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Why I practice immigration law.. I am a first generation immigrant to the United States. I have experienced firsthand what my clients are going though as new arrivals in the U.S. I was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Lebanese father and a British mother. My father was with the Lebanese Foreign Service and my family moved to a new country approximately every 3-4 years, so I grew up living in different countries.. When I was about two months old, we moved to Brazil where I spent the first two years of my life. In fact, until the age of 8, I spoke both English and Portuguese. When I was two years old, my family moved to Detroit where I lived until the age of 8. This is where I learned how to speak English with an American accent. At the age of 8, my family moved back to Lebanon for three years. I learned how to speak Arabic here as I didn’t speak any when I arrived. Unfortunately, I forgot my Portuguese in the process. At the age of 11, just as the civil war was getting underway in Lebanon, we moved to Sydney, Australia, and lived there for four years. For the first time in my life my birthday was in the summer, so I had four years of birthday parties at the beach.. After Australia, my father was assigned to Islamabad, Pakistan. At that time, 1979, Islamabad was a brand new city and still quite empty. There were three lane roads extending in all directions and sometimes only a donkey cart to be seen traveling down the road. The entire city of Islamabad had only one movie theatre, which had two screens – one English and one Urdu.. During the four years that my family lived in Pakistan, I spent about two of those years back in Lebanon attending the same British school that I had as a child, finishing my last two years of high school there. The Lebanese Civil War was in full swing at this time and I spent many nights in a bomb shelter until eventually our apartment received a direct hit and was destroyed. It was time to move again.. When I graduated from high school, I moved back home to Pakistan for six months and served as my father’s secretary at the Lebanese Embassy. While back in Pakistan, some friends and I took a trip to India, where we visited Amritsar, New Delhi and Agra. I immediately fell in love with India.. At the age of 17, I returned to the United States for the first time since I’d left at age 8. I returned as an F-1 student and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Eventually, I was sponsored for a green card and became a U.S. Permanent Resident and then a U.S. citizen.. Once I graduated from U of M, I sold all of my belongings and returned to India for six months. At that time, my father was serving as the Lebanese Ambassador to India and so I had a “home base” in New Delhi and was able to spend some time with my family before setting off with my backpack to travel around India and Nepal. Approximately 90% of all of my clients are from India and I have actually been to the home towns of many of my clients.. Following my travels through India and Nepal, I returned to the U.S. and became a Technical Writer for about 10 years, but attended Wayne State University Law School at night for the last 4 years. At the time, there was only one 2-credit course on immigration law that was offered at WSU. I took that class and realized that I wanted to practice immigration law. Upon graduating from WSU Law School, I began working for a large law firm that specialized in immigration law. In fact, it was the firm where my Immigration Law Professor was employed and we worked together for several years.. In 2010, following about 12 years of employment at this firm, I left to open my own law office. I have been practicing immigration law since January 1999.

Sufen Hilf is a highly respected immigration attorney, with extensive experience in the areas of: business immigration; family immigration; investment related immigration; naturalization; asylum applications; removal (deportation) proceedings; waivers. She is an active member of the Michigan chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and is licensed to practice in the State of Michigan, Federal District Courts, and Immigration Courts. As a former native of mainland China, she fluently speaks mandarin Chinese. “I am especially sensitive to the needs of my clients, because I immigrated to the country in 1988, and became a United States citizen in 2000. I take pride in every case. My success is reflected in the number of referrals I receive from former clients, and other attorneys”.

Shaju is a Partner at Ellis Porter with over twelve years experience practicing immigration law. Prior to joining Ellis Porter, Shaju was a corporate immigration attorney with the largest law firm in Michigan.  He has also managed the employment-based green card department of a mid-size immigration boutique firm and served as in-house counsel to an information technology consulting company.  Shaju speaks regularly to professional associations, companies and cultural interest groups on a variety of immigration issues, and has served as a part-time instructor at Baker College.  Shaju is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and has served as a Board Member and is the former President of the South Asian Bar Association of Michigan.

