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Ms. Dixon is a former Trial Attorney with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.  The practice handles all area of immigration, with a focus on clients in removal/deportation proceedings.  Immigration law is complex and constantly changing and not advisable to do it alone.  Ms. Dixon has  the knowledge of the system and procedures to place you on your path to legal residency.. Other practice areas:  Divorce, Custody and Personal Injury

I am an attorney admitted to practice law by the State of New York (registration number 4117750). I also am a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (New York Chapter) and the New York State Bar Association. Before I came to the United States, I qualified as a Barrister in England and practiced law in London. I personally have undergone the U.S. immigration process and now help clients from all over the world achieve their goal to live and work in the United States. I have developed particular expertise with the immigration of physicians, I.T. professionals, professors and individuals with extraordinary ability.

I have practiced Immigration Law for 26 years and practice it exclusively - I refer out all non Immigration Law cases to attorneys specializing in the area of law the matter concerns. The only areas of Immigration Law I do not handle are Asylum, Employer Sanctions and Removal work but have colleagues I can refer those to.

I am an Immigration attorney and currently have offices in New York and New Jersey. I became a solo practitioner because in dealing with clients, I felt that individuals seeking legal representation are in need of an attorney who will take their time in listening and addressing clients' concerns. As the leading attorney in my firm, I ensure client satisfaction by giving every client his/her time to talk with me and discuss important issues they may have. I make sure that I make myself available whenever possible, to take care of client needs quickly and efficiently. I personally care about each client's case and give my 100% to see that clients leave my office satisfied with my services.. The Law Office of Anne Z. Sedki guarantees to provide you with honest, reliable and affordable legal services and work hard to achieve the goals you are seeking.

Elliot A. Rahimi, Esq. is the founder and managing attorney of Rahimi Law Firm P.C., where he passionately advocates for individuals navigating the complexities of immigration law and criminal defense. With extensive experience handling a wide range of immigration matters, he regularly represents clients before Immigration Courts and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), fighting tenaciously to secure legal status and relief.. Mr. Rahimi’s immigration practice includes both affirmative and defensive asylum cases, providing comprehensive representation for individuals seeking protection in the United States. He also handles cancellation of removal and other forms of immigration relief for noncitizens facing deportation.. Additionally, he has a high success rate in obtaining grants of appeals, motions to reopen, and motions to reconsider before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His immigration practice extends beyond removal defense and asylum, encompassing family-based immigration, SIJS cases, naturalization, waivers, and employment-based petitions such as H-1B, L-1, EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-5, O-1, U-visas, and S-visas.. Known for his strategic litigation skills and dedicated client advocacy, Mr. Rahimi is a strong defender of immigrants’ rights and ensures that each case receives the personalized attention and aggressive representation it deserves.. Mr. Rahimi earned his Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, where he served as a Staff Member of the Moot Court Honor Society and represented the school in the Price Media International Moot Court Competition in Oxford, England. He is admitted to practice in New York and is an active member of the New York Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Mr. Gihon is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Immigration and Nationality Law and has been practicing law for over two decades.  He focuses his practice on immigration and criminal defense.  Mr. Gihon has extensive experience as both an immigration attorney and a criminal defense attorney. Mr. Gihon is the immediate past Chapter Chair for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Central Florida Chapter, and is the Vice Chair of the Florida Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Certification Committee.. Previoulsy, Mr. Gihon has served as a Senior Attorney with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  As an ICE Attorney, Mr. Gihon handled all forms of removal/deportation proceedings including those involving aggravated felonies, drug trafficking, national security and human rights issues, and more.. Mr. Gihon also handled cases involving all forms of deportation/removal relief including asylum, withholding of removal, cancellation of removal for lawful permanent residents and for those who are not lawful permanent residents, adjustment of status, 212(c) relief, and many others.  As an ICE attorney, Mr. Gihon obtained Top Secret Clearance and assisted federal and local law enforcement officers assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).  During his tenure with ICE, Mr. Gihon was promoted to Senior Attorney.. Mr. Gihon has also served as a panelist and guest speaker at many Immigration and Criminal Law events throughout Florida and has provided multiple CLE-accredited trainings to attorneys.. Mr. Gihon has appeared on national and local television to talk about immigration issues and criminal cases.  Most Recently, Mr. Gihon has appeared live on the FoxNews Network national TV show Fox&Friends to discuss President Obama's immigration executive action plan, border security and national security issues.. Mr. Gihon is a member of the Florida Bar and the Federal Bars for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.. Prior to becoming an immigration lawyer with ICE, Mr. Gihon started his career in criminal law by joining the State Attorney's Office in Jacksonville, Florida in 2002 as a criminal prosecutor.  For his first 6 years, he prosecuted thousands of cases ranging from simple misdemeanors all the way up to first degree murder cases.  Mr. Gihon rose through the ranks at the State Attorney's Office becoming a Division Chief over a felony division and oversaw several other Assistant State Attorneys. He also became a member of the homicide unit, prosecuting homicide cases.. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Gihon obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Florida in 1999 with honors.  Mr. Gihon obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida in 2002, also with honors.

