Immigration and business matters involve passports, financial records, family history and other sensitive information. This page explains how we protect the security and confidentiality of your documents, and what you can do to keep them safe.
Two separate protections apply to your information. The attorney-client privilege protects confidential communications between you and your lawyer made for the purpose of obtaining legal advice. The duty of confidentiality is broader: under the rules of professional conduct in the jurisdictions where our attorneys are admitted, we must protect information relating to your representation, whatever its source, unless you consent to its disclosure or the rules permit or require it.
We ask clients to send documents through our client portal, which uses Docketwise for secure uploads, rather than as email attachments wherever possible. Ordinary email can be forwarded, misaddressed or intercepted, and attachments often remain in inboxes for years. The portal keeps your documents in one place, connected to your matter.
Invoices are paid online through LawPay, a payment service designed for law firms, from our client portal. Please do not send card or bank details to us by email, text message or chat.
Access to your file is limited to the attorneys and staff working on your matter. We share information outside the firm only when your case requires it, for example with a government agency as part of a filing, or with co-counsel, a translator or another provider working on your matter, and only as needed for that purpose.
Scammers target immigrants because they know how much a case matters. According to USCIS guidance:
USCIS suggests reporting immigration scams to the Federal Trade Commission or your state consumer protection office, and forwarding suspicious emails that claim to be from USCIS to USCIS.Webmaster@uscis.dhs.gov.
Scammers sometimes impersonate law firms as well. If you receive a message that appears to come from Ozek Law and asks for an urgent payment, announces new payment instructions, or asks for payment by gift card, cryptocurrency or wire transfer to an unfamiliar account, do not pay. Call our office at +1 (202) 854 8545, using the number on this website rather than a number in the message, to confirm.
At the end of your matter, you may ask us to return your documents or delete copies we hold. We will do so, subject to our legal and professional obligations to retain certain records for a period of time. Send your request to info@ozeklaw.com.
If you believe your information has been exposed, or you notice anything suspicious involving our firm, email info@ozeklaw.com or call +1 (202) 854 8545. For more on how we handle personal information, see our Privacy Policy and our Application Privacy and Data Practices.
You can, but we ask you to use the client portal wherever possible, because portal uploads are more secure than email attachments and stay connected to your matter.
Only the attorneys and staff working on your matter. We share information outside the firm only when your case requires it, and only as needed.
Do not pay. According to USCIS, it will never ask you to pay fees to a person by phone or email, and it does not accept gift cards, Western Union, MoneyGram, PayPal or Venmo for immigration fees. Hang up and contact us or check your case through official USCIS channels.
Yes. Email info@ozeklaw.com. We will return or delete your documents, subject to our legal and professional obligations to retain certain records.
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