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I am a passionate and dedicated advocate. I have worked with the immigrant community in Washington State for over 15 years. I am fluent in Spanish and completely bicultural, having spent a year studying in Puebla, Mexico.. As part of my commitment to my work and the immigrant communities in Washington State, I provide hundreds of hours of volunteer work each year to various nonprofit organizations working with immigrant communities.. My extensive experience with immigrant communities allows me to understand the unique obstacles facing many immigrants living in the United States. As a result, I am able to better understand and soothe my clients' fears and help guide them to success in their immigration case.

Stephanie Thorpe practices exclusively in the area of U.S. immigration law.  She focuses on assisting companies with visas for professionals, executives and managers, and treaty nationals.  She assists individuals with citizenship applications, fiancé petitions, and family-based petitions.  Ms. Thorpe earned her B.A. in Psychology and Political Science from the University of Washington; and her J.D. from the University of Oregon.  She has presented on the topic of U visas for crime victims.  She is involved in serving the community through pro-bono work at legal clinics, and leadership roles in organizations such as Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (Washington Chapter).  She has served as a pro bono attorney with Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), The Immigrant Family Advocacy Project (IFAP) at the University of Washington, and as a judge for the Thomas Tang Northwest Regional Moot Court Competition (appellate advocacy). Stephanie is admitted to practice in the State of Washington, before the Western District of Washington, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Dr. Franca Baroni, Esq. has been practicing humanitiarian immigration law since 2001. She holds a doctorate (Ph.D. equivalent) in public international law and Master of Laws and is admitted to practice in New York, Washington State and Switzerland. She is a contributor in the 2017 American Bar Association publication “Lawyers as Changemakers”s and an award-winning author, speaker, trainer, actress & coach.. Dr. Baroni regularly offers Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs and presentations to legal professionals about coherent lawyering, resilience, optimal performance, mindfulness, trauma awareness and mental & emotional health.. Services offered to immigrants:. Family-based immigration, VAWA, naturalizations, waivers, asylum, removal defense (limited scope representantion only).. Services offered to immigration lawyers:. Coverage of USCIS interviews, Master Calendar Hearings and Individual Calendar Hearings (selected)cases), mental health/resilience/overall wellbeing presentations.

Tough Markets. Bold Lawyers.. Akshat emigrated from India and is a naturalized United States citizen. He has lived on four continents and speaks five languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi, Spanish, and Catalan. His professional activities have included the Rotary Club of Bellevue, the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, and the Eastside Legal Assistance Program. In the spare time he finds between his practice and family, Akshat focuses on improving his photography skills and appreciating the culture, tactics, and business of soccer/fútbol.

My firm strives to reliably and efficiently serve my clients with all of their immigration needs. My streamlined process uses cutting-edge technology to ensure privacy and convenience. I serve clients directly in Redmond, Washington, or virtually from anywhere around the world. I speak Spanish fluently and provide direct one-on-one contact in each case. Please visit my website for more information:. I’m incredibly passionate about the rights of immigrants because my husband is an immigrant. He loves the United States and is a better citizen than most native-born Americans. Also, I’ve travelled the world and learned that we are all the same; we’re all human beings and deserving of basic human rights. Just because someone wasn’t born here doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to have a chance at the American dream. America is a land of immigrants. Our culture and economy are stronger because of immigrants. Our immigration system should treat immigrants fairly and with respect, and when it doesn’t, I will fight for you.. ~. Mi empresa sirve a mis clientes con todas sus necesidades de inmigración en una manera confiable y eficiente. Mi proceso utiliza tecnología moderna para garantizar la privacidad y la conveniencia. Sirvo a clientes directamente en Redmond, Washington, o virtualmente de cualquier parte del mundo. Hablo español y usted va a trabajar directamente conmigo en su caso. Por favor visite mi sitio web para más información:. Soy increíblemente apasionado por los derechos de los inmigrantes porque mi marido es un inmigrante. Él ama a los Estados Unidos y es un mejor ciudadano que la mayoría de los americanos que nací aquí. Además, yo he viajado por el mundo y he aprendido que todos somos iguales; todos somos seres humanos y merecedores de básicos derechos humanos. Sólo porque alguien no naciera aquí no significa que no merecen tener una oportunidad del sueño americano. América es una tierra de inmigrantes. Nuestra cultura y economía son más fuertes debido a los inmigrantes. Nuestro sistema de inmigración debe tratar a los inmigrantes de manera justa y con respeto, y cuando no lo hace, lucharé por ti.