Jessica Malott is the owner and managing partner of Malott Law, PLC, and practices primarily in immigration. Jessica earned her Juris Doctor, with honors, in 2006 from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. During law school, she worked as an intern at the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) and was Editor-in-Chief of the Drake Law Review. Since graduating, Jessica has worked as a law clerk, federal government attorney, law school career advisor, and private practice attorney.. In her current practice, she focuses primarily on removal defense in Immigration Court and family-based immigration; however, she also takes an assortment of other cases, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U Visa, Special Immigrant Juvenile visas and related guardianships, and immigration-related family law cases. Jessica speaks Spanish, and the majority of her clients are native Spanish-speakers.. Prior to law school, Jessica attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City and graduated in 2002 with a double major in Spanish and Communication Studies. During her undergraduate education, she studied abroad in Spain, and later worked as an intern at a Washington, DC-based non-profit that primarily served Latino clients who were homeless or diagnosed with a substance abuse and/or mental health condition.. Jessica is admitted to practice in Iowa and is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Raphael (Ray) Scheetz founded the Law Offices of Raphael M. Scheetz in 1994, which focuses on the practice of criminal defense and immigration cases.. He was one of the first lawyers in Iowa who specialized in the practice of immigration law. He has represented hundreds of American citizens and immigrants who have matters with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.. The cases included American citizens who marry or intend to marry a person living in a foreign country or who want to petition for their children, parents, or brothers or sisters that live outside of the United States.. Mr. Scheetz has successfully navigated his clients through the immigration process before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, Immigration Court, and Board of Immigration Appeals.. Mr. Scheetz has also successfully represented hundreds of persons accused of Federal and State criminal offenses. He has been lead defense counsel in approximately ninety jury trials in State and Federal court and reached “not guilty” verdict for clients accused of white collar felonies, such as bank fraud, infringement of copyrights, bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, offenses involving internet pharmacy violations, to name a few.. Mr. Scheetz has also represented persons accused of crimes such as drug possession, manufacture and/or distribution, domestic assault, firearm offenses, arson, kidnapping, first degree murder, and theft, which you can read about on our success stories page.. Areas of Practice. Why the merging of criminal defense and immigration law is beneficial to the client?. Tens of thousands of people are deported every year from the US who have been convicted of crimes — people that are living legally in the United States, have US citizen spouses and children, and are deported for minor crimes such as marijuana possession or possession of a drug pipe.. Persons who have been arrested and are not US citizens need a lawyer who has knowledge of both criminal defense and immigration law. Mr. Scheetz can advise you the best ways to avoid deportation if you are charged with a crime, no matter how minor or serious. Mr. Scheetz can fight for you in criminal court to avoid a conviction, or structure a plea agreement that will give you the best opportunity to avoid deportation and remain in the United States with your loved ones.. Bar Admissions. Education. Professional Associations and Memberships. Mr. Scheetz is a member of the American Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, the Linn County Bar Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and he serves as the current Vice President of the Historical Society of the Federal Court for the Northern District of Iowa.. Call us for a consultation:. Toll Free:Office:Fax:

Jennifer Mazzei, is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law and practices in the areas of criminal defense and immigration. Prior to co-founding The Law Offices of Mazzei & Polk, L.L.C., she was an Assistant District Attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office for over five years.  During that time, she prosecuted felony and misdemeanor crimes, conducted wiretap investigations, worked closely with detectives and police officers and assisted in several federal investigations.. Jennifer began her career in District Court where she handled traffic violations, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) related offenses and many other misdemeanors including assault, aggravated harassment, reckless endangerment, sexually based offenses and drug related offenses, trying several of them to verdict and conducting many evidentiary hearings in the process.. Rising up the ranks quickly, Jennifer was then promoted from District Court after only one year and was assigned to the Special Victim’s Bureau, where she exclusively prosecuted domestic violence cases for approximately one year and tried several of them to verdict.. Jennifer was then promoted again to the Grand Jury warrant rotation where she presented numerous cases to the Grand Jury and secured indictments in nearly every case. In addition, during that time, Jennifer assisted police officers and detectives in determining what crimes to charge defendants with and advised them on how to handle certain legal situations. Jennifer also handled all requests by detectives and police officers for search warrants in matters including homicides and vehicular manslaughter.. Again rising quickly, after approximately one year, Jennifer was again promoted to the elite Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau where she worked closely with local law enforcement as well as federal agents while she investigated and prosecuted cases involving organized crime, sexual abuse of children, child pornography, drug manufacturing and distribution, violations of the New York State Tax Law, witness tampering, gambling related offenses and enterprise corruption.  On more than one matter, Jennifer worked closely with the United States Attorney’s Office for both the Eastern District of New York as well as the Southern District of New York to prosecute numerous defendants. While assigned to the Rackets Bureau, Jennifer conducted investigations involving court authorized eavesdropping warrants (wiretaps) on approximately seventeen different phones, earning her multiple awards from the federal government's various agencies including the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

Lisa A. Gomez is a partner at Nanos, Gomez & Associates. She joined the firm in 2017. She received her Associate's Degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, her Bachelor's Degree from SUNY Old Westbury and her Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University School of Law. While enrolled at Hofstra University School of Law, she participated in the Youth Advocacy Clinic, assisting clients in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and family law issues. In 2015, she was rewarded the Jonathan Roppolo Memorial Award due to her outstanding work the year she participated at the clinic. Lisa is a first-generation American from Colombian parents and is fluent in Spanish.. Lisa has always been devoted to helping her clients. Prior to joining the Firm, Lisa worked in Real Estate for several years, where she handled short sales and loan modifications to achieve her clients with a continuing home.. Lisa is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. Lisa is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys.

Steven garnered the most experience possible in his three years at Touro Law. In his first summer internship he worked for the Suffolk County Attorney's office in the general litigation bureau.