Top best Immigration Lawyers in ZIP 20009 | 16 available

Our immigration lawyers, located in Washington, DC, have more than 60 collective years of experience practicing immigration and nationality law.  We aggressively represent companies in I-9 compliance and in obtaining work authorization for their foreign employees.  We also enjoy working with individual clients, with their myriad life situations, routine or difficult, in need of immigration services.. We are known for being good communicators.  Our clients never have problems getting through to us in a reasonable time, to obtain answers to their questions or just their case status.  Clients have rated us highly in terms of our competence, professional demeanor and the level of care we provide.. Our approach is to schedule an initial consultation, for a minimal fee, to analyze the case, and to determine all available immigration options and possible problems.  We believe in informing clients of all risks and benefits, so they can make informed choices and not just rely on our judgment.  At this stage, we will offer a proposal for the work, detailing all fees and costs, and providing different payment plan options.  Once retained, we work with our clients to prepare and file their applications in the way most likely to succeed.  Most importantly, we do what we say we are going to do.. In the 26 years since Morris Deutsch created the firm, we have helped uncountable people from all walks of life to become permanent residents and later US citizens.  We have helped employers, large and small, with their foreign employees.  We have assisted asylees, refugees, crime victims and abuse victims to remain in the U.S. permanently.  And, we have helped people in trouble to avoid deportation from the U.S.

Joy has been practicing immigration law exclusively since 2007. On the family side, she represents couples in consular processing and adjustment applications based on marriage and other family-based petitions. She is particularly known for her representation of G-4 and A-1/2 visa holders in marriage-based cases. Joy has been a leading figure counseling bi-national LGBT couples on legal options to remain together in the United States before the fall of DOMA, to filing hundreds of marriage-based adjustment applications post-DOMA. She has a successful track record securing marriage-based permanent residency where both spouses are transgender, even pre-DOMA. Her practice also focuses on parent-child sponsorships, both adjusting status and consular processing. Joy specializes in removal of conditions for conditional residents as well as naturalization.. Prior to practicing immigration, Joy gained experience in employment, civil rights, and product liability class action litigation at California-based law firms and was originally barred in California.. Joy is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Jim Tom Haynes practices with Haynes Novick Immigration in Washington, DC. Jim Tom has served as Legal Advisor to the Washington office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.  As Appellate Counsel for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), he represented the legacy INS at the Board of Immigration Appeals. He served three terms as a Member of the AILA Board of Governors and as Co-Chair of the Immigration & Naturalization Committee of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association.

I specialize in obtaining highly skilled professional visas and green cards, J waivers, and issues of concern to the G-4 international employee and dependent community.  I also represent clients for marriage and other family based green cards, including adoption.

Growing up in a bilingual household with a parent who immigrated from Colombia provided me with a deep appreciation for the opportunity to pursue the American dream. My personal connection to immigration has fueled my passion for zealous advocacy and desire to provide compassionate representation. I strive to empower my clients by demistifying complexities in the law and work arduously in order to obtain solutions for their legal problems.

Elliott C. Lichtman is a well-respected attorney with decades of experience in immigration law. His practice is wide-ranging covering employment-based and family-sponsored immigration as well as other discrete areas of immigration law. He strives to provide high-quality and personal service to each of his clients who include individuals, families, nonprofit organizations, and large corporations.. As a leading expert in business immigration, Mr. Lichtman has published extensively on issues related to H-1B and L-1 visas, labor certifications, and other topics. He has also taught and presented on immigration law in many contexts. Additionally, Mr. Lichtman has served in leadership positions in the American Immigration Lawyers Association ("AILA") including the Chair, Co-Chair, or Member of the following bodies: Administrative Regulations and Policy Committee, Committee on H-1 Visas, Task Force on Consular Review, Business Immigration, Liaison Committee with the U.S. Department of Labor, and Liaison Committee with INS. He was also a Member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the D.C. Bar.. Education. Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1961Bar Admissions. District of ColumbiaMississippi (inactive)Supreme Court of the United StatesNumerous federal courtsPrior Professional Experience. Private practice of law, 1968 to the presentLawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Jackson, Mississippi, Staff attorney, 1967-68National Labor Relations Board, Appellate Court Branch, 1964-67Teaching. Jointly presented annual six week DC bar immigration law course, 1991-2002Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Adjunct Professor, 1974-76Selected Publications. “Understanding the H-1B Visa,” Lexis Practice Note, Lexis Nexis (co-authored with Lilah Rosenblum in 2016)AILA’s Guide to PERM Labor Certification, Associate Editor, American Immigration Lawyers Association (2011)The David Stanton Manual on Labor Certification, Associate Editor, American Immigration Lawyers Association (4th Ed. 2008 and 3rd Ed. 2005)"United States Immigration Law—Visa Requirements for Foreign Investors and Business Personnel," with J. Kranyak, Manual of Foreign Investment in the United States, Third Ed., Thomson/West (2004) and Supplement (2006 & 2007) with L. Rosenblum"Myths and Realities of H-1Bs" with A. Chehrazi, D. Grunblatt, R.Oh, M. Patrick, B. Chesam, N. Dornbaum, C. Lenz-Calvo, 2004-05 Immigration & Nationality Handbook, Vo. 2, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.

Experienced Immigration attorney serving clients in Washington and surrounding areas.