We offer affordable, low-bono legal services and consultations in Northeast Ohio. If your primary language is not English, ask us about interpretation options. We have attorneys and staff members who speak multiple languages.
Meet Our Attorneys
Our staff attorneys are equipped to serve clients in multiple languages in the fields of immigration, family, probate, and Marsy's Law. Other languages are available through our Interpretation & Translation Services.
Samantha Salamon, Esq
Victims' Rights, Family, Immigration
English
Nathanial Johnson, Esq
Victims' Rights, Family, Immigration
English, Spanish
Luke Antonczak, Esq
Immigration, Family
English
Lynne Ashkar-Abboud, Esq
Immigration, Probate
English, Arabic
Immigration Services
SERVICES & RESOURCES
ASIA's Legal Services department offers tools, educational opportunities, and counsel to help address challenges with immigration and citizenship.
Our immigration services include:
- Consular processing;
- Applying for U.S. Citizenship;
- Applying for Certificates of U.S. Citizenship/Naturalization;
- Applying for Green Card (Lawful Permanent Residency);
- Renewing a Green Card (Lawful Permanent Residency);
- Removing conditions on permanent residency;
- Applying for Affirmative Asylum;
- Applying for Employment Authorization Document;
- Applying for travel documents/reentry permits;
- Immigration case follow-up with USCIS representation;
- Family-based immigration cases;
- Passport applications;
- Humanitarian immigration benefits including Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U/T visas, and more.
Family Legal Services
ASIA offers affordable family legal services to close gaps in services available to vulnerable populations.
To close this gap, ASIA has expanded its Legal Services to offer comprehensive legal representation in family law matters. Our services include:
- Divorce;
- Dissolution;
- Custody;
- Abuse, dependency, and neglect cases.
Victims' Rights Services
SERVICES & RESOURCES
ASIA’s Legal Services provides trauma-informed, holistic legal representation to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and human trafficking.
We pride ourselves in serving the legal needs of victims of crimes in a holistic manner by working closely with ASIA’s Ahimsa department while a client is receiving services.
Together with the advocacy services offered to victims, ASIA’s Victim Services’ holistic policy is based on the idea that one attorney can offer and provide immigration, family, and probate law services to victims of crime, in addition to specific legal services for victims listed below. ASIA’s one-attorney approach not only allows a victim to address multiple facets of their victimization but also reduces the re-traumatization a victim would face as they would have to reexplain their trauma to one different attorney after another.
The specific legal services we offer to victims are:
- Protection Orders;
- Marsy’s Law Representation;
- In Ohio, the state constitution includes rights for victims of a crime. Some of these include the right to notice of and to attend all court proceedings involving the perpetrator, the right to be heard at bond, plea, and sentencing hearings, and many more. Further, Contathe Ohio constitution states you may have an attorney represent you to ensure your rights are followed. An ASIA Legal Services attorney can also interact with police, court officials, and the prosecutor on your behalf.
- Family Legal Services (Divorce; Dissolution; Custody; Abuse, dependency, and neglect cases.);
- Immigrations Services for Victims (Including but not limited to: VAWA, T-Visa, U-Visa).
Estate Planning
SERVICES & RESOURCES
ASIA's attorneys offer Power of Attorney, simple will consultation, and creation services so that you can ensure that your wishes are honored for your family, property, and money after you pass away.
A simple will determines:
- Who inherits your assets.
- Who will be your underage children's legal guardians.
- Who will make sure that your will is carried out the way you wanted it.
A Power of Attorney:
- Gives someone else the authority to legally act for you (this person is called an agent).
- Can make financial decisions for you like investing or apply for public benefits.
- Can designate beneficiaries of your insurance policies.
- Can make health care decisions for you.
- And more!