Kathrin S. Mautino, APLC

She charged me $150 for 30 minutes talking to her (we were only talking for 15 minutes). She said she would get back to me with an answer, but she never did! I even called her office to leave her a message that Ive been waiting for her, but still no hearing back. Well I guess I need to pay $150 again to maybe get my answer.
Mar 26th, 2024

One of the best immigrantion lawyers in SD
Sep 21st, 2023

It was a life changing experience for me to work with Kathrin and her colleagues. No playing around- Kathrin takes only cases that she thinks might have chances to win. She will tell you in the beginning if your case is worth their time. It was a lot of collaborative work with Kathrin, I literally reinvented myself during this process. As a result I have received my GC (NIW) in 1.5 years after we submitted the case, and now I manage my own profitable company. I'm super grateful for everything they did for me, they really care about their clients. Highly recommend them.
Jul 23rd, 2023

The best attorney one can ask for. Wonderful human.
Jan 7th, 2023

My experience wasnt as I expected. I still dont doubt her expertise. During my small journey with her Three points that stick out during this experience was :- 1. Her Notes are her bible. So if she missed out in putting anything in her notes, consider it was never discussed. We did point out 2-3 point which was discussed already but it was never acknowledge because its not calling out in her notes. 2. After we have signed contract, we have to end up paying her 150$ for every-time we try to reach out to her. Their paralegal team were not very easily reachable too. I understand Kathrins time is very important. But sometimes, hearing something from paralegal team also helps to keep patience and calm during urgent situations that someone is going through. 3. Time frame :- initial discussed timeline to apply with paperwork to USCIS was 3 weeks. It took them 3 weeks to realize they dont have clear direction for the first step. And it took them 1 and half month to let us know they cant proceed with our process. That was pretty disappointing since it shows how much she values clients time especially in cases where something is at stake (like my wifes job). Kathrin does have strong background and thats why we reached her out without any reference from anyone. I am pretty sure she is a great lawyer too. But it was unfortunate that it didnt work out in our case.
Sep 13th, 2023