A new attorney is behind the desk at Rahul Malhotra’s Law Firm in Odessa and Midland.

But they are worried for the family Malhotra will leave behind when he's deported.

Rahul Malhotra has been headline news these past few months, he plead guilty to lying in his Visa application process in a federal case, and we learned this week he will be deported.

"They've got three children that have never been out of the country other than to change planes. They are now separated from their father, I mean, you know, how else do you get to look at it but a tragedy."

Malhotra’s deportation order was signed earlier this week but he has been in an El Paso detention facility, Attorney Jon Hanna says he will keep the doors open to their firm to serve Malhotra’s clients.

"I've been familiar with his practice and cases and we've bounced those things off of each other for 17 years so what it means is they have somebody who’s been doing this along time to help them finish off their cases, we're signing new cases every day"

Rahul and Hanna have been close friends, he says Malhotra reached out to him early on in case something like this happened.

"You know what Rahul has started here and invested so much time and energy in is going to continue and it’s going to continue to do well, he's built a fine legacy here and I will continue to see that prosper.

The law firm will retain his clients and his name.