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Susan Im earned her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School. Following graduation, Susan worked as litigator in a large firm but left to build a successful solo immigration practice and thereafter a boutique immigration and employment law firm with labor and employment law colleagues, which eventually merged with a larger multi-practice firm in Grand Rapids.. Although repeatedly pursued by national and regional law firms over the years, in late 2010, Susan founded ImLaw to offer clients the benefits of a personal level of service, backed by over 25 years of experience resolving complex immigration cases for clients that include small to medium-sized employers, Fortune 100 and 500 companies, individual and corporate investors, professionals and essential workers, students, families, and individuals.. Founder Susan Im possesses more than 25 years of experience in immigration law. Practicing exclusively immigration law, Susan Im possesses in-depth experience preparing and advising on the full spectrum of nonimmigrant/temporary work visa applications (H-1B, L-1, TN, E-1/E-2/E-3, O-1, R-1, and H-3); investor visa applications; F-1 student visa issues; J-1 cases including waivers of the two-year home residence requirement; employment-based permanent residency (“green card”) including PERM labor certification applications, I-140 immigrant petitions (including Schedule A Physical Therapist and Registered Nurses, and labor certification-exempt categories such as extraordinary ability aliens, outstanding professors and researchers, multinational transfers of managers and executives, Schedule A Group II, and national interest waivers); I-9 compliance and counseling for employers; family-based permanent residency petitions for spouses, children, and parents, and naturalization/citizenship applications.. As a recognized expert in immigration law, Susan has provided thought leadership on immigration issues to legal and other professional associations in Michigan and throughout the United States. Susan has presented nationally and locally on employment-based immigration and family-based immigration topics for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the AILA Michigan Chapter, and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, where she has been a faculty member, to educate other attorneys in immigration law. She has also authored an Immigration Initiative and Policy Document for the Office of the Governor of Michigan.. Susan Im has served in leadership positions for key organizations focused on immigration and advocacy. AILA is the premier national association of over 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. For two years, she served as the elected Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Michigan Chapter and member of the AILA Board of Governors from June 2011 to May 2013. Susan served as the elected Vice Chair of AILA’s Michigan Chapter from June 2009 to June 2011. Thereafter, Susan was appointed by AILA National’s President to the AILA-USCIS Nebraska Service Center Liaison Committee from June 2013 to June 2017 and served as the AILA NSC Committee’s Vice Chair from June 2015 to June 2017. Susan was appointed by AILA National’s President to serve on the AILA USCIS Ombudsman Committee from June 2015 to June 2017. She served as Vice Chair of AILA’s USCIS Service Center Operations Liaison Committee from June 2017 through June 2019.. In 2019, Susan Im was appointed by AILA National’s President to serve as Chair of AILA National’s USCIS Service Center Operations Liaison Committee (SCOPS) from June 2019 to June 2020. In 2020, the AILA USCIS SCOPS Committee was renamed the USCIS Case Assistance Committee (CAC), and Susan served as Chair of the CAC from June 2020 to June 2021. Susan received the 2021 AILA National President’s Commendation for Outstanding Volunteer Service.. Susan is a current member of IMMLAW, a national consortium of prominent, highly experienced immigration lawyers and the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce (APACC). She is past President of the Asian Professionals Organization (now the West Michigan Asian American Association) and past Immigration Chair of the Michigan Governor’s Advisory Council on Asian Pacific American Affairs (ACAPAA). Susan’s volunteer and charitable work also included serving on the board of directors of In the Image, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving families and individuals in need of clothing, shoes, and household goods.. Susan Im has the AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating. In 2019, Susan received the “Best Lawyers” designation by U.S. News & World Report. Susan has consistently been named one of Grand Rapids Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” as voted by her legal peers in 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, and 2019. She has earned the “Leading Lawyers” distinction in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, and 2014.

Robert F. Mirque Jr. is an attorney practicing U.S. immigration law in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For over 28 years, Mr. Mirque has helped businesses, individuals, and families obtain legal status in the United States. The firm proudly calls itself a “value-driven” law office meaning that we want to make sure that the client gets the most out of every dollar spent. This is done in many ways during our representation but, it starts with rates that are very reasonable; payment plans available to our clients; acceptance of major credit cards; and an office is conveniently located downtown with ample free parking.. Mr. Mirque was admitted to practice law in 1992. Prior to seeing any clients, he clerked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Michigan and the Eastern District of Michigan. From there, he clerked with the Hon. Horace W. Gilmore, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. After working for the court, Mr. Mirque joined a large law firm where he represented both individuals and businesses in immigration matters.. In 2000, Mr. Mirque left the firm to establish his own firm. Mirque Law was created to provide the immigration client with “a better legal experience”. In doing so, the firm adopted a “client centered” approach to handling cases. In a nutshell, our mission is based on the fact that without clients it doesn’t matter how much mahogany and marble is in the lobby and unless we truly focus on the client, we simply won’t be around for very long. Our office exists wholly for the benefit of the client and not the other way around. It is sad that there are some lawyers who believe that clients will continue come to them no matter how they are treated. For those lawyers, the client is simply a case number. We believe in something different – we believe that a client is why we exist.. Mirque Law focuses it practice in the following areas:. If you have an immigration matter and you wish to speak with me, call me at for a free Immigration Status Strategy Meeting where we will review your issues and outline a way to achieve your goal. Or, go to our website at for more information.. We work very hard to provide every client with a better legal experience.

