Top best Immigration Lawyers Near me in ZIP 98104

With over 20 years of executive management at Microsoft and ExxonMobil corporations, Mr. Ravani has gained unmatched international experience to be effectively utilized in practicing immigration with international clients. In addition to his JD, Mr. Ravani has two Master's Degrees in business and engineering that have better prepared him to practice complex areas of immigration law such as business immigration and investment. In practicing immigration law, Mr. Ravani handles all aspects of a client's case and he works directly and personally with every client.

We have broad experience in a wide range of immigration issues, including the following areas:

We care about our clients and have been providing top quality advice to individuals seeking to navigate the pitfalls of the U.S. immigration system for more than twenty years.

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Robert Pauw is a founding partner of Gibbs Houston Pauw. Since 1983 he has successfully represented thousands of individuals and businesses in immigration cases. Mr. Pauw has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration law and is nationally known for his focus on immigration-related litigation.. Mr. Pauw has been a faculty member at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) Litigation Training Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at the Seattle University School of Law. He is a frequent speaker on immigration law at AILA National and Regional Conferences and symposiums, and often serves as a legal advisor to non-profit organizations and advocacy groups on the issues of immigration. Mr. Pauw is annually ranked as a “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine.

Robert Gibbs has been practicing immigration law in Seattle since 1977,  His practice includes a wide variety of case types, employment, family, asylum, deportation defense, naturalization, federal court and BIA litigation, U visas and more.

Paul Soreff, with over 35 years of immigration practice, has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration law. He opened Soreff Law in 1999. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Seattle University School of Law, and Chairperson for the Washington and MidSouth Chapters of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Paul has particular experience in:. Paul has held many leadership positions within AILA. His previous positions include: National Board of Governors, National Investment Committee, Chairperson for the Washington and MidSouth Chapters, Washington State Executive Committee, Washington State Continuing Education Chair, Washington State Citizenship and Immigration Services Chair, and Kentucky State Coordinator.. In 2012, he worked with Jorge Baron of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) to recruit and train almost two hundred volunteer lawyers in the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. These lawyers volunteered their services at joint AILA/NWIRP DACA clinics to help unauthorized immigrant children obtain legal status in the U.S.. In 2001, he started Citizenship Day, an innovative program in Washington State. On Citizenship Day, lawyers, paralegals, and members of the community throughout Washington State volunteer their time to assist lawful permanent residents to apply to become U.S. citizens. Paul then helped AILA organize Citizenship Day nationally. Currently, over 30 states participate in AILA’s Citizenship Day helping thousands of people become citizens every year.. Paul has received many awards and recognition for his excellent services and volunteer leadership, including:. Paul testifies as an expert witness on immigration law before administrative law judges at Unemployment Compensation Hearings and has provided immigration law training for the administrative law judges. He organizes and regularly lectures at Continuing Legal Education Seminars and enjoys giving talks on immigration to the public.. From 1976 to 1991, he was the managing partner of a small law firm in Louisville, KY. In 1992, his wife took a position at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and they moved to Birmingham. In Alabama, he had a private immigration practice and served as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at the University Of Alabama School Of Law. In 1998, Paul and his wife moved to Seattle, WA where he now heads Soreff Law, a small firm specializing in immigration law.. Paul is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. When not practicing immigration law, he can frequently be found riding his bike with the Cascade Bike Club as a Ride Leader or cross country skiing.

My practice is focused exclusively on immigration cases, including family immigration and removal defense (“deportation”) matters. I handle visas, asylum, naturalization, fiancée petitions, ‘green-card’ applications and relief for survivors of crime, domestic abuse and persecution.. I work closely with each of my clients, developing trust through accessibility, honesty and careful counsel.

Miguel's practice focuses on immigration law. He has a diverse practice representing individuals and companies in various stages of the immigrant and non-immigrant process. His practice includes, family based petitions, removal defense, naturalization and non-immigrant visas. He has particular experience involving the immigration consequences of criminal offenses.. Both as an undergraduate and during law school, Miguel served as Co-Chair of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A.) at the University of Washington. He was President of the University of Washington Latino Law Student Association and an active member of the Farm Worker Rights Committee. He also served as the student representative to the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, which advises the state legislature on educational policy.

Marie is a  Pacific Northwest native.  She received her B.A. from EasternWashingtonUniversity and her law degree from the University of Washington.  In the course of her studies, she also attended the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.. Marie has devoted her legal career to the practice of immigration law.  She has worked primarily in private practice, but has also worked as a staff attorney  at the Seattle office of the  Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and at the Seattle University School of Law Access to Justice Project.. Marie’s practice emphasizes the representation of individuals in removal and deportation proceedings, and also provides representation and  services in connection with affirmative applications for naturalization, all phases of family based immigration, asylum and related relief, and  relief for survivors of domestic violence.. Marie has an active pro bono practice.  She provides direct representation to pro bono clients referred by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and also provides volunteer services through the University of Washington School of Law’s Immigrant Family Advocacy Project.  She volunteers at Citizenship Day and DACA workshops throughout the Puget Sound area.  Ms. Higuera and her staff also write an immigration law advice column for the weekly Spanish language newspaper, Raza del Noroeste.. Ms. Higuera speaks fluent Spanish.  She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts of Eastern and Western Washington.  She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.

