WOW....This guy is the WORST....Almost got my husband in trouble. I have heard from others who went through the same thing. Is he paying all of these people giving him a "5". It would be excellent if his license gets revoked AGAIN. I mean, judge for yourself.......This is directly from the source This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority - Avvo,com MADAN MOHAN SINGH AHLUWALIA [#175664], 40, of San Mateo was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an actual 30-day suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and make restitution Ahluwalia stipulated to misconduct in five matters. In three cases, he failed to perform legal services competently because he did not keep his immigration clients informed of the status of their appeals. He did not pursue one appeal at all, one was filed late and a third was denied and he did not inform the client. Another client was ordered deported and never received a hearing on his asylum application because Ahluwalia failed to notify him of a hearing. Ahluwalia filed a motion to reopen the case, based on ineffective assistance of counsel. In a declaration, he said his client failed to appear due to a clerical error in Ahluwalia's office. The court denied the motion because it was filed late and it did not comply with a requirement that all such motions be accompanied by a client complaint to the State Bar or an explanation as to why the complaint was not pursued. Ahluwalia then prepared two letters for his client to sign: a complaint to the bar and a request to withdraw the complaint. Although the client did not wish to sign the first letter, Ahluwalia advised him it was necessary to prevail on the motion to reopen the case. The court denied the motion again. The client asked the bar to withdraw his complaint and hired a new lawyer to appeal the matter. Ahluwalia did not refund any of his $1,000 advance fee. In the fifth matter, a client facing deportation hired Ahluwalia to appeal. The client then married a lawful U.S. citizen and had two children. Four years later, the appeal was dismissed and the deportation order was outstanding. The client then asked Ahluwalia to appeal to the Ninth Circuit and also to assist with a V-1 visa based on his marriage. Ahluwalia admitted some time later that he did not file the appeal but assured the client he would not be deported based on the pending visa status, which he expected to be approved. In fact, the client still was subject to deportation. The client hired a new lawyer. An interview was scheduled regarding the client's application for employment authorization, and the new lawyer told him not to attend because he would be deported. The client went anyway because of Ahluwalia's assurances that he would not be deported. The client was arrested and remained in custody for three months. His case was eventually reopened with the help of a third lawyer. Ahluwalia failed to perform legal services competently or to refund unearned fees read more

I was looking for an Immigration attorney. They were prompt to respond to me. However we never made it past the phone call because even a 30 minute phone consultation costs me $150. That is ridiculous. I am a service provider and i drive to potential clients houses, answer their questions and give them detailed info on what I do and how much it costs. This generally takes several hours of my time, and i do it fro free. THis is your time to sell yourself and build a report with your customers. This is where referrals come from. I will not pay anyone to ask me questions about my situation and give me menial answers and actually do no work toward the resolution of the issue. I will pay a professional for actual progress. I suggest that all of you do the same. Law advice should not be only for people with money. It should be available to all people. Not to mention that anyone should always get 3 opinions on their issues. at least 3. Paying 3 lawyers to give you their sales pitch isn't sustainable for anyone but the attorney. It will decrease peoples likely hood of pursuing such issues. It will also decrease the chances of people seeking the right person and just going to the one they have already invested in. All around it is bad for everyone but the attorney. Which seems to be the common practice today for attorneys. Do not submit to this treatment or it will become the standard for all attorneys. When you find these attorneys, report them immediately and stop this from continuing. I do not recommend this attorney, if he were a fantastic performer, he would be more confident in his ability to win clients over with his experience, success and sales skills, not with the psychological investment strategy of getting you to spend money before you even know if he is the right one. read more

I am not sure if there is a provision to give negative stars on here. Madan!!! The worst immigration law firm I have come across. I have been in USA for a decade on H1b and have my GC in process. My H1b transfer under PREMIUM PROCESSING to new fulltime employer was done by Madan. I got the offer 6 months back and within 2 weeks Madan started collecting documents. I submitted all the documents completely within a week. After submission of all the documents, Madan took like 2 months to just review the document and then they filed it incorrectly. Bang got RFE!!!!!! in like 2 days of submission. I was working with a paralegal for initial submission and his name was Soochandra K. from Madan and utter useless guy. Never gave updates about the process. Suddenly after few days another paralegal is assigned and he asks extra documents from me and my manager. We submit them in a week's time. he sits on it for like 2 freaking months. When only 2 weeks were remaining for RFE response dates he starts an email chain of another document acquisition which he could have asked in the initial request. They file the response like in the last two days. My god I was like so pissed off by this and escalated it to my new employers hr. Its already 5 months passed. Due to this humongous delay my Back ground check got expired and so is my joining. My new employer had to initiate my back ground check again and I am not sure if they will still have the offer for me coz they already recruited 3 people in this process. I was the first person to get the offer but I am not able to join. This all happened coz of Madan's incompetence and really in a limbo if I will ever join this new company. VERY DISGUSTING EXPERIENCE AND HOW MADAN IMPACTED MY EMPLOYMENT. read more