Marsha focuses her practice exclusively in the area of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization law. She advises clients on family and employment based U.S. immigration law, and assists both corporate and individual clients with all aspects of the immigration process. She advocates for her clients on a wide range of cases, including: H-1B professionals, E-2 Treaty investors, L-1 intra-company transfers, TN professionals, J-1 exchange visitors, F-1 students, EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, outstanding researchers, professors, and persons of extraordinary ability, and labor certifications under PERM regulations. She has also worked on VAWA cases, naturalizations, and a range of family based permanent residence cases.. Prior to becoming an attorney, Marsha worked within the immigration field as a researcher, visiting international professional, and as a volunteer.

Leta Sanchez graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2007. Ms. Sanchez practices primarily in Bellingham, Washington where she represents clients in diverse immigration matters including family based immigration, asylum, waivers of inadmissibility, litigation before the Immigration Courts as well as appellate work before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Sanchez is passionate about advocating for immigrants and enjoys serving people from diverse backgrounds. She dedicates a significant portion of her practice to assisting survivors of gender-based violence to obtain protections under U.S. Immigration Law.. Ms. Sanchez is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).  Ms. Sanchez's immigration practice is complimented by her experience in international law. She previously worked on cases at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San Jose, Costa Rica, studied international law in Geneva, Switzerland and attended the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. Ms. Sanchez is a citizen of Canada and has personal experience with family immigration procedures.

I specialize in U.S. immigration law, working with individuals, families and employers on legal strategies for working and living in the United States.  My practice includes work visas, family-based immigration, permanent residence, and naturalization as a U.S. citizen.  I came to the practice of immigration law after working for several years in the area of commercial litigation.  I love the fact that immigration law is about people and helping people achieve their goals.  I believe strongly in the benefits immigrants bring to the U.S.  In this complex and shrinking world, having people from many countries visit, work and settle in the United States enriches us in multiple ways. I am proud to be able to contribute to this process.

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.

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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.

As a Seattle immigration lawyer for many years, I bring people together by using successful strategies to unite families and to help employers hire top foreign talent. I also help US citizens and would-be citizens with applications for naturalization or citizenship and passports.  I also work with military families.  I am a member of the Washington State Bar since 2003 (and the California State Bar since 1984, inactive since 2011). At the start of my career, I had the honor to serve as a legacy INS Trial Attorney. This government experience helps me see cases from two points of view. My firm offers affordable legal services, whether we handle a portion of your case or all of it.  I am a tireless advocate for clients because I am passionate about working hard for you so you can achieve your dreams.  I provide straightforward, honest and candid analysis of your case, even if nothing can be done or the road will be difficult. You will receive personal service and direct communications from your attorney. I really enjoy being a tireless advocate for fair and just immigration reform legislation, and am actively involved in government liaison, as well as state and federal legislative advocacy. As a former Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Washington Chapter for two years,  I had the honor and pleasure of managing and leading a terrific immigration specialty bar association. I have also served on the national AILA-USCIS International Operations Liaison Committee and the Military Assistance Project Task Force and the AILA national Business Committee. I am available to speak before your community, trade or professional group.. Services include:. -Work and investment visas and employment based greencards (We love to work on national interest waivers [NIW], cases involving persons with extraordinary ability, and with investors and entrepreneurs in particular - Eb-1, EB-2, Eb-5, E-2/E-2, E-3, L-1, O-1, etc..). -Family and marriage/fiance(e) based visas and greencards. -US citizenship and naturalization, including military matters such as Parole in Place, automatic and derived citzienship and passport issues. -Workplace compliance (I-9, E-Verify, H-1B, PERM audits). -Asylum and refugee matters. -Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (would-be DREAM youth if we had a DREAM Act). -Consular and border matters. -Waivers, including I-601A provisional family unity waivers, J-1 waivers, and others. We work with a number of other specialists as needed in the area of criminal, tax, labor, international, IP law and more.. Our Seattle Washington Immigration Law Firm is conveniently located in the Queen Anne neighborhood near the Space Needle, and best of all, there is free parking.

I am the son of a Pakistani-Indian immigrant mother and native New Yorker father. I  was raised in Tempe, Arizona. I love seeing a good film, eating some good food, and of course traveling. I have studied in France and have worked in Thailand and Cambodia. I have traveled several times to Europe, Southeast Asia and South Asia including India and Pakistan.. I believe in the great potential that new immigrants bring to this country and am a strong supporter of immigration reform that will benefit immigrants. As a son of a Pakistani immigrant, I understand the difficulties new immigrants face when trying to gain entry into the United States and to keep families together. I will work hard to reunite families and protect those facing removal. As a human rights advocate, I am aware of the suffering that some immigrants have faced in their home countries. I will fight for those who were persecuted because of their beliefs or social identity, so that they may live life genuinely and free from harm.

