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Christina Wilkes

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Licensed for 8 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Immigration

Language

Spanish English

About

Benjamin Messer became an immigration lawyer in order to help people escape danger, reunite their families, and better their futures. Since his first year of law school, he has been a devoted volunteer and advocate for immigrant communities.Mr. Messer focuses on removal defense before the immigration courts, appeals, representation of unaccompanied minors, and immigration-related federal litigation. His federal court work includes obtaining decisions after unreasonable government delays, overturning incorrect decisions by USCIS, and securing his clients’ release from unlawful detention. He has won asylum, permanent residence, citizenship, waivers, and many other benefits for his clients from all parts of the globe.Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Messer volunteered as a translator and interpreter for other attorneys and non-profit organizations representing immigrants. He has continued his service to community organizations since becoming an attorney by providing free legal advice and presentations on numerous aspects immigration law to both immigrants and volunteers.As Mr. Messer’s client, you can expect a clear and honest explanation of your immigration situation and all the options available to you. Mr. Messer will help you choose the best path for you and your family, and then work diligently to move your case through the long immigration process.

Practices Areas

Litigation

Immigration

Language

Spanish English

Contact

Wilkes Legal7050 Carroll AvenueSuite 202Takoma Park, MD, 20912

Office: N/A

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Reviews

Aldaveni
July 29, 2021

Recomiendo 100% a el abogado benjamin hace muy bien su trabajo y pone mucho empeño en el caso del cliente

anonymous
April 28, 2021

I worked with Ben to prepare for my citizenship interview. Ben reviewed all of my documents and met with me ahead of my citizenship interview to conduct a mock interview and prepare me. He was very easy to communicate with and answered all of my questions. Ben helped me feel comfortable and confident ahead of my interview and provided support with me at my interview. It was a pleasure to work with him.

Olubukola
April 2, 2021

My case was stalled for more than 3 years and I was referred to the law firm where Mr. Messer work. He was assigned to my case and he came up with a solution I’ve never hear before which did exists. Within 2 weeks my case was upgraded to premium processing. I’m so excited and very thankful to him. For your immigration issues, I highly recommend Mr. Messer and if you have a complicated case, you definitely want to hire this attorney.

Marbella
March 18, 2021

Me siento muy feliz por su servicio y gracias al Abogado Benjamin pude obtener mi ciudadanía lo que más me gusto de el que habla español y es de mucha ayuda para la comunidad!! muchas gracias se los recomiendo !!!

Elana
April 28, 2020

Another lawyer referred us to Benjamin Messer, and we feel grateful and lucky to have been working with him. From the first phone call, he has been exceptionally responsive, professional, compassionate, and intelligent. We feel that we chose the best lawyer for a complex case, and have been supported and heard the entire process. We strongly recommend Mr. Messer's services, and should we need services in the future we will be employing him again.

Karime
January 19, 2022

Me and my wife hired Benjamin Messer, in February 2019, and at first he was nice and said that the process of me moving to the USA was only going to take a year and that my process was really straightforward since we were already married for two years. After we hired him he never had time for our case, and he would never reply to our questions, and it took him TWO years for me to finally get my consulate interview. Suddenly that's when he didn't know how to fill out the application for a candidate applying from my country. His excuse was that he worked more with people from El Salvador, and not from country. Ben and his paralegal Andrea, were extremely unprofessional because none of them knew how to fill out the application property, and I was getting frustrated because I was missing time to prepare and arrange for a flight to the consulate interview in my country. When I demanded for him to he give more importance to my case, he said that he could drop my case at anytime. I couldn't believe it, but were tied up and in the middle of the most important part of the process, so we didn't want to drop the case and also lose all the money that we already paid him. He also billed us extra for every email that we sent him, even though he was unable to answer the questions due his lack of knowledge. Please do not hire him, he does not care about helping immigrants move into the country. He will pretend that he is good and then turn your back in you if your case isn’t important enough for him. The immigration process is super stressful and delicate so please make an important decision, and choose another attorney. Spanish version: Mi pareja y yo contratamos a Benjamin Messer, en febrero de 2019, y al principio fue amable y dijo que el proceso de mudarme a los Estados Unidos no tomaria mas de un 1 año. Después de que lo contratamos, nunca tuvo tiempo para nuestro caso, y nunca respondió a nuestras preguntas, y le tomó DOS años para que finalmente obtuviera mi entrevista en el consulado. De repente fue cuando ni el ni su asistente Andrea sabían cómo llenar la solicitud de un candidato de Mexico. Su excusa fue que trabajaba más con gente de El Salvador, y no de mi pais. Ben y su asistente legal, Andrea, fueron extremadamente poco profesionales porque ninguno de ellos sabía cómo completar la solicitud, y yo estaba frustrada porque cada dia que pasaba era un dia menos para prepararme y organizar un vuelo a la entrevista del consulado en Ciudad Juarez. Cuando le pedí que le diera más importancia a mi caso, dijo que podía abandonar mi caso en cualquier momento. No podía creerlo, pero estábamos tan precionados y en medio de la parte más importante del proceso, por lo que no queríamos abandonar el caso y perder todo el dinero que ya le habíamos pagado. También nos cobró extra por cada correo electrónico que le enviamos, a pesar de que no pudo responder las preguntas debido a su falta de conocimiento. Por favor, no lo contraten, a él no le importa ayudar a los inmigrantes a mudarse al país. Pretenderá que es bueno y luego te dará la espalda cuando mas vulnerable te encuentres. El proceso de inmigración es súper estresante y delicado, así que toma una buena decisión y no elijas a Benjamin como tu representante legal.