Lola assists companies in securing temporary work visas and employment-based green cards for international talent. She successfully represented companies specializing in information technology, digital marketing, R&D, as well as enterprises involved in ride hailing technology, marine vessel construction and consumer product design and manufacture.. For individuals, Lola helps families of U.S. citizens and green card holders in immigrating to the United States and assists clients in obtaining fiancé(e), student, work, and other visas  from the U.S. consulates abroad. She represents lawful permanent residents in obtaining citizenship and helps refugees with securing asylum in the United States. She also helps clients to resolve immigration issues stemming from arrests or criminal convictions.. Lola has been working in the immigration law area for over 20 years. Prior to joining MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in 2013, Lola worked as immigration paralegal at the in-house legal department of a multinational telecommunications corporation, supporting the company’s foreign national employees, HR, Recruiting, and corporate leadership on a wide variety of immigration issues. Before that, Lola spent 10 years working in the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, focusing on non-immigrant and immigrant visas and leading the Embassy’s fraud detection and prevention program. While in law school, Lola served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Michael S. Spearman at Division One of the Washington Court of Appeals.. Lola is also committed to helping the immigrant and refugee communities thrive in the new country. She served on the King County Task Force for Immigrants and Refugees, making recommendations to Executive Dow Constantine on establishing a permanent commission dedicated to immigrants and refugees.  She is also a frequent speaker on immigration issues. She was cited by Geekwire and featured in a panel presentation faciliated by King County TV ?v=nzm0_8cvcTk.. Lola also teaches Immigration Law as a part-time faculty at Edmonds College.. Lola has been selected to Super Lawyers' Rising Stars in 2018 and 2022, the prestigious list that recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.

Kay has been a member of MacDonald Hoague & Bayless since 1985, after clerking for Washington State Supreme Court Justices Robert F. Utter and William Callow.  Her practice focuses on employment, discrimination, sexual harassment, and civil rights at the trial and appellate levels, and immigration.  Kay has represented private and public sector employees throughout Washington in state and federal court, and has litigated several federal civil rights class actions.  Kay has been a frequent speaker at employment law seminars and has served on the Employment Law Subcommittee of the Washington Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions.

Immigration lawyer with 14 years of experience representing companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies in employment-based US visa and related matters, as well as individuals in family-based US immigration and US citizenship matters.

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I was born and raised in New York City.   As the son of two immigrant parents I witnessed first-hand the struggles of acculturation and limited economic opportunities.  Upon graduating law school, I returned to New York and worked for a small boutique firm that specialized in employment based visas.  Later, I represented many Chinese asylum seekers before the Immigration Court in New York, not more than five blocks from where I was raised.  Talk about full-circle.. My wife and I returned to the Pacific Northwest in 2001.  Julian & Chin, LLP was started in February 2002.  It has been my privilege to be able to practice in this beautiful part of the world.  Our cases are primarily with CIS, the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals and U.S. Consulates and Embassies.

I love the practice of Immigration Law! It is such a unique area of law to practice in in that it is so rewarding, so personal, and allows me to feel like I am doing something worthwhile. I am inspired by each of my client's personal immigration stories, and as an immigrant myself, feel a strong empathy for what my clients experience as they attempt to navigate the complexities of our overly cumbersome immigration system, with the attendant anxieties and frustrations that it creates. I am proud to play a small role in continually adding to the mix of the American melting pot.

I help people get the relief that is available under the bankruptcy code and I actually enjoy doing it. I have heavily concentrated in bankruptcy, filing or otherwise working on approximately 2000 cases over a 15 year span. In addition to my consumer bankruptcy experience, I also do creditor's side work helping aggrieved parties collect on their debts. I know how they think, and I can help you get relief.. While bankruptcy is my main area of concentration, I can also help business wind up their activities or help them in receiverships.. On the personal side, I graduated with a degree in geology and worked in a limestone quarry as an on-site geologist for a summer. After that, I moved to Japan where I taught English, wrote English textbooks and helped to manage an English school for 4.5 years.. I look forward to getting to know you and to helping you with your case.. -Steve Palmer

I have practiced business immigration for over 20 years assisting employers in hiring and retaining the best talent from all over the world.  I enjoy developing large-scale strategies with a programmatic approach for corporate clients, as well as targeted solutions for individual employees.  I also assist individuals in navigating the family-based immigration and naturalization processes.  Although the immigration system is complex, I enjoy finding clear and straightforward ways of explaining the processes to my clients.  It is incredibly rewarding to help companies fill critical roles and to help individuals achieve their dreams of living, working and reuniting their families in the U.S.

