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Call/text for a consultation.. Attorney Acosta is a member in good standing of the State Bar of California. She has been recognized by Super Lawyers’ Magazine from 2017 to the present, as a top attorney and “Rising Star.”  Attorney Acosta focuses her practice within the area of Immigration Law.  Cases range from business immigration, to family-based immigration, asylum, and everything in between. She is fortunate to have clients keep coming back to her for their evolving legal needs, and predominately works with referrals from past clients and colleagues.. Outside of the courtroom, Ms. Acosta is a proud mother of two young sons, and she serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness.  Most recently, she was selected as part of an Advisory Board for the L.A. County District Attorney to provide input on policies impacting victims of crime and other vulnerable populations.. For the latest updates:. Facebook: @AbogadaYeseniaTV. Instagram: abogada_yesenia. La Abogada Yesenia es miembro acreditado de la Barra de Abogados del Estado de California. Ha sido reconocida por la revista Super Lawyers desde 2017 hasta el presente, como una de las mejores abogadas y "Rising Star" en su categoria. La Abogada Acosta enfoca su práctica dentro de las áreas de Inmigracion, Derechos Laborales y Ley de Familia.. Durante años, luchó contra la deportación de sus clientes en los tribunales de inmigración de California y otros estados. Ella es buscada como una de las mejores abogadas en “crimmigración”, superando las consecuencias de inmigración cuando hay antecedentes penales. Es afortunada de que los clientes vuelvan a ella para sus necesidades legales en evolución, y trabaja predominantemente con referencias de clientes y colegas anteriores.. Fuera de su trabajo como abogada, la Abogada Acosta es una mama orgullosa de sus dos hijos pequenos y se desempeña como presidenta de la junta directiva del Consorcio para ayudar a personas sin hogar en el Valle de San Gabriel y ofrece su tiempo como voluntaria a organizaciones que benefician a los necesitados.

Petro Kostiv resides in Los Angeles and runs the main office of the firm. Petro's areas of practice include various aspects of business law, bankruptcy, and immigration. Petro focuses on helping foreign investors to open and develop their businesses in the United States. Petro also advises American individuals and businesses on how to succeed in foreign business environments. Petro has experience in working in the former Soviet Bloc, Latin America, and China. Petro is currently working on establishing permanent and official presence of the firm in other countries.. For his undergraduate degree, Petro attended UC Berkeley where he was a recipient of Regents and Chancellors Scholarship, the most prestigious scholarship offered by University of California.. petro kostiv. Then he was sent by UC Berkeley to work in South Africa, where he eventually received an MA in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Consequently, he completed his JD at the University Of Michigan School Of Law in Ann Arbor, where he was president of Latin America Law Society. While at the University of Michigan, Petro spent a summer working at the Supreme Court of Argentina and studying Argentine law at a law school in Buenos Aires.. Petro is Vice President of the Ukrainian-American Bar Association and an active member of Inter-American Bar Association and Beverly Hills Bar Association. He lectured on various occasions at universities in Latin America, Ukraine, South Africa and China. In Ukraine, Petro initiated a course in English called "Introduction to U.S. Law." Every week, Petro writes articles on legal topics in for several Spanish language newspapers in the Los Angeles area.. Petro is admitted to the California State Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Petro is fluent in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese as well as his native Ukrainian and Russian. Outside his career, Petro's biggest passion is to travel the world. By now, he has visited over 80 countries.

Abbe Allen Kingston has practiced immigration law in Santa Barbara for over 35 years. He has been certified by the California State Bar as an Immigration Law Specialist and has served as a Commissioner on the California State Bar Commission on Legal Specialization. A substantial part of his practice focuses on the transfer of international personnel. Mr. Kingston earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and his law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Mr. Kingston has published several law review articles and is a frequent lecturer on immigration related matters.

Alanna Perez Romo is the principal attorney at Kanter & Romo Immigration Law Office, PC. She was admitted to the California State Bar in June 2016.  Prior to her Bar admission, she worked for Kanter Immigration Law Office under Ann Kanter as a paralegal for 10 years.. Alanna has extensive experience in employment-based immigration law, handling H-1B’s, TN’s, L visas, PERM labor certification applications, I-140 immigrant visa petitions (including National Interest Waivers), and both employment and family-based adjustment of status applications.  Additionally, she has become quite knowledgeable in handling immigration options for physicians, including Conrad 30 J-1 visa waivers and Physician National Interest Waivers.  Alanna is also experienced in handling I-130 immigrant visa petitions and K-1 Fiancé(e) visa petitions, including consular processing.. Alanna is a graduate of Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, having completed the evening law program while at the same time maintaining a full-time caseload at the firm during her four years of study. She was awarded her JD in May 2015.  Alanna also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS).

