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In practice since 1992, Ann Buwalda founded the law firm, Just Law International, PC, in March 1996, an experienced immigration law firm dealing primarily with U.S. business visas, religious worker visas, family-based petitions, and asylum and refugee cases. Ann is admitted to the Virginia Bar, the Pennsylvania Bar, and is a member of AILA. She has served as adjunct professor teaching Immigration Law at Regent University in 1996 and teaching International Religious Freedom Law in 2011.  From 2002 – 2009 she annually taught Refugee and Human Rights Law as an adjunct professor at Handong International Law School in Korea. From 1991 through the present time, Ms Buwalda has directed Jubilee Campaign USA, focusing on international religious freedom and other human rights issues. The United Theological Seminary of the Asian Christian Ministries conferred an honorary Doctor of Humanities upon Buwalda in May 2006. In 1991 she completed two Master’s Degrees at Regent University, one in Public Policy from the School of Government and the other in International/Cross-Cultural Communication. In 1990 Buwalda graduated from Regent University School of Law earning a Juris Doctor and since 2000 has served on the law school’s Alumni Board. In 1986 she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Liberty University earning joint majors in Business Administration and Political Science. In 2004, Regent University selected Ms. Buwalda for their first annual Alumni of the Year Award. She has served on the Boards of Trustees of several charitable organizations since