Phil is an Immigration Attorney with over seven years of experience working with refugees, asylees, and family-based immigration applilcants. In addition, he maintains a Masters Degree (LLM) in International Human Rights Law obtained from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and is a Lawyer and Researcher focusing on US Immigration Law & Policy, International Human Rights Law, and Global Refugee / Migration Law & Policy.

I'm a regular ol' Michigander. I grew up in Grand Rapids, and attended Kalamazoo College where I majored in Spanish and Religion. During my junior year I studied abroad in Caceres, Spain. Soon after graduation, I began working at Catholic Human Development Outreach in Grand Rapids, in the Immigration Assistance Program where I was first exposed to immigration law. That experience convinced me to attend law school, and while there I again studied abroad, but this time in Galway, Ireland learning about International Human Rights and Humanitarian law. I graduated and became an attorney in 2006, when I moved to Chicago to study tax law. I then worked in tax for several years, specializing in individual international taxation issues. In 2010, I felt the pull back home to Michigan and immigration law. I worked at St. Vincent Catholic Charities in Lansing, Michigan as a Staff Attorney for more than two years before becoming the Director of Immigration Legal Services for the Diocese of Grand Rapids in 2013. I left that post in 2022 to open LYIS, PLLC. I now have more than 14 years' experience in U.S. citizenship and immigration practice. I am a native English speaker, and fluent in Spanish.. I have two dogs, and I like to knit and research my geneaology.

Charissa Huang represents individuals and businesses in litigation and transactional law matters. She counsels businesses, immigrants, students, professionals, and others on issues related to immigration matters such as green cards, nonimmigrant visas, deportation, and removal proceedings. She advises municipalities on matters including eminent domain and governmental immunity.  Additionally, Charissa represents parties in employment law cases involving the Whistleblower’s Protection Act, Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, and racial discrimination under Title VII and the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act.

Brian A. Mick practices exclusively immigration law including employment-based and family-based immigration at ImLaw. His experience includes preparing nonimmigrant/temporary work visa applications; investor visa applications including EB-5 direct and regional center applications; employment-based permanent residency (“green card”) including PERM labor certification applications, I-140 immigrant petitions (including Schedule A Physical Therapist and Registered Nurses and labor certification-exempt categories); fiancee visa petitions; family-based permanent residency (“green card”) petitions for spouses, children, parents, fiancees and siblings; and naturalization/citizenship applications.. Brian earned his B.A. degree with Major in Community Leadership and Minors in Spanish and Business Administration from Aquinas College and his J.D. degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and graduated with honors from both schools. He was also a Quarterfinalist in Cooley Law School’s Fall 2010 Intra-School Moot Court Competition. Prior to becoming an attorney, Brian worked with Susan Im as a Law Clerk, Paralegal, and Legal Assistant in immigration law for over seven years.. Brian is a graduate of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and Center for Community Leadership’s Emerging Leaders Series, Class of 2014. Brian is currently serving on the Catholic Lawyer’s Association Board and is the President of the Aquinas College Alumni Board. He is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the State Bar of Michigan.

Attorney Lee L. Marvin specializes in business and family immigration law. His vast experience in immigration includes family immigration petitions, work visas, waivers for inadmissibility, deportation defense, and both affirmative and defensive asylum requests. This brings Lee regularly before local state courts, federal immigration courts, and the immigration appellate court. Additionally, Lee regularly interfaces with the Chicago Asylum Office, various US Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices, and various correctional facilities within the US Department of Justice.. As an active member of the community, Lee serves on advisory roles for the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. Because of Lee’s expertise in immigration and business matters, he is often a guest writer, speaker, and information contributor to local news media in Grand Rapids and West Michigan Hispanic media outlets.. Lee graduated from Michigan State University College of Law. He is also an officer for the Michigan Army National Guard and a member of the prestigious Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG).

Anna was licensed to practice law in Michigan in 2006. Since that time, Anna has lived and worked in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she has dedicated her practice of law to represent indigent farm workers and immigrants. Now in her own practice, Anna strictly represents individuals in immigration matters. In December 2014, Anna will expand her practice by adding an office and staff in Holland, Michigan.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.