Olia Catala’s compassion for immigrants, and understanding of their struggle was the force that pushed her to ultimately make immigration law her career. Olia was a refugee herself when she immigrated to the United States in 1989. Her drive for justice, and love of cultures make her an exceptional immigration attorney who is devoted to helping clients make United States their home. Olia Catala graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 2008, and has practiced as an attorney in WA State since 2009. Her past legal experience included representing clients in a wide range of issues such as Personal Injury, DUI Convictions, Labor & Industries Disputes, and of course, Immigration. As an immigration attorney, Olia has represented clients in immigration court in their removal proceedings, and has taken on countless family based immigration cases. She brings her knowledge of all these different areas as well as her sensitivity to diverse customs and cultures to Catala Marques.. Olia has a long history of community engagements and has assisted as a volunteer attorney with Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC), and Bellevue Neighborhood Mediation Program. She currently provides pro bono legal assistance at El Centro De la Raza’s legal clinic and the Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP). A first generation Immigrant from Ukraine, Olia is fluent in English, Russian and Ukrainian. Olia enjoys spending time with her young son and husband.

Karen Gilbert represents individuals, families, businesses and multi-national corporations in successfully navigating the laws governing US immigration and naturalization. Our clients include individuals and companies world-wide, diplomats, executives and business people seeking intra-company transfers; people claiming asylum, families seeking to re-unite in the US; entrepreneurs and other investors, religious workers, hospitals, health care professionals, high tech workers, scientists, and individuals with exceptional talent and achievements. We assist clients at all stages of the immigration process before the agency and in the Federal Courts, in visa processing at US Consulates and Embassies. We consult in complex citizenship and naturalization cases, and when appropriate, obtain judicial relief. We advise corporations in compliance with the ever restrictive and increasingly enforced laws such as I-9 compliance and employer record-keeping  and LCA requirements under the labor, employment and immigration laws.

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.

Carol L. Edward is the founder of and Of Counsel to the Law Offices of Carol L. Edward & Associates, P.S. She has provided legal services in U.S. immigration and citizenship-related matters since 1984. She is herself the daughter of immigrants and holds dual citizenship with the United States and Canada. Attorney Edward has engaged in a wide variety of immigration cases ranging from business-related matters to family, asylum, and deportation and removal.. She received her J.D. cum laude from Seattle University and her bachelor’s degree in Business from University of California, Davis. Ms. Edward has a number of published cases within the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has the highest possible ratings with peer and professional organizations, including , bestlawyers.com, , and . Ms. Edward previously served as the Chair of the Washington State Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), teaches and participates in continuing legal educational programs on various immigration topics, and is actively involved in non-profit organizations supporting immigrants rights, including the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Hate Free Zone, ACLU, and National Immigration Project.

Emily Reber-Mariniello has been practicing immigration law exclusively since her admission to the Washington State Bar in late 2010 and the formation of her practice in early 2012. Her firm, ERM Immigration Law, PLLC, is a small boutique firm devoted entirely to immigration law. At ERM, you will get the attention, respect, and service one should expect when hiring an attorney, without the pretension often associated with, well, hiring an attorney! When a person reaches out for assistance on a legal matter, they are often vulnerable, confused, or downright irritated with the system, and immigration is certainly no exception.  It is her philosophy that lawyering isn't just about knowing the law, but also knowing the client and providing what that person needs to have a pleasant, calming, and successful experience.. Emily doesn’t focus on the size or status of her practice, or of her client. Rather, her focus is on what is important: quality work, thorough communication, and thoughtful preparation of the client's immigration or naturalization matter. Emily prides herself on having the superior service one might expect from a large firm with the personal service and accessibility of a small practice. Your piece of mind is always in her thoughts.. Emily is experienced in various types of Adjustment of Status (Green Cards), Naturalization, Consulate Processing, DACA, Asylum, U-Visa, 601/601A Waivers, TN’s, EB1A Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, National Interest Waivers (NIW), H1B, E2 Visas, and more.  In 2012, she formed her practice in San Francisco, California, and maintains a client base in the Bay area. Now, her practice is based out of Seattle, Washington.  Additionally, before coming to California, Emily worked for a public defender's agency in Seattle, Washington. Over the three years working at that agency, she learned valuable information that can be very helpful in an immigration case; for instance, she is an expert in how to obtain records and how to communicate with government agencies.. Outside of winning approvals, Emily loves learning about the diverse and incredibly unique cultures of her clients and their families. For Emily, it is a joy to help unite loved ones or to assist people in achieving their lifelong dreams of US Citizenship or legal status.. Emily sincerely hopes she can help you in your immigration journey. Thank you, and good luck.