Sasha is a Sacramento native, born and raised. He is passionate about serving his community and protecting the rights of the people in it.. Sasha attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and received his Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy. Upon graduation, he worked as a paralegal for the same Immigration Law Firm that he now works at as a lawyer.. After discovering his passion for the law, Sasha attended the University of Notre Dame Law School in Indiana, a program which prides itself on educating "a different kind of lawyer." A different kind of lawyer is one who realizes the practice of law is not an end in itself. It’s the beginning of a new, highly specialized way of giving back.. Upon graduating law school, Sasha came back to Sacramento and passed the California Bar Exam. He began practicing as an attorney in December of 2012, at first taking on many clients in need who lacked the ability to pay. He was very frequently in the courtroom from the beginning of his career.. Sasha believes in providing honest and vigorous legal representation to all of his clients, even if it results in less legal fees for him. If a matter can be resolved quickly through settlement, Sasha will do all he can to pursue a settlement instead of unnecessarily drawing out a case. He provides his clients with honest analysis of their cases and keeps them informed throughout the process.. In the courtroom he always fights as hard as he can for his clients and has won many cases other lawyers refused to take due to difficulty. In immigration court, he has saved many clients from different backgrounds from deportation and helped them obtain legal residency in the United States. Sasha has won many cases that clients had thought were hopeless before meeting with him!

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Leticia graduated from law school and passed the California bar exam both in 2013. Prior to becoming an attorney, since 2004 and all throughout law school, Leticia worked as a certified paralegal in immigration law.  An immigrant herself, Leticia soon found that helping immigrants was her passion, which made her decide to go to law school and become an attorney.  During law school, Leticia also broadened her knowledge of different fields of law as she interned at the crime trial unit at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, and gained personal injury experience through working for a personal injury law firm in Hollywood.. Leticia is focused entirely on immigrationlaw: her practice includes immigrant visas (family-based petitions, citizenship applications, VAWA applications, U visas, asylum, immigration court proceedings) as well as business or non-immigrant visas (such as H1Bs, Eb2s, O1s, and E-2s, etc).. Leticia is actively involved in her community, regularly volunteering at immigration clinics.

Martin O'Hara is an immigration lawyer based in Los Angeles, specializing in removal proceedings, immigration court, asylum, family petitions, waivers, visas, and more. Se habla espanol.

State Bar of California Certified Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist with over a decade of expereince.. Jennifer previously worked in a top rated botique law firm and tier one immigraiton business unit. She opened her own practice in 2020 hoping to streamline the process and provide a direct client attorney relationship. Jennifer's practice focuses on family-based immigration, litigation and employment. She has handled a wide variety of issues including complex naturalizaiton, adjustment of status, consular processing, removal, appeals and waivers.

Arthur Minas is an Immigration Attorney based in Los Angeles. His practice focuses on representing clients with cases before the Los Angeles Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. District Court, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).. In the Immigration Court, Mr. Minas has represented hundreds of clients facing removal, successfully challenged allegations of grounds of removability or deportability from the Department of Homeland Security, as well as secured relief from Immigration Judges in the form of adjustment of status, removal of conditions of residence, waivers of inadmissibility, cancellation of removal, asylum and withholding of removal.. Mr. Minas also has years of experience personally appearing with clients in complex immigration interviews before USCIS in and around Southern California. His experience representing clients before USCIS has been provided him with invaluable knowledge and insight to share with clients seeking immigration benefits such as naturalization and permanent residence.. Mr. Minas also has experience in employment-based immigration, including Extraordinary Individuals (EB-1), National Interest Waivers (EB-2), and Skilled Workers (EB-3). Mr. Minas also helps Small-Business Investors (E-2 visa) and Company Transfers (L-1 visa).. Mr. Minas received a degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz in June of 2007 and graduated with a J. D. from Whittier Law School in May of 2012 with a focus in International and Comparative Law. He was admitted into the California State Bar in 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017, and the U.S. District Court, Central District of California in 2020. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Armenian.. Mr. Minas is a Past Chair and current member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Immigration & Nationality Section. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Inspired Sound Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing under-served communities with music, dance, and storytelling workshops that promote mindfulness, peace, unity, harmony and understanding among diverse cultures in an effort to reduce bullying, racism, hate, crime, radicalism and violence. When he is not practicing immigration law, Mr. Minas plays the oud as a community member with the UCLA Near East Ensemble.

Attorney Rajkrishna S. Iyer has an extensive background in employment and family-based immigration. He handles all aspects of business immigration working with both corporate and individual clients. Mr. Iyer has a wide breadth of experience in assisting employers with sponsoring their employees for permanent residence and temporary work visas, such as H-1B, L-1, TN, O, P and E visas. His expertise covers immigrant visa petitions filed under extraordinary ability, outstanding researcher, multinational manager & executive, national interest waiver categories, and assisting clients file labor certification (PERM) applications under EB-2 and EB-3 categories. In addition to helping clients obtain green cards and temporary visas, Mr. Iyer advises small and large corporations in a variety of industries on immigration issues arising from corporate reorganizations, mergers, and layoffs.. He works hand-in-hand with clients to develop effective strategies for business immigration while ensuring compliance with applicable rules and regulations as required by immigration laws, the Labor Department, and USCIS. With specialized knowledge of I-9 topics, he works closely with Human Resource personnel during the recruitment and hiring process, performs I-9 audits for employers, and advises corporations on a variety of other worksite enforcement issues.. Mr. Iyer has participated in several seminars on employment-based immigration and is a member of three prominent immigration law groups.. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:. State Bar of California. American Immigration Lawyers Association. International Medical Graduate Taskforce

Naoki Sekiya is a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.  He is the founder of Sekiya Law Office and has been practicing immigration and nationality law exclusively since 2004.. Are you planning to consult with or hire an immigration attorney? There are hundreds of immigration attorneys out there. Is the attorney you want to see a certified specialist in immigration law?  As a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law (by the California State Bar the Board of Legal Specialization), Mr. Sekiya has already demonstrated the requisite experiences, knowledge, and education in this complicated area of law. This special distinction is given to only a small group of immigration attorneys in California (just over 200 statewide, only about 80 in Los Angeles County).. Mr. Sekiya received his Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento, CA) in 2004 with concentration in taxation.  He also received honors in the law school’s Immigration Clinic program.  He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in English in 1995 from Chuo University (Tokyo, Japan). Prior to starting his own practice, Mr. Sekiya has worked as an associate immigration attorney for Law Offices of Douglas M. Lehrman (Sacramento, CA) and Law Offices of Michael J. Gurfinkel (Glendale, CA).. Mr. Sekiya's earlier practice in Sacramento focused more on the family side of immigration. His achievements in Sacramento days include having about 150 waiver cases approved for those (mostly Mexican nationals) who could not otherwise have obtained "green card" for unlawful presence, material misrepresentation, and criminal records.  Since he moved (back) to Southern California in 2010, his practice has covered both employment- and family-based immigration but concentrated on Philippine nationals. Mr. Sekiya has maintained the high (over 95%) approval rate for I-601/I-601A waiver cases.. Over the years, he has represented clients at all USCIS Field Offices in California as well as USCIS Field Offices in Honolulu, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Wichita, New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, Lawrence, Baltimore, Newark, Mt. Laurel, New York City, Long Island, Queens, and W. Palm Beach.  Mr. Sekiya has also reprented clients in Immigration Court in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Adelanto, Eloy, Orlando, Honolulu, Chicago, Newark, New York City, Dallas, Harlingen, San Antonio, and Seattle.. Mr. Sekiya is licensed to practice in the State of California and can represent administrative immigration cases throughout the United States.  He is also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court.  He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).. Mr. Sekiya is fluent in English and Japanese.  Mr. Sekiya is an immigrant himself who had been through different non-immigrant classifications (A-2, F-1, H-1B, and WB) before permanently settling in the U.S. and thus understands at a personal level what many immigrants are going through.

Attorney Victoria Kuzmina helps entrepreneurs, professionals, and families obtain U.S. visas and green cards.. Achievement-Based Visas (O-1, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW): If you’re a C-level executive, visionary entrepreneur, accomplished academic, pioneering researcher, or skilled professional, I will help you create a persuasive petition that showcases your achievements for a successful work visa application.. Business & Investor Visas (E-2, L-1): Whether you’re expanding your business, launching a new venture, or investing in the U.S., I provide strategic guidance to maximize your chances of visa success.. Professional Work Visas (H-1B, TN): From tech professionals to specialized workers, I simplify the complexities of work visa applications.. Family-Based Immigration: Helping families reunite and thrive through adjustment of status, consular processing, and other family-based immigration options.. Naturalization: I guide permanent residents through the citizenship process, offering clarity and support to achieve this significant milestone.. The practice is limited to immigration law only and to matters and proceedings before federal courts and agencies.. **Please note that we do not handle Political Asylum or Deportation cases.**