I called Ahluwalia Law office, the receptionist greeted me nicely. The phone was then transferred to, I believe, Mr. Ahluwalia. I was surprised at how rude he was, as if I had caused him a bad day. All I wanted to know was if his office will be able to assist me in my legal matter. He was focused on getting me to pay the retainer if I want to continue to speak to him, but it was barely a couple of minutes and he never responded with how he can assist me or if I am able to see him in person. He then refused to speak to me and hung up the phone. No problems, there are many lawyers who I hope are much more professionals. Update: Oopsy, found out from Google review, the law firm has been in trouble quite a few times. "..............Case numbers: 00-0-11096 03-0-02647 04-0-10927 04-0-11087 04-0-15286 United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit: Holding that "prejudice is found when the performance of counsel was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of the proceedings" Holding counsel's performance deficient based in part on failure to meet procedural requirements of two motions to reopen Finding prejudice where BIA denied motion only due to the motion's untimeliness Finding a denial of due process where counsel did not litigate case in a timely fashion, preventing petitioner from presenting his case Recognizing the court's authority to address the merits of a motion to reopen despite the BIA's failure to do so, particularly where the merits rest on "purely legal claims," but declining to reach the merits in part due to the limited record Applying a presumption of prejudice where petitioner's counsel failed to file an appeal Discussing the ineffective assistance ................." read more

Here is my review: I went for a consultation at Ahluwalia Law firm at 255 N Market St #248. Before the visit, we had talked over the phone summarizing my situation. Mr. Ahluwalia described how he could be of help for my case. And it all seems to make sense. We talked about the retainer being $2,500 as well as his hourly rate. I had prepared a check for the above amount prior to coming in for consultation. When I arrived, I filled out preliminary paperwork and this followed by further discussion of my marital issue. Mr. Ahluwalia re-iterated what he could do for me. We seemed to be on the same page up to that point. But then Mr. Ahluwalia informed the retainer for my case is $7,500 due to its complexity. I don't understand what the complexity involves. I provided the same situation I have conveyed over the phone prior to the onsite consultation. Obviously I do not have $7,500 and I was somewhat under the impression the cost would not be much more than $2,500. I really don't understand where the conversation went wrong. There is a difference of $5,000 between what the cost would be (over the phone) and the quote he gave me during consultation. I am not sure if this legal or merely unethical. Unfortunately, I had to pass on his services. read more

I paid $1,500 on the spot before Madan helped me on my case and he tried to charge me another $300 for his bad grammar and writing mistakes on the final declaration that was three pages and double spaced. I didn't believe that I should pay him another $300 for contacting him to correct the mistakes that he had made, so I asked him to wave the fee or charge me less. As for putting him on small claims court, I did not lose the case. Madan couldn't make it to the first court hearing and postpone the hearing. Small claims court asked if I wanted to dismiss the hearing after months of waiting for him to be available. I agreed to dismiss the case because I wanted to put everything behind me and start a brand new life not needing have to deal with this drama. I don't know where Madan got the information that "I got what I wanted" after my court hearing because I did not. Child support was calculated based on both partners salary. The declaration he created was not useful in court because the judge only took a glance at the first page and did not base the child support due to what he had wrote. The judge even said this declaration is for a child custody case not necessary for a child support case. read more

I feel so honored and lucky to meet Madan Ahluwalia sir, who was referred to me by my close acquaintances and by another attorney as well. Initially before choosing their services for my case, I consulted a couple of other family attorneys based on their online reviews but they couldn't assure me the way he spoke to me as my case was unusual which was annulment, purposely filed to malign me (writing this review after my case closed with divorce but not annulment). From the beginning after briefing him my situation and ordeal I've gone through with my marriage, his suggestions and guidance with patience are very professional, knowledgeable and authentic in how to deal with the scenarios accordingly. Last but not least the staff were so cooperative and helpful updating me in a timely manner with the case as needed. I'm grateful to Madan sir and his staff for their diligent support and effort in closing this case smoothly and successfully with divorce. I sincerely recommend Madan Ahluwalia's Family law services for those who are in need with this wholehearted review that when you consult with him you will come to know about his capabilities. read more

