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Hi, my name is Valerie Shehata. I live in Overland Park, Kansas, and I'm a retired teacher. My husband, Nagy Shehata, was convicted of a felony in 2015 and was sentenced in 2019 to 32 months in a federal facility. My husband had many comorbidities, or health problems, that would make him very vulnerable to COVID-19, and I was terribly worried and wanted him to be out of there and home so that he would survive.
I looked for an attorney. My father was an attorney, and he's gone, but I asked him to guide me, and I believe he guided me to Zach. Zach is a very bright, capable attorney who knows the law. He was honest, but he gave me hope, and he was always available and accessible to me. Whenever I needed him, he was there to answer any questions, always led me through the process of what he was doing now, what he would do next. And he engendered the belief that he would do everything possible to help my husband, and he did.
Zach is a great attorney, and I am eternally grateful for everything that he did. My husband was granted a compassionate release, and I believe that it was Zach. Zach is the one that pulled that through. He worked hard. I don't know that the man ever takes time off, because he's available at any time that his client needs him, that I needed him, and he was there. He's good, he's kind, he's compassionate, and he's passionate about what he does.
And we have recommended him to many of the gentlemen that are in the facilities, because they've asked, "Who is your attorney?" because of things that my husband has said. So we're grateful, thankful. I could cry. He's a good, good, good man and a great attorney. And I told my husband, I said, "Look, if anybody can do it, if it can be done, it will be Zach that gets it done." And I never doubted him, not for one minute. You know, for Zach, I would take one of those planes that goes in the sky and does advertising, with the little tail behind it, and write, "Zach Newland, greatest attorney ever."