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I am a solo practitioner, thus I am doing the work on your case; not some paralegal. I also do the majority of my cases on a flat-fee basis.

Murad handles all immigration cases. An immigrant himself, Murad has helped clients from the US and around the world get thier visa, green card and citizenship. Murad relies on the positive experiences of his clients for referrals. In addition to his work as an immigration lawyer, he teaches comparative law every other semester. Contact Murad today for help with your immigration needs.

Meredith Jolie is a Senior Associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Maggio Kattar. She provides strategic counsel to clients on all aspects of business immigration. Her clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to multinational companies to start-ups in a variety of industries such as technology, transportation, engineering, and healthcare. She works with clients to craft plans that ensure mobility of their executives, managers, and specialized knowledge workers. Furthers, she provides skillful and meticulous guidance on all facets of nonimmigrant (or temporary work visas) and immigrant visas (or permanent residency). Meredith has represented clients before the Department of Labor, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Department of State, DHS Asylum Offices, and Federal Immigration Court.. Meredith also has extensive experience successfully representing individual clients in family-based immigration, waivers, asylum, extraordinary ability cases, and complex naturalization matters. Meredith has established herself as a hard-working and thorough attorney that clients can depend on for step-by-step navigation through the ever-changing and highly technical immigration system.. Her passion for immigration law arose out of her volunteer experiences working with children survivors of human trafficking and a genuine desire to help others. Through several non-profit organizations, she continues to provide pro bono legal services for humanitarian relief cases such as asylum and VAWA, advises at Naturalization Workshops, and also tutored students taking citizenship classes.. Meredith volunteers extensively in various roles for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). For the national AILA organization, she was selected to serve as a Member of the AILA Department of Labor (DOL) Liaison Committee (2020 to 2022), and was a speaker for AILA’s “Blanket L Practice: 2020 Update” presentation. For the Washington, D.C. Chapter of AILA, she has served as a Member of the Washington Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Liaison Committee (2021 to 2022); Washington USCIS Liaison Committee (2018 to 2020); Co-Chair of Citizenship Day Committee (2018 to 2020); Member of the DC Bar Liaison Committee (2017 to 2019); Asylum Office Liaison Committee Member (2017 to 2018); and Co-Chair of Dinner Committee (2015 to 2017). Additionally, she received the Pro Bono Service Award in September 2019 and the AILA DC Chapter award for Pro Bono / Outreach Division Person of the Year in 2019. Finally, Meredith was recognized for her work and added to the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America" list.. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester, wherein Meredith was awarded the Irene Grace Bunde Speech Award. This prestigious award is given annually to the most persuasive female speaker at the University of Rochester. Meredith obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University at Buffalo, School of Law. She is currently the Co-Chair of the D.C. Alumni Steering Committee for UB Law (2017 to 2019).

I help build new families and help keep existing families together. I’m
an immigration attorney and work with clients to bring their spouses,
fiancées, parents, siblings, or children to live with them in the United
States, and also to help family members who are already here to stay
legally. I also work with new parents to finalize the adoptions of
their foreign-born children, and represent children in our state foster
care systems who do not have documentation. I love what I do and get to
learn about new places and cultures everyday.

Attorney Sarah B. Pitney was admitted to the Florida Bar in April of 2016, after graduating as one of the top 5 members of her class from the Florida International University College of Law. She is an associate attorney for Benach Collopy, LLP, a private immigration law firm in downtown Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on family-based immigration, asyolum, removal defense, and LGBTQ+ immigration issues.. Admissions:Florida Bar - 2016U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida - 2016District of Columbia Bar - 2017. Education:Bachelor of Arts - American University - 2010Juris Doctor - Florida International University - 2015. Membership:American Immigration Lawyers Association - 2016Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division - 2016. Awards:FIU Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic award for outstanding service in the field of immigration law - 2016

I am very proud of our work at ILG and of our firm's approval ratings.  I enjoy getting to know our clients from all around the world.  In my spare time, I enjoy being with my family, reading, gardening and travel.

I am an immigration attorney specializing in extraordinary ability green cards and marriage-based green cards. I handle green cards and visas in the following categories: EB-1A, O-1, EB-2 NIW, E-2, L-1, IR-1, CR-1, and K-1 Fiancé visas.. My firm, Shaffer Immigration Law PLLC is 100% devoted to US immigration law. My Washington, DC-based practice intentionally keeps client numbers low to ensure every individual receives the attention they deserve. Providing clients with direct access to their attorney is what sets my firm apart. Working with Shaffer Immigration Law PLLC provides peace of mind that your case is handled by a professional who lives and breathes US immigration law.

Attorney Claudine E. Harrison obtained her law degree from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, and her undergraduate degree from Spelman College. She is a member of the D.C. Bar, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (A.I.L.A.), and the American Bar Association (A.B.A.). As an immigrant herself, Ms. Harrison knows first-hand how difficult the immigration process can be. She is committed to helping immigrants, especially women who have suffered domestic violence, those who have made mistakes for which there are immigration consequences, and those fleeing persecution. To that end, Ms. Harrison has provided pro bono legal representation to low income immigrants through Catholic Charities, D.C. For the past three years, she has regularly volunteered with Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (C.A.I.R.) Coalition at the I.C.E. Detention Center in Virginia. While in law school, Ms. Harrison participated in the Law Students in Court program, representing low-income D.C. residents in Landlord-Tenant Court.. Ms. Harrison provides personalized service, with straightforward advice and innovative legal strategies to ensure the best possible outcome for her clients. She is committed to the highest standards of service and ethics.. ** Authorized to practice Immigration and Naturalization Law in all 50 states and U.S. territories pursuant to 8 U.S.C. . Admitted only to the D.C. Bar.

