Nails, kuch kuch hota hai, tum nahi samjhoge. Anyway thanks for your input. Nepaali, Thanks for the tip. I did not know about AILA. I did check Amercian Bar Association's website, but it was not very helpful. I will certainly heed your suggestion. I am not sure how important it is for the lawyer to be local so that we can contact him/her in person. Does it matter? If it does, Illinois (Chicago area) or North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham area) are the two preferred states to have the lawyer. Can you help, please? Thanks.