omggggg yes!!!!!!... this is what my family and I are doing right now. petition to re-open our case because of our lawyer's mistakes. some of you may say "oh you just trying to win your case no matter what"... I used to be only 12 years old when my parents retained our old attorney. They were very desperate to find someone that would give them good news. They paid w/e money the guy asked...

we got our immigration trial date back in 2006, we were never notified of the hearing date. (all paperwork goes to the attorney's office)... and so we missed it. couple of months later we got issued a notice for failure to appear.... thus putting me and my family into removal proceedings.

my parents never knew what happen... they never got under anyone's skin even if the job was not done well. I was too young to get involved with it and help them out.

all i know is that when someone is in a desperate situation, they would believe anyone and will pay anything to anyone that says "hey, i have good expectations to win your asylum case"...

one can say "oh its a private attorney, your responsible for what he does, YOU hired him"... yea i did hire him, but im not the one that gave him hes license.

many undocumented got abused by attorneys who offered false hopes for money. Mr.Holder understands that; and so does the federal court of appeals.