty to the allegations against him, despite the fact that he served as more of a "look-out" man for the alleged transaction.
Rather than facing a felony drug trafficking charge, Bartell argued for a minimum one year attempted drug trafficking charge to allow for probation. He wants to re-examine his immigration case now that his criminal case is successfully being handled.
"We argued a U.S. Supreme Court case Padilla versus Kentucky for a defense," said Bartell of the case specifying that criminal defense lawyers must advise non-citizen defendants of deportation risks associated with guilty pleas.
Bartell, a top Ohio H1B lawyer also advises clients not to plead guilty since there is "no relief in Immigration Court," where many find themselves ordered deported.
Personally dealing with immigration issues is something Bartell has experienced since he went through the process to help his wife obtain citizenship. "I have lived the immigration experience and know what everyone who files for a green card goes through," said Bartell.
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