Everyone, but especially immigrants BEWARE of Osei Prempeh, P.A.!!! This lawyer is a LIAR, THEIF and CHEAT. He will take your money (he took over $7,000 from us) and run in hopes that you will be deported, becoming unable to file a complaint. We hired Mr. Osei Prempeh in 2006 to represent my husband and help him correct his immigration status from student to permanent resident. From the start Mr. Prempeh misrepresented himself, stating that he had years of experience dealing with cases just like V's. This was a lie Mr. Prempeh had just started his practice and had very limited experience in matters like my husbands, making him unaware of the correct process to follow.
Mr. Prempeh is disorganized and lazy. His office at 3202 N. Howard Ave. Tampa, FL 33607 is a disaster. When you go into his office confidential files are all over for anyone to pick up and read. Then he can't find your file or the important paperwork that is needed to complete for your case. Mr. Prempeh takes on more than he can handle because he is greedy and wants your money. Please beware of this attorney!!! I don't want you to go through what my family has been through.
Mr. Prempeh had clearly advised V that everything was going to be fine as he was handling V's case. Mr. Prempeh continued to assure both V and myself that his letters and appeals would be enough to correct V's status. Mr. Prempeh clearly stated to both V and I that it would be no problem for a continuance to be granted because Mr. Prempeh could not appear for V's case. Per the response of the judge it was made very clear Mr. Prempeh was unclear with the process and did not understand what he was doing to our case. Through out Mr. Prempeh's handling of Victor's case he continued to delay things, asking for continuances and waiting till the day something was due to respond. Mr. Prempeh even advised V not to appear at his a hearing in Minnesota on February 24, which caused more problems then we could even imagine. Mr. Prempeh told V it was not right for the court to ask V to appear without counsel and that this was designed as an intimidation tactic. Yes, my husband was intimidated. Yes, V followed the advice of Mr. Osei Prempeh our attorney and didn't attend the hearing. Our complaint is based on the fact that after my husband retained Mr. Prempeh, he gave V counsel that was not only detrimental to V's case, but we have since learned, also against the law. Of my husband's own volition, he would never choose to disregard an order to appear before a judge.
Because Mr. Prempeh couldn't appear, he waited till the last day to ask for a continuance. This continuance was denied, but we didn't know this because Mr. Prempeh had not properly communicated with us, his clients what was really going on. We were astonished that we hadn't gotten a reply to our request for another court date.instead the judge had said Mr. Prempeh could appear by telephone on behalf of my husband. Hadn't we called the 23rd of February, we wouldn't have known the decision for Mr. Prempeh to appear by telephone conference. It is all these things tied together that led Mr. Prempeh to the decision that I shouldn't attend court since he wouldn't even be there to cross-examine the witness.
Because I noticed the delays in Mr. Prempeh's response to the court Victor and I decided to take some matters into our own hands. We did some research and found out that since Victor and I had gotten married we needed to file an I-130, which was promptly taken care of. There was more paperwork we thought we should file, but Mr. Prempeh misadvised us that it could not be filed until the I-130 was approved. We had filed this paperwork, but because of Mr. Prempeh's previous illegal advice, my husband then went under deportation proceedings. This led to my husband being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on the morning of Friday, October 13.
The reason Mr. Prempeh is not our attorney to this day is because after my husband's arrest on October 13, I desperately tried to get in touch with Mr. Prempeh to no avail. I called him hundreds of times with phone records to prove it. We even tried to contact a college of Prempeh's, Attorney Ani, as we had done on another occasion when Mr. Prempeh was out of the country. Attorney Ani was not available either. The only response I got from Mr. Prempeh was a threatening voicemail saying that I had to pay him more money ($5,000) to get my husbands file so we could go on to get a new lawyer.
Friday, October 13 was the worst day of my life. The lawyer I had paid everything I had, had suddenly disappeared in our time of need. Both V and I filed complaints with the Florida Bar Association and the Better Business Bureau against Mr. Prempeh in hopes that this horrible event will never happen to anyone else. We have been through hell because of Mr. Osei Prempeh. The BBB complaint went nowhere, but the Florida Bar has taken our case to the Florida Supreme Court after a hearing.
After my husband was arrested he was detained for four months at Krome Special Processing Center in Miami, Florida, Mr. Prempeh visited him asking for the Florida Bar complaint to be dropped. He clearly told my husband that he was scared of losing his license to practice law. Osei Prempeh needs to lose his license. He needs to stop robbing and cheating good people that want to move on with their lives.
Because of Mr. Prempeh my husband was detained for four months and was unable to work for 2 years. This caused my family more stress than I could ever describe. From the beginning Mr. Prempeh knew he could not handle my husbands case and took it anyway, just for the money. Osei Prempeh caused my family financial problems that still continue today because we went from a 2 income home to just one person supporting our family. There were days where I barely had gas to get to work and the cupboards were empty because we could not afford food. Mr. Prempeh caused us to suffer medical issues and emotional suffering. He needs to be stopped. Please do NOT ever hire The Law Offices of Osei Prempeh, P.A. He will take your money and disregard you, hoping a complaint will not be filed. Beware of Mr. Osei Prempeh he will turn your life upside down and get rich by doing it.
Don't get suckered by Osei Prempeh!
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