The Delicate Balance Between Attorney-Client Relationships

By Katie Sae Jung Lee
Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein

As attorneys we are seen as counselors, teachers.

Clients come to us in order to find solutions to their problems, which may not be necessarily in immigration law; it can be in criminal law, family law, real estate law, etc.

Our clients are not to be merely seen as a “case number,” but each and every case should become a part of us. They rely on us to guide them to legal immigrant status.

The way I see it, besides one’s health, the next biggest challenge in anyone’s life is their immigration status or lack of it.

Not everyone is lucky enough to have been born in the United States, even though most of the United States population consists of immigrants.

Each and every client should be viewed as a mentee and we, their mentors. Each case file represents a face.

And with that face comes a rich and full history.

And in that history there are relationships, bonds, trust and love.

Let us not forgot each case number represents someone’s mother, father, brother, sister, cousin…

Please, let us not ever forget that.