Aldaveni
July 29, 2021

Recomiendo 100% a el abogado benjamin hace muy bien su trabajo y pone mucho empeño en el caso del cliente

anonymous
April 28, 2021

I worked with Ben to prepare for my citizenship interview. Ben reviewed all of my documents and met with me ahead of my citizenship interview to conduct a mock interview and prepare me. He was very easy to communicate with and answered all of my questions. Ben helped me feel comfortable and confident ahead of my interview and provided support with me at my interview. It was a pleasure to work with him.

Olubukola
April 2, 2021

My case was stalled for more than 3 years and I was referred to the law firm where Mr. Messer work. He was assigned to my case and he came up with a solution I’ve never hear before which did exists. Within 2 weeks my case was upgraded to premium processing. I’m so excited and very thankful to him. For your immigration issues, I highly recommend Mr. Messer and if you have a complicated case, you definitely want to hire this attorney.

Marbella
March 18, 2021

Me siento muy feliz por su servicio y gracias al Abogado Benjamin pude obtener mi ciudadanía lo que más me gusto de el que habla español y es de mucha ayuda para la comunidad!! muchas gracias se los recomiendo !!!

Elana
April 28, 2020

Another lawyer referred us to Benjamin Messer, and we feel grateful and lucky to have been working with him. From the first phone call, he has been exceptionally responsive, professional, compassionate, and intelligent. We feel that we chose the best lawyer for a complex case, and have been supported and heard the entire process. We strongly recommend Mr. Messer's services, and should we need services in the future we will be employing him again.

Karime
January 19, 2022

Me and my wife hired Benjamin Messer, in February 2019, and at first he was nice and said that the process of me moving to the USA was only going to take a year and that my process was really straightforward since we were already married for two years. After we hired him he never had time for our case, and he would never reply to our questions, and it took him TWO years for me to finally get my consulate interview. Suddenly that's when he didn't know how to fill out the application for a candidate applying from my country. His excuse was that he worked more with people from El Salvador, and not from country. Ben and his paralegal Andrea, were extremely unprofessional because none of them knew how to fill out the application property, and I was getting frustrated because I was missing time to prepare and arrange for a flight to the consulate interview in my country. When I demanded for him to he give more importance to my case, he said that he could drop my case at anytime. I couldn't believe it, but were tied up and in the middle of the most important part of the process, so we didn't want to drop the case and also lose all the money that we already paid him. He also billed us extra for every email that we sent him, even though he was unable to answer the questions due his lack of knowledge. Please do not hire him, he does not care about helping immigrants move into the country. He will pretend that he is good and then turn your back in you if your case isn’t important enough for him. The immigration process is super stressful and delicate so please make an important decision, and choose another attorney. Spanish version: Mi pareja y yo contratamos a Benjamin Messer, en febrero de 2019, y al principio fue amable y dijo que el proceso de mudarme a los Estados Unidos no tomaria mas de un 1 año. Después de que lo contratamos, nunca tuvo tiempo para nuestro caso, y nunca respondió a nuestras preguntas, y le tomó DOS años para que finalmente obtuviera mi entrevista en el consulado. De repente fue cuando ni el ni su asistente Andrea sabían cómo llenar la solicitud de un candidato de Mexico. Su excusa fue que trabajaba más con gente de El Salvador, y no de mi pais. Ben y su asistente legal, Andrea, fueron extremadamente poco profesionales porque ninguno de ellos sabía cómo completar la solicitud, y yo estaba frustrada porque cada dia que pasaba era un dia menos para prepararme y organizar un vuelo a la entrevista del consulado en Ciudad Juarez. Cuando le pedí que le diera más importancia a mi caso, dijo que podía abandonar mi caso en cualquier momento. No podía creerlo, pero estábamos tan precionados y en medio de la parte más importante del proceso, por lo que no queríamos abandonar el caso y perder todo el dinero que ya le habíamos pagado. También nos cobró extra por cada correo electrónico que le enviamos, a pesar de que no pudo responder las preguntas debido a su falta de conocimiento. Por favor, no lo contraten, a él no le importa ayudar a los inmigrantes a mudarse al país. Pretenderá que es bueno y luego te dará la espalda cuando mas vulnerable te encuentres. El proceso de inmigración es súper estresante y delicado, así que toma una buena decisión y no elijas a Benjamin como tu representante legal.

