Case Processing
how much you paid your lawyer vawa?
I’m especially curious:
– How much did you pay your lawyer overall (including the VAWA filing)?
– Were you charged extra for responding to a Request for Evidence (RFE)?
– Where are you based (state/city), if you’re comfortable sharing?
For context:
I applied for VAWA back in 2021 and paid my original lawyer $8,000. Fast forward almost five year that lawyer has now resigned, and I’ve received an RFE.
I’m switching attorneys and having a new lawyer take over the case just to review the file and respond to the RFE. She’s still working on the retainer, but so far I’ve already paid about $1,700 just for her to review the paperwork without committing to it and not a deep dive.
She said once she goes page by page, her rate will be $600–700 per hour, and she estimates it could take around three hours. At this point, it feels like I’ll end up close to $10,000 total for the whole process.
Would really appreciate hearing others’ experiences what’s normal, what’s high, and whether RFEs usually mean extra legal fees like this.
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