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
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- Texas
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- 11th Circuit
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- 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
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- Tulane University
- B.A.
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- Activities: Tulane Rugby Club
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- Top Attorney Award
- Avvo
- American Jurisprudence Awards -3 classes
- Bancroft Whitney
- Orange County Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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- Q. Can I get U.S. residency by marrying a green card holder?
- A: No, unless you’re in status at the time your priority date is current for the category that you fall under. You can check when the priority date for your immigration category becomes current by going to the visa bulletin board department of state. That being said, if you are not in status at the time that that priority date becomes current, you can always wait for your spouse to obtain US citizenship, and then even if you are out of status at that point in time, she can still sponsor you for a green card. So then the question becomes when would your spouse be able to apply for US citizenship?
- Q. Visa options for long-term stay with U.S. citizen partner without marriage.
- A: If she has already applied for a visitor visa and has been denied, it is likely that she will not be able to successfully obtain a visitor visa with a second application. The immigration officer who is reviewing a visitor visa application will look to see if she has either property ownership or a steady job and documentation to support that. The reason they look at those factors is because they want to be convinced that she will return once her visit is completed. The only real practical visa that she can apply for is a fiancé visa. She can stay up to 90 days, but prior to that 90 day deadline , she has to get married to you or else her visa is revoked and then she is subject to deportation. ... Read More
- Q. Do lawyers take fees from auto insurance recovery for same injury?
- A: Judging from your facts and it’s still a little bit unclear, but the most likely situation is that the $100,000 was paid out from the bodily injury liability carrier of the other driver. And now there’s $25,000 under your own policy and what is called uninsured motorist (UM) policy And they’re pursuing that. If that is the case, then yes it is ethical for an attorney to take 40% of a gross recovery on the file, which would mean that they’re going to take a 40% cut of the uninsured motorist proceeds.
