Top best Immigration Lawyers in Saint Louis near me

Yi Sun & Associates, LLC is committed to our practice and gives individual attention to our clients, providing quality, prompt, and accurate services. We have obtained positive results in the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), Immigration Court, U.S. District Court and Missouri State Courts for our clients’ cases. We have represented clients from all over the world including but not limited to Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Somalia, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, and Turkey.. If you are seeking an experienced professional to assist you in your legal matters, please allow Yi Sun & Associates, LLC, to assist you with the process.

The KWS immigration practice provides clients with a full range of immigration solutions. Our experience includes litigating hundreds of immigration cases on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, serving as a Certifying Officer for the Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification, and serving as an immigration expert in multiple settings. Unlike most corporate immigration practices, the KWS practice focuses not only on employment immigration and government compliance but also on family immigration and removal proceedings.. Our immigration practice assists clients in matters related to:. Corporate compliance. Deportation (removal) hearings. Employment based immigration. Family based immigration. General business matters. Green Cards (lawful permanent residence). Naturalization. Non-immigrant work visa. Visa procurement

My practice is limited to  immigration and general business law and includes application of immigration laws to achieve immigration and naturalization benefits for my foreign clients.  I assist my clients in obtaining permanent and temporary employment visas, setting up businesses and staying in compliance with all US immigration laws.  My clients from around the world include business and academic students, exchange visitors, business personnel, professionals, nurses, doctors, athletes, entertainers, religious workers, investors, persons with extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, professors and multinational managers .. I am familiar with DHS and USCIS’ administrative procedures and provides client representation at all levels of the immigration review.  My cross-cultural background allows me to provide legal and business advice that fits the cultural context of my clients.

Kelly Wenell is an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Missouri. She is the founder and owner of a private law practice, a firm with a fresh, compassionate approach to client representation in the legal areas of immigration and family.

Katie Meyer is an Associate Attorney at the Bleisch Law Firm, where she practices immigration law.  Her areas of experience include family-based immigration, refugee and asylum law, naturalization law, removal (deportation) defense, and legal protections for immigrant victims.  She has presented trainings on various aspects of immigration and refugee law and policy, and has served as an immigration expert on discussion panels and in media interviews.  She has taught Immigration Law and Policy, as an Adjunct Professor, at Washington University School of Law.  Until 2009, she was the Legal Director at Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants (“ILSI”), where she managed the agency’s legal programs and served as a field supervisor for students in the Washington University clinical program.  She previously worked as Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, and interned in Senator Edward Kennedy’s Immigration Subcommittee’s Office.  She is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, where she was presented with several awards for her dedication to public service and public interest law.

Jim Hacking has practiced law in the greater St. Louis area since 1997. While immigration law is his primary focus, Jim has handled civil litigation for his entire practice. Jim applies his litigation skills to his immigration practice, successfully litigating numerous cases against the federal government for individuals waiting for years for citizenship and lawful permanent resident status. He also has successfully represented many clients facing deportation from the United States. Outside of the immigration realm, Jim represents individuals injured through the negligence of others and also handles workers compensation claims. Jim is an experienced litigator, having handled numerous cases through trial and appeals in Missouri and Illinois. In the early part of his career, Jim practiced maritime law at a local boutique firm. Jim now uses that background in representing barge workers injured on the job. He has handled numerous Jones Act injury claims over the course of his career. Jim has been active in local civic affairs. He has been a volunteer attorney through Legal Services of Eastern Missouri since he started practicing law. Jim was a founding member of the St. Louis Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and served as the group's executive director for two years. He has served on the U.S. Attorney's Hate Crimes Task Force and currently chairs the Muslim Task Force of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri. In 2009, he received the Eugene H. Buder Award from the ACLU of Eastern Missouri as volunteer of the year. In 2009, Jim was elected to the inaugural board of Missouri Immigrants & Refugee Advocates, an organization dedicated to fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees. In 2010, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri awarded Jim the F. Wm. McCalpin Pro Bono Award for his efforts advocating for low income individuals in the St. Louis area. Jim has also taught as an adjunct professor at the SLU Law School. In 2004, the Riverfront Times named Jim the Best Lawyer in St. Louis. Jim graduated with honors from Saint Louis University School of Law, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Saint Louis University Law Journal. His article "Won't You Be My Neighbor - Does New Jersey's Megan's Law Violate The Constitution Ban On The Passage Of Ex Post Facto Legislation?" appeared in the 41st Edition of the Law Journal.  The Riverfront TImes again named Jim Best Lawyer in St. Louis in 2013. Jim has been featured in The New York Times, the Washington Post and on National Public Radio. He has been interviewed repeatedly on local television, radio and print outlets. He lives in Webster Groves, Missouri, with his wife, three sons and daughter.

I was born in Iran and shortly thereafter my parents moved to Spain. I lived in Spain for several years and subsequently in the small country of Andorra, high in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain. My entire formative education was through the French educational system. While living in Spain and Andorra, I learned Spanish and Catalan, and would spend parts of my summers attending schools in England and Italy where I learned the respective languages. I was a competitive alpine ski racer and played varsity soccer and rugby until I moved to the United States in 1983. I attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) receiving my Bachelor Degree in Political Science. Before attending Law School, I worked at a large firm in Los Angeles for 4 years before attending St. Louis University School of Law. I have been practicing law in Missouri as a member of the Missouri Bar since 1997, and have practiced exclusively for the past 23 years representing clients in Criminal & Family Immigration, Deportation/Removal Defense, Criminal Defense of Foreign Nationals, and Federal Immigration Litigation. My law partner Kimberly Cofman, is also my wife, and we have two beautiful children.

I have been practicing law since 1993 and I have been focused on immigration law since 2001.  I have experience working for the US Air Force as a Judge Advocate and I have worked as an executive for a startup software company and as a civil service attorney with the US Department of Defense.  I have founded several businesses besides my law firm--my favorite was a specialty coffee shop where I learned to roast coffee and became a certified barrista.. In my private life, I sing bass with several semi-professional groups and I serve as a board member, officer and leader of several local non-profit organizations.  I am a competitive bodybuilder as well.  I am a volunteer high school mock trial coach and judge.  When I get some free time from these activities I like to watch movies and read interesting books.

I have been practicing in the field of Immigration and Nationality Law for more than twenty years.  I have represented clients successfully before the USCIS, Immigration Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal, State Courts, and the Aministrative Appeals Office.. Within the field of Immigration Law, I conduct a complete practice in all areas, representing individuals, families and businesses.  My clients seek temporary and permanent visas, family and business visas, lawful permanent residence (green card), citizenship, political asylum and other immigration benefits.. I also consult on immigration matters with criminal, family and other lawyers in matters bearing on immigration consequences for clients.  I have also been called as an expert witness in immigration law in state court cases.. I belong to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and am past Chair of the Missouri/Kansas Chapter.  I have also served for several years as the Chair of the Immigration Law Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis.. Martindale Hubbell, the independent attorney rating service, awarded me its highest rating (AV) for legal skill and eithics.. I am happy to discuss your case at anytime; i look forward to hearing from you.

Greta emigrated to the United States as a refugee in 1999 with her family from Kosovo. She has lived in the U.S. since and her and her family members are U.S. Citizens who went through the same process she now hopes to guide other immigrants through.