Hello. I just got finished posting in the "still waiting after filing in Aug/Sept" thread.

When I first went and filed the I-130, my aunt told me that when they brought my uncle over from a foreign country 20 years ago, they just hired an immigration attorney and everything went smoothly. So my question is, would hiring an attorney help my husband and I? Is there any way that an attorney would be able to speed up the process? Or is it too late since we already filed? (Insert gloomy music here)