My practice focuses on business immigration law matters with an emphasis on technology startup companies and entrepreneurs setting up operations in the United States. I am advising domestice and international corporation on retaining international talents as well on relocation of corporate executives, managers and key employees to the United States.. I have extensive experience representing domestic and international clients in all types of business nonimmigrant petitions and applications before the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS). I routinely counsel clients’ management teams and human-resource executives on non-immigrant work visas, employment-based immigrant visas, and employment visas based on bi-national treaties executed by the U.S. with respect to the exchange of trade (E-1 Treaty Trader) or investments in a U.S. business (E-2 Treaty Investor). I also advise entrepreneurs and high-tech start-up companies on non-immigrant work visas for foreign key-personnel.

Saori Ishida is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Ishida Immigration Law PLLC. She exclusively practices immigration and nationality law.Ms. Ishida has extensive experience managing various immigration cases affecting businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, individuals and families. She has successfully handled non-immigrant visa applications for professionals (H-1B, TN, E-3), inter-company transferees (L-1), treaty traders and investors (E-1, E-2), trainees (H-3, J-1), and persons with extraordinary abilities (O-1). Ms. Ishida has represented clients in PERM/Labor Certification process, immigrant visa petitions, and applications for legal permanent resident status ("green card"). She has also handled waivers of J-1 two-year home residence requirement, national interest waivers and removal defense. Ms. Ishida has a track record of taking on and delivering successful outcomes for matters that were previously denied or faced burdensome Request for Evidence (RFE) from the USCIS. Fluent in Japanese, she has helped Japanese clients navigate through the U.S. immigration system by advising on consular processing, regulatory compliance, as well as immigration consequences of corporate reorganization.Before establishing Ishida Immigration Law, she was an associate attorney at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Chicago, where she provided strategic advice for corporate and individual clients in U.S. immigration matters. Prior to that, Ms. Ishida practiced immigration law at a boutique firm in Washington, D.C.  Ms. Ishida is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Mr. Dzubow’s practice focuses on immigration law, asylum, and appellate litigation. He may be contacted at                    or  His blog, The Asylumist (), is the only blog devoted exclusively to asylum in the United States.. Mr. Dzubow is admitted to practice law in the federal and state courts of Washington, DC and Maryland, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Eleventh, and DC Circuits, all Immigration Courts in the United States, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Capital Area Immigrant Rights (CAIR) Coalition. In June 2009, CAIR Coalition honored Mr. Dzubow for his Outstanding Commitment to Defending the Rights and Dignity of Detained Immigrants.. Mr. Dzubow provides legal expertise to individuals and corporations in all areas of immigration law, including: asylum, criminal immigration, deportation and removal proceedings, family and employment-based immigration, immigrant detainees and bond applicants, immigration court, appeals, and federal litigation, immigrant victims of domestic violence, extraordinary ability visas, and naturalization. He has successfully represented hundreds of clients before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the federal courts, and the asylum office.. In addition to his immigration work, Mr. Dzubow is an experienced appellate attorney. He has litigated a wide variety of cases in federal and state appeals courts in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and other jurisdictions. These cases include torts, breach of contract, employment discrimination, civil rights violations, criminal matters, immigration, and personal injury.. Mr. Dzubow received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center where he served as the Senior Notes and Comments Editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. He has published articles in Immigration Law Today, the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, the Hispanic Law Journal (University of Texas Law School), the Temple University Law School Journal of Political and Civil Rights, and Fate Magazine. Mr. Dzubow received his Bachelors Degree, summa cum laude, from Temple University in Philadelphia.. Prior to joining Mensah & Dzubow, PLLC, Mr. Dzubow clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia. For his work at the Arlington Immigration Court, Mr. Dzubow received the Department of Justice Outstanding Performance Award. Mr. Dzubow also worked as an immigration attorney at Catholic Community Services in New Jersey and as a trial attorney for Bode & Grenier, LLP, in Washington, DC.. Mr. Dzubow was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Prior to law school, he worked for the Refugee Assistance Program in Philadelphia, helping immigrants and refugees find jobs. More recently, he lived in Nicaragua where he studied Spanish and volunteered for the Sister’s of Charity (Mother Theresa’s organization). He has also lived in Jerusalem and traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South East Asia, and Latin America. He speaks Spanish.

Passionate and creative business immigration attorney with judicial clerkship experience and training in the entertainment industry. Eager to help talents from all over the world establish their career by obtaining immigration benefits to the United States. Received approvals for clients in diverse backgrounds, such as performing artists, STEM professionals, pilots, and entrepreneurs.

JoAnn Barten has worked as an immgration lawyer since 1998. She handles nearly every type of U.S. immigration application process including employment, family, victims, citizenship and removal case. She often fixes legal mistakes by others or helps with lengthy delays.   Her clients are global and she is available to meet by phone and in person.

Abdoul A. Konare is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office.. Mr. Konare practices in the areas of immigration and nationality law, concentrating on issues related to removal, family and employment of foreign nationals. His background includes extensive removal counseling and cases before U.S. Immigration Courts and Immigration & Customs Enforcement. His family and employment practices involve representing individuals, families, and businesses before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State, Department of Labor and other government agencies.. Mr. Konare has received a LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center in 2003 and a J.D. cum laude, from Michigan State University College of Law in 2002. From 2002 to 2003, Abdoul served as a Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Bars of District of Columbia and Michigan.. In his spare time, Mr. Konare is a very active volunteer for Centro Hispano in Frederick, MD and enjoys running.