Rami D. Fakhoury is the founder and Managing Director of Fakhoury Law Group (FLG, now known as FGI), the largest independently-owned business-based immigration law firm in Michigan. FGI embodies his life-long belief in the economically vital role that immigrants have played, and advances his goal of helping businesses to fulfill their talent needs and individuals to realize their aspirations. “Every wave of immigrants,” he says, “has brought many talents, skills, and aspirations to this country, making the United States the world’s leader in business, technology, and innovation. My goal in starting FLG back in 1997 was to help American companies grow and prosper by bringing in hard-working and talented employees from all over the world, and to give those same people the chance to fulfill their dreams. Seeing that I started out with just a desk and a computer and a handful of case files, our dramatic growth shows not only that immigration continues to be vital to the economic future of our nation and the world, but that many companies have found our methods ideal to satisfying their talent mobility needs.”. As a published author and an editor, Rami has organized informational sessions and webinars for businesses, universities, and other stakeholders worldwide, and has presented to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on several occasions. His publications comprise several immigration law books including as editor for The Consular Posts Book, 2015-2016 edn. (: 2016) and USCIS Immigration Procedures and US State Department Consular Processes (: 2009); and authoring The Immigration Practitioner’s Guide to U.S. Export Control Regulations (: 2011), The PERM Book, 3rd edn. (: forthcoming, January 2017), chapters on H-1B, EB-1, EB-5 and TN visas in the Global Business Immigration Practice Guide (LexisNexis: 2012), a regular column on global IT and US immigration law for the Financial Times of India, as well as hundreds of policy articles, professional and trade group presentations, and white papers. He has also drafted immigration policy proposals for the State of Michigan and is actively involved in several initiatives with local governments in the southeast Michigan region.. He has been recognized widely including the Global Detroit Champion Award (2016) from Global Detroit, a Top Lawyer in DBusiness and Hour Detroit magazines, and as Immigration Attorney of the Year for 2011 by Detroit Lawyer Monthly. Rami is also affiliated with the American Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL) where he is an equity partner, the State Bar of Michigan (International Law Section), the Immigration Law Committee of the International Business Association, and the Center of International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. He is also a policy consultant to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder as well as to Global Michigan and Global Detroit.. A Detroit native, Rami earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics from Wayne State University and his J.D., cum laude, from Michigan State University, with a specialization in international law. He enjoys travel, squash, hiking, reading, attending concerts, and spending time with his wife and three children.

Offering free consultations for your legal needs. As a trilingual immigration attorney, I can help explain the law in a way that is easy to understand. I am fluent in the languages of English, Arabic, and Chaldean. I am actively involved in the community and offer competitive strategies to help with your legal situations.. I am an Attorney on Ellis Porter PLC's Business Immigration Services team.  I started my immigration career working as an immigration paralegal and quickly found that not only did I enjoy immigration law issues and working with clients, but I really excelled at it. My immigration revelation prompted me to go to law school so I could pursue a legal career in immigration.  Impressively, I continued to work full time while earning my law degree, which should tell you everything you need to know about my work ethic.. Prior to joining Ellis Porter, I worked in an immigration compliance role on the Legal team at Quicken Loans, the largest online mortgage lender in the U.S.  At Ellis Porter, I work with clients in the IT Consulting and Staffing, Automotive and Engineering fields, and clients rave about the communication skills, responsiveness and professionalism I display while handling their immigration matters.

Lisa Tehlirian graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2000 with a Bachelor's degree in General Studies with concentrations in biological anthropology and psychology. Ms. Tehlirian continued her studies and received her Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit, Michigan.. Following her legal studies, Ms. Tehlirian was accepted into the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General's Honors Program where she worked as the Judicial Law Clerk/Attorney Advisor for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), U.S. Immigration Court in Detroit, Michigan. In this capacity, she researched novel immigration issues and drafted legal memoranda and judicial opinions for the Immigration Judges.. From October 2005 to July 2009, Ms. Tehlirian was employed as an Associate Attorney with KRA Immigration Law, where she handled family and employment-based immigration matters.. In July 2009, Ms. Tehlirian joined Ellis Porter, PLC, where she specializes in family-based immigration law, inadmissibility and removability issues, and employment-based immigration law.. Ms. Tehlirian is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), State Bar of Michigan, Armenian American Bar Association, and Women's Lawyers Association of Michigan.

I was born in New York City.  My parents were both Cuban immigrants.  My father was an asylee and my mother was a sponsored immigrant.  My passion has always been to help those persons coming to the U.S. to navigate the complicated system and start a new life that will lead to better opportunities for themselves and their children.. I am honored to be a lawyer serving immigrants.  I can't imagine doing anything else.