Attorney Licensee Profile MadanMohan Singh Ahluwalia (aka Raja Ahluwalia) #175664 Address: Ahluwalia Law PC, 255 N Market St # 248, San jose, CA 95110 County: Santa Clara County Phone Number: (408) 416-3149 Fax Number: (650) 204-6813 Email: madan.ahluwalia@ahluwalia-law.com Law School: San Francisco Law Sch; San Francisco CA License Status, Disciplinary and Administrative History Below you will find all changes of license status due to both non-disciplinary administrative matters and disciplinary actions. Date License Status Discipline Administrative Action Present Active 7/28/2015 Not Eligible To Practice Law in California Discipline w/actual suspension 00-O-11096 1/20/1995 Admitted to The State Bar of California State Bar Court Cases The listing below is partial, as the State Bar Court is transitioning to online dockets. Please refer to the License Status, Disciplinary and Administrative History section above for a record of discipline cases. Case dockets and documents may be available using the State Bar Court Search for a Case feature. Effective Date Case Number Description 6/28/2015 00-O-11096 Stipulation [PDF] read more

Mr. Ahluwalia is the attorney you should have hired yesterday! I had the privilege of Mr. Ahluwalia representing me in family court with ruthless efficiency at a time when I didn't know how to handle the legal assault on my life by an ex who had finally shown her true colors of being a covert narcissist. Mr Ahluwalia demonstrated legal acumen that adapted to the ever changing dynamics of my case, and eventually secured a favorable order from the Superior Court of California by successfully arguing a nuanced position that got me the much needed closure I desperately needed. It is hard to summarize 1.5 years of legal drama (exacerbated, in part, due to COVID-19) that Mr. Ahluwalia protected me from. However, by the end of the case, I walked away a wiser person due to the legal and spiritual guidance from Mr. Ahluwalia that helped me steer my life's ship in the right direction. I strongly urge anyone who needs an honest, unbiased and unfiltered wake-up call about how to fight for your rights, to pick up that phone and schedule an appointment with Mr. Ahluwalia. You are welcome. read more

My husband and I needed an attorney for a mediation. Unfortunately our case was poorly handled by Madan and his team. Even though my former husband and I were in full agreement of our divorce and settlement, our case was rejected twice by the court. Madan clearly did not know how (or cared) to handle the situation and communication was inadequate. The initial paper work was filed twice, even though it was clear there should have been changes. I had relocated to Oregon and had to come back to Hayward, CA in person to explain to a judge that I was financially stable and did not need financial support from my ex-husband. Overall, our mediation ended up costing us twice the amount initially quoted and got delayed 6 months. We felt there was no sense of urgency from Mr. Ahluwalia and his team and that they were happy to drag this out and collect extra money. After the fact we also discovered they had forgotten to update the title to our home, which caused additional money and paper work. I would not recommend Mr. Ahluwalia. read more

My name is Kuldip Singh and I am one of the many of Mr. Ahluwalia's clients who suffered tremendously in the hands of this unethical lawyer. (Google, you can confirm my case with California State Bar 00-O-11096-2, under "THE KULDIP SINGH MATTER - Case No. 03-O-02647"). This case is a public matter and readily available for anyone to review. I seek asylum through Mr. Ahluwalia and paid fees upfront. He failed to fulfill his duties in properly filing my case. Yet Mr. Ahluwalia informed me that paperworks had been filed and I was OK to show up for a court date. This was wrong. The paperwork was never filed and I was held in jail for months and due for deportation (which I was absolutely terrified of). Madan used many excuses for his failures, and went as far as "Father's death" as the cause of the failure which according to the filing is bogus. I am not doing a whole write up on this as it still hurts me. But feel free to look up the above case numbers for details. read more

My name is Kuldip Singh and I am one of the many of Mr. Ahluwalia's clients who suffered tremendously in the hands of this unethical lawyer. (Google, you can confirm my case with California State Bar 00-O-11096-2, under "THE KULDIP SINGH MATTER - Case No. 03-O-02647"). This case is a public matter and readily available for anyone to review. I seek asylum through Mr. Ahluwalia and paid fees upfront. He failed to fulfill his duties in properly filing my case. Yet Mr. Ahluwalia informed me that paperworks had been filed and I was OK to show up for a court date. This was wrong. The paperwork was never filed and I was held in jail for months and due for deportation (which I was absolutely terrified of). Madan used many excuses for his failures, and went as far as  "Father's death" as the cause of the failure which according to the filing is bogus. I am not doing a whole write up on this as it still hurts me. But feel free to look up the above case numbers for details. read more