I have been practicing immigration and naturalization law exclusively since 2004, with a focus on all aspects of employment-based immigration. My clients come from all industries and specialties, and range from individual artists to Fortune 500 companies. I also provide representation for individuals seeking to immigrate based on family sponsorship as well as those seeking to become naturalized citizens.

I enjoy working with individuals, families and business on all matters pertaining to immigration. I use my knowledge of economics, law, history and psychology to understand the legal, human and political contexts of each client’s legal problems.. I bring skill, energy, and passion to find solutions for people from different countries and cultural backgrounds to obtain legal status in the United States.. I work with clients on a variety of matters, including work, business and family visas; family petitions; adjustment of status; removal of conditions; naturalization; U visas; work permits; deferred action (DACA); R-1 religious worker visas; asylum petitions; and waivers.. My most common cases include obtaining legal residency “green cards” for family members, securing waivers for illegal presence, removal of spousal visa conditions after divorce, and deferred actions and temporary status based on humanitarian relief, among others.. I studied law and started my practice in Colombia, where I worked for seven years. I also earned a Masters in Business Administration to better assist companies of all sizes in their growth plans, which often include immigration issues.. I volunteer for the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Program and am a member of the National Women MBAs and the Latina Bar Association.. I am fluent in Spanish and English.

Felicia is actively involved in increasing diversity within the legal profession.  Her committee involvement and panel participation includes:. Committee Member and former Chair, Loren Miller Bar Association’s Philip L. Burton Scholarship Committee, 1996 to present.  The Loren Miller Bar Association’s Philip L. Burton scholarship fund provides scholarships each year to third year ethnic minority law school students from law schools in the state of Washington.  The purpose of the scholarship fund is to assist financially disadvantaged, third year ethnic minority law students in paying the high cost of attending a Bar Exam Preparation course and paying for Bar Exam registration fees, thus increasing their opportunities to succeed in passing the Bar Exam.. Panelist, “Building a Book of Business” seminar for diverse attorneys, sponsored by the King County Bar Association’s Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee and King County Bar Foundation, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 (moderator) and 2012.  The “Building a Book of Business” seminar offers tools and networking opportunities for attorneys of color with newer practices. In the seminar, successful diverse lawyers lead discussions with participants on how to more effectively market themselves and acquire new clients for their practices and firms.. Panelist, “The Nuts and Bolts of Law Practice” training session, Washington State Bar Association Leadership Institute ("WLI"), 2006.  WLI creates a training environment to accelerate skill development and cultivate leadership traits in young, diverse Washington lawyers.  10-12 young diverse lawyers are selected for this program each year so that the pipeline can be filled with new leaders who are trained and ready to serve.  The diverse attorneys are chosen by the WLI Advisory Board.. Panelist, “Challenges of Diversity in the Legal Profession – The Voice of Experience,” seminar, sponsored by the Puget Sound ALA Chapter’s Diversity Committee, 2008.  In this seminar, senior-level diverse attorneys provided valuable insight to law firms and recruiters into recruiting and retaining diverse attorneys.

Ester Greenfield practices immigration law with an emphasis on employment-sponsored green cards. Working with a team of skilled and experienced attorneys and paralegals, she emphasizes client service and attention to the important details that make the difference between success and failure before the immigration service.

Eryne exclusively practices immigration law. She is passionate about finding immigration solutions for her clients, with a keen attention to detail and a committment to providing attentive service. Eryne assists individuals and companies in obtaining temporary work visas and employment-based permanent resident status, including the filing of PERM labor certification applications and petitions for multinational managers. She is experienced in filing achievement-based petitions, including cases for outstanding researchers and national interest waivers for scientists and musicians. She has represented companies in a broad range of industries and sizes, ranging from small start-up companies to multinational Fortune 500 companies.. In addition, Eryne helps individuals obtain immigration status for their family members, including spouses, parents, and siblings of U.S. citizens. She also assists individuals in applying for naturalization.. Eryne is committed to helping individuals obtain legal status and regularly volunteers in the Seattle community. She currently volunteers with the King County Bar Association and the Immigrant Families Advocacy Project as a Supervising Pro Bono Attorney, assisting victims of criminal domestic violence to obtain legal status. She also enjoys serving as a volunteer attorney to help individuals apply for U.S. citizenship with One America and the Seattle Office and Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. In law school, Eryne assisted refugees and asylum-seekers through the University of Washington Immigration Law Clinic.

Elizabeth's practice focuses exclusively on immigration law, with an emphasis on business and family-based immigration. She represents employers and individuals in securing temporary work visas and permanent resident status based on employment. She also represents US citizens and lawful permanent residents wishing to sponsor family members for legal immigration status, and assists permanent residents in obtaining US citizenship.

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