Chelsea is a Senior Attorney at Ellis Porter PLC. They are admitted to practice in multiple federal courts. They specialize exclusively in the final step of the Green Card process (filing the I-485 or DS-260) and maintenance of permanent resident status. They started their career as at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Detroit Immigration Court as a U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program recipient.

Attorney Kathleen (Katie) Fish received her Juris Doctorate from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and she is admitted to practice law in Michigan and Ohio. Katie graduated from Western Michigan University with a double major in Global and International Studies and Spanish, and a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies. During college, Katie also attended the Universidad de Cantabria in Santander, Spain, where she studied advanced Spanish grammar and conversation. Katie joined Robert Brown LLC in 2016. Since that time, she has focused the majority of her practice in removal defense and family-based immigration.

As a first-generation immigrant to the U.S., I have personal experience in navigating the immigration processes. My personal experience as a non-immigrant, immigrant and immigration attorney has helped me guide my clients through their own immigration journeys with empathy and personal understanding. I can identify with the challenges that immigrants face. I understand how important it is to have diligent legal representation while at the same time forming an attorney-client bond based on trust and respect.. My entire legal career has been strictly focused on U.S. immigration and naturalization law. I gained valuable immigration experience from my pro bono work with various local immigration law clinics dealing with everything from straightforward citizenship applications to complex immigration issues such as removal proceedings and asylum.. I began my immigration career while still in law school, working for a large national employment-based immigration firm representing clients in a variety of industries. Prior to joining the Law Office of Leila Freijy, I worked for other Michigan law firms, where I continued to represent clients in a variety of employment and family-based immigration matters. My practice areas include both nonimmigrant and immigrant processes such as H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, PERM, I-130, I-140, permanent residence processing and citizenship.

As a Criminal Defense and Immigration Law Office, Fighting For Freedom & Liberty Is All We Do. Attorney Mani Khavajian enrolled in law school with the intention of becoming an Immigration and Criminal Defense Attorney.  Mr. Khavajian immigrated to the United States (U.S.) in 1987 when he was only five years old.  During his sophomore year of high school, Mr. Khavajian became a U.S. citizen. Mr. Khavajian obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and went on to receive his doctorate degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Mr. Khavajian gained exposure to the area of immigration law as the research assistant for Immigration Law Professor David C. Koelsch.  As a law student, Mr. Khavajian received the prestigious Book Award for his exceptional performance in the Asylum Law Clinic. With a focus on the areas of Criminal Defense and Deportation Defense, Mr. Khavajian fights for freedom and liberty on a daily basis. Growing up as an immigrant in the U.S. has given Attorney Mani Khavajian a unique understanding of the problems many immigrants face in the U.S.  Mr. Khavajian's unique immigrant upbringing and prospective has allowed him the opportunity to develop creative legal solutions to many problems that plague our communities.

Arvinder Ubhi graduated from St Mary’s University, London, United Kingdom in 2008 with a Joint Bachelor’s degree (with honors) in History and Business Management. He continued his studies and earned his Juris Doctor, graduating Cum Laude, in 2011 from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Auburn Hills, Michigan. During his studies at Thomas M. Cooley, Arvinder gained hands on experience in the legal world through interning as in-house counsel at Behr America, Inc., located in Troy MI. In this position Arvinder worked directly with the General Counsel to manage the legal liability and ensure Behr, its departments and employees complied with all state and federal laws. At the start of 2010 Arvinder interned with Plunkett Cooney, P.C., where he worked in the Real Estate department. Arvinder researched real estate issues, drafted legal memoranda for the attorneys in the department, and attended depositions and various court proceedings. From September 2011 to April 2012, Arvinder worked as in-house counsel at Renali Transport (a part of the Renali Enterprises, LLC., holding company). In this position, Arvinder worked directly with the President of Renali to handle all corporate issues pertaining to the company, and primarily handled the collection of unpaid transportation bills, practicing in both District and Circuit Court.In April 2012, Arvinder joined Ellis Porter, PLC., where he specializes in Employment based immigration law, both non-immigrant and immigrant visas. Arvinder works with clients to determine the most effective visa for both the employer and employee’s long-term or short-term goals. Arvinder will also help his client transition from a non-immigrant visa to an immigrant visas.

17 years. Immigration, Bankruptcy and Litigation.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.