Aldaveni
July 29, 2021

Recomiendo 100% a el abogado benjamin hace muy bien su trabajo y pone mucho empeño en el caso del cliente

anonymous
April 28, 2021

I worked with Ben to prepare for my citizenship interview. Ben reviewed all of my documents and met with me ahead of my citizenship interview to conduct a mock interview and prepare me. He was very easy to communicate with and answered all of my questions. Ben helped me feel comfortable and confident ahead of my interview and provided support with me at my interview. It was a pleasure to work with him.

Olubukola
April 2, 2021

My case was stalled for more than 3 years and I was referred to the law firm where Mr. Messer work. He was assigned to my case and he came up with a solution I’ve never hear before which did exists. Within 2 weeks my case was upgraded to premium processing. I’m so excited and very thankful to him. For your immigration issues, I highly recommend Mr. Messer and if you have a complicated case, you definitely want to hire this attorney.

Marbella
March 18, 2021

Me siento muy feliz por su servicio y gracias al Abogado Benjamin pude obtener mi ciudadanía lo que más me gusto de el que habla español y es de mucha ayuda para la comunidad!! muchas gracias se los recomiendo !!!

Elana
April 28, 2020

Another lawyer referred us to Benjamin Messer, and we feel grateful and lucky to have been working with him. From the first phone call, he has been exceptionally responsive, professional, compassionate, and intelligent. We feel that we chose the best lawyer for a complex case, and have been supported and heard the entire process. We strongly recommend Mr. Messer's services, and should we need services in the future we will be employing him again.

Karime
January 19, 2022

Me and my wife hired Benjamin Messer, in February 2019, and at first he was nice and said that the process of me moving to the USA was only going to take a year and that my process was really straightforward since we were already married for two years. After we hired him he never had time for our case, and he would never reply to our questions, and it took him TWO years for me to finally get my consulate interview. Suddenly that's when he didn't know how to fill out the application for a candidate applying from my country. His excuse was that he worked more with people from El Salvador, and not from country. Ben and his paralegal Andrea, were extremely unprofessional because none of them knew how to fill out the application property, and I was getting frustrated because I was missing time to prepare and arrange for a flight to the consulate interview in my country. When I demanded for him to he give more importance to my case, he said that he could drop my case at anytime. I couldn't believe it, but were tied up and in the middle of the most important part of the process, so we didn't want to drop the case and also lose all the money that we already paid him. He also billed us extra for every email that we sent him, even though he was unable to answer the questions due his lack of knowledge. Please do not hire him, he does not care about helping immigrants move into the country. He will pretend that he is good and then turn your back in you if your case isn’t important enough for him. The immigration process is super stressful and delicate so please make an important decision, and choose another attorney. Spanish version: Mi pareja y yo contratamos a Benjamin Messer, en febrero de 2019, y al principio fue amable y dijo que el proceso de mudarme a los Estados Unidos no tomaria mas de un 1 año. Después de que lo contratamos, nunca tuvo tiempo para nuestro caso, y nunca respondió a nuestras preguntas, y le tomó DOS años para que finalmente obtuviera mi entrevista en el consulado. De repente fue cuando ni el ni su asistente Andrea sabían cómo llenar la solicitud de un candidato de Mexico. Su excusa fue que trabajaba más con gente de El Salvador, y no de mi pais. Ben y su asistente legal, Andrea, fueron extremadamente poco profesionales porque ninguno de ellos sabía cómo completar la solicitud, y yo estaba frustrada porque cada dia que pasaba era un dia menos para prepararme y organizar un vuelo a la entrevista del consulado en Ciudad Juarez. Cuando le pedí que le diera más importancia a mi caso, dijo que podía abandonar mi caso en cualquier momento. No podía creerlo, pero estábamos tan precionados y en medio de la parte más importante del proceso, por lo que no queríamos abandonar el caso y perder todo el dinero que ya le habíamos pagado. También nos cobró extra por cada correo electrónico que le enviamos, a pesar de que no pudo responder las preguntas debido a su falta de conocimiento. Por favor, no lo contraten, a él no le importa ayudar a los inmigrantes a mudarse al país. Pretenderá que es bueno y luego te dará la espalda cuando mas vulnerable te encuentres. El proceso de inmigración es súper estresante y delicado, así que toma una buena decisión y no elijas a Benjamin como tu representante legal.

