before hiring the lawyer he has to ask if the sister even will have the slightest chance to get this done before they run out of visa's or Sept. 30th...since winning the DV but being on deportation already is a very complicating issue...
I know about a famous case which took 4 yrs and the person won to stay here but he was one of the richest musicians and married to an American and didn't win the DV lottery so no dealine...we can only "imagine"
, how much money the lawyer recieved for it...the lawyer is still doing immigration cases and charges $ 350.- for an initial phone call in which he can tell if he can be of any help....