Madan is now a suspect of an assault of a family member (Boys). Stay tuned for an update. Additionally, Madan or his business filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,  Case No. 09-31874. While he has obtained expert witness AFTER filing bankruptcy, he attempted to re-open his bankruptcy case so that he would not have to pay expert witness he hired. But he failed because it is a post petition debt Madan is trying to include in the discharge of already closed bankruptcy case. End result was money and time lost unnecessarily. Madan tried to cheat and again failed. ***NOTES:*** Never trust any institution who awards lawyers as lawyers typically have to pay to get it. You can only trust California Bar or AVVO for lawyer's ratings (do not trust reviewers on AVVO, only the ratings). This is a true rating of a lawyer. Typically if below 9, may not be worth the time. And if has been disciplined, it is a **big red flag**. read more

Madan is now a suspect of an assault of a family member (Boys). Stay tuned for an update. Additionally, Madan or his business filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,  Case No. 09-31874. While he has obtained expert witness AFTER filing bankruptcy, he attempted to re-open his bankruptcy case so that he would not have to pay expert witness he hired. But he failed because it is a post petition debt Madan is trying to include in the discharge of already closed bankruptcy case. End result was money and time lost unnecessarily. Madan tried to cheat and again failed. ***NOTES:*** Never trust any institution who awards lawyers as lawyers typically have to pay to get it. You can only trust California Bar or AVVO for lawyer's ratings (do not trust reviewers on AVVO, only the ratings). This is a true rating of a lawyer. Typically if below 9, may not be worth the time. And if has been disciplined, it is a **big red flag**. read more

Madan is now a suspect of an assault of a family member. Stay tuned for an update. Additionally, Madan or his business filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,  Case No. 09-31874. While he has obtained expert witness AFTER filing bankruptcy, he attempted to re-open his bankruptcy case so that he would not have to pay expert witness he hired. But he failed because it is a post petition debt Madan is trying to include in the discharge of already closed bankruptcy case. End result was money and time lost unnecessarily. Madan tried to cheat and again failed. ***NOTES:*** Never trust any institution who awards lawyers as lawyers typically have to pay to get it. You can only trust California Bar or AVVO for lawyer's ratings (do not trust reviewers on AVVO, only the ratings). This is a true rating of a lawyer. Typically if below 9, may not be worth the time. And if has been disciplined, it is a **big red flag**. read more

not used to doing review. more used to whipping out my belt and show the children what it's made out of. But for goodness sake, for good habit in my children and grandchildren...I am here. Madan you said you went to California Bar, took the test and pass. But it seems like you only went to California Bar to pass your gas What is going on with you child, you have to let people live. You walk around in small steps, like you can create peace in this world. In reality, you still walk around in small steps, creating loud stomps and people still unable to see where you are...because you seem to be doing bad things to our society or may be people don't look hard enough, and you are actually there. Next time I go to court I want to see your little steps. Do the right thing. You are a star in the making OR a 1x star in the making...whatever. read more

Madan or his business filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,  Case No. 09-31874. While he has obtained expert witness AFTER filing bankruptcy, he attempted to re-open his bankruptcy case so that he would not have to pay expert witness he hired. But he failed because it is a post petition debt Madan is trying to include in the discharge of already closed bankruptcy case. End result was money and time lost unnecessarily. Madan tried to cheat and again failed. ***NOTES:*** Never trust any institution who awards lawyers as lawyers typically have to pay to get it. You can only trust California Bar or AVVO for lawyer's ratings (do not trust reviewers on AVVO, only the ratings). This is a true rating of a lawyer. Typically if below 9, may not be worth the time. And if has been disciplined, it is a **big red flag**. read more

Madan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,  Case No. 09-31874. While he has obtained expert witness AFTER filing bankruptcy, he attempted to re-open his bankruptcy case so that he would not have to pay expert witness he hired. But he failed because it is a post petition debt Madan is trying to include in the discharge of already closed bankruptcy case. End result was money and time lost unnecessarily. Madan tried to cheat and again failed. ***NOTES:*** Never trust any institution who awards lawyers as lawyers typically have to pay to get it. You can only trust California Bar or AVVO for lawyer's ratings (do not trust reviewers on AVVO, only the ratings). This is a true rating of a lawyer. Typically if below 9, may not be worth the time. And if has been disciplined, it is a **big red flag**. read more

My name is Kuldip Singh and I am one of the many of Mr. Ahluwalia's clients who suffered tremendously in the hands of this unethical lawyer. (Google, you can confirm my case with California State Bar 00-O-11096-2, under "THE KULDIP SINGH MATTER - Case No. 03-O-02647") I seek asylum through Mr. Ahluwalia and paid fees upfront. He failed to fulfill his duties in properly filing my case. Yet Mr. Ahluwalia informed me that paperworks had been filed and I was OK to show up for a court date. This was wrong. The paperwork was never filed and I was held in jail for months and due for deportation (which I was absolutely terrified of). I am not doing a whole write up on this as it still hurts me. But feel free to look up the above case numbers for details. read more