Aldaveni
July 29, 2021

Recomiendo 100% a el abogado benjamin hace muy bien su trabajo y pone mucho empeño en el caso del cliente

anonymous
April 28, 2021

I worked with Ben to prepare for my citizenship interview. Ben reviewed all of my documents and met with me ahead of my citizenship interview to conduct a mock interview and prepare me. He was very easy to communicate with and answered all of my questions. Ben helped me feel comfortable and confident ahead of my interview and provided support with me at my interview. It was a pleasure to work with him.

Olubukola
April 2, 2021

My case was stalled for more than 3 years and I was referred to the law firm where Mr. Messer work. He was assigned to my case and he came up with a solution I’ve never hear before which did exists. Within 2 weeks my case was upgraded to premium processing. I’m so excited and very thankful to him. For your immigration issues, I highly recommend Mr. Messer and if you have a complicated case, you definitely want to hire this attorney.

Marbella
March 18, 2021

Me siento muy feliz por su servicio y gracias al Abogado Benjamin pude obtener mi ciudadanía lo que más me gusto de el que habla español y es de mucha ayuda para la comunidad!! muchas gracias se los recomiendo !!!

Elana
April 28, 2020

Another lawyer referred us to Benjamin Messer, and we feel grateful and lucky to have been working with him. From the first phone call, he has been exceptionally responsive, professional, compassionate, and intelligent. We feel that we chose the best lawyer for a complex case, and have been supported and heard the entire process. We strongly recommend Mr. Messer's services, and should we need services in the future we will be employing him again.

Karime
January 19, 2022

Me and my wife hired Benjamin Messer, in February 2019, and at first he was nice and said that the process of me moving to the USA was only going to take a year and that my process was really straightforward since we were already married for two years. After we hired him he never had time for our case, and he would never reply to our questions, and it took him TWO years for me to finally get my consulate interview. Suddenly that's when he didn't know how to fill out the application for a candidate applying from my country. His excuse was that he worked more with people from El Salvador, and not from country. Ben and his paralegal Andrea, were extremely unprofessional because none of them knew how to fill out the application property, and I was getting frustrated because I was missing time to prepare and arrange for a flight to the consulate interview in my country. When I demanded for him to he give more importance to my case, he said that he could drop my case at anytime. I couldn't believe it, but were tied up and in the middle of the most important part of the process, so we didn't want to drop the case and also lose all the money that we already paid him. He also billed us extra for every email that we sent him, even though he was unable to answer the questions due his lack of knowledge. Please do not hire him, he does not care about helping immigrants move into the country. He will pretend that he is good and then turn your back in you if your case isn’t important enough for him. The immigration process is super stressful and delicate so please make an important decision, and choose another attorney. Spanish version: Mi pareja y yo contratamos a Benjamin Messer, en febrero de 2019, y al principio fue amable y dijo que el proceso de mudarme a los Estados Unidos no tomaria mas de un 1 año. Después de que lo contratamos, nunca tuvo tiempo para nuestro caso, y nunca respondió a nuestras preguntas, y le tomó DOS años para que finalmente obtuviera mi entrevista en el consulado. De repente fue cuando ni el ni su asistente Andrea sabían cómo llenar la solicitud de un candidato de Mexico. Su excusa fue que trabajaba más con gente de El Salvador, y no de mi pais. Ben y su asistente legal, Andrea, fueron extremadamente poco profesionales porque ninguno de ellos sabía cómo completar la solicitud, y yo estaba frustrada porque cada dia que pasaba era un dia menos para prepararme y organizar un vuelo a la entrevista del consulado en Ciudad Juarez. Cuando le pedí que le diera más importancia a mi caso, dijo que podía abandonar mi caso en cualquier momento. No podía creerlo, pero estábamos tan precionados y en medio de la parte más importante del proceso, por lo que no queríamos abandonar el caso y perder todo el dinero que ya le habíamos pagado. También nos cobró extra por cada correo electrónico que le enviamos, a pesar de que no pudo responder las preguntas debido a su falta de conocimiento. Por favor, no lo contraten, a él no le importa ayudar a los inmigrantes a mudarse al país. Pretenderá que es bueno y luego te dará la espalda cuando mas vulnerable te encuentres. El proceso de inmigración es súper estresante y delicado, así que toma una buena decisión y no elijas a Benjamin como tu representante legal.