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Amara Neng holds a B.A. from Yale University as well as a J.D. and a Graduate Certificate in Human Rights from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Neng worked as a legal assistant at Costa & Riccio for more than two years.. During law school, she served as a student attorney in the Asylum and Human Rights Clinic where she successfully obtained a rare grant of humanitarian asylum in Hartford Immigration Court for her client who suffered severe persecution during the Rwandan genocide. Ms. Neng also successfully filed for and obtained a trafficking (T) visa for her client who was a victim of human trafficking in the United States. For her work, Ms. Neng was awarded the Hon. M. Joseph Blumenfeld Award for Outstanding Client Representation.. During law school, Ms. Neng served as a legal intern at the Center for Children’s Advocacy in Hartford, CT. She also organized multiple clinics that assisted indigent families in and around Connecticut who were facing termination of utilities due to inability to pay.. Before joining Costa & Riccio as an Associate Attorney, Ms. Neng worked as a Litigation Associate for a well-respected law firm in Boston, where she handled a variety of civil matters, including, but not limited to, contracts negotiations, insurance defense, employment discrimination, and complex business litigation.. Ms. Neng is very actively involved in a number of charitable causes in the U.S. and abroad. For many years, she has participated in and/or led several trips through various nonprofit organizations to Mississippi, Louisiana, New York, Mexico and Haiti, where she has assisted in the construction of homes for those without safe and secure shelter. She also supports and volunteers with an organization that rescues and provides for orphans living in Haiti. In addition, Ms. Neng has spent several weeks volunteering in Panama with a nonprofit that provides medical care to remote villages that lack access to proper healthcare.. Ms. Neng is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association.

I help people resolve their immigration issues. My cases range from family petitions (adjustment of status for immigrants in the US, and applications for family members in other countries) to labor cases, artist visas, and immigration court practice (bond, cancellation of removal, asylum, and withholding to name just a few areas).
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or for service in Portuguese.. ---. Caseload includes:. Deportation Defense Asylum Cancellation of Removal. 212(h) Naturalization Family Visas (adjustment of status and consular processing). Waivers of grounds of inadmissibility Employment based immigrant visas. Nonimmigrant Visas, including: H-1B - Professionals K-1 - K-4 - Fiancee and family member visas O-1 - Aliens of Extraordinary Ability R-1 - Religious Workers

Immigration and Family law are my two favorite practice areas. As an immigration attorney, I help immigrants establish a life here in the US by assisting them to overcome obstacles and turn their personal or professional goals into reality. In family court, I help families protect their loved ones, maintain control over their assets and preserve their legacy with undertaking and expert advice.

Ghenwa Hakim is the founder and principal attorney of Hakim Law Offices. Her firm practices primarily Immigration & Naturalization law, with a focus in business, academic and family based immigration.. Not just an immigration attorney, but an immigrant herself, Ghenwa was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to the U.S. at an early age. Practicing immigration law has allowed her to appreciate her own family’s journey to the US and to respect and understand each of your journeys too. Her immigration story is the inspiration for the Hakim Law Office motto, “We make you feel at home”, because all of us need a place to call home.. Attorney Hakim holds a Bachelor’s of Art in International Relations with a focus in Middle East Policy from Boston University (2008), a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School (2011) and a Masters of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine (2017). She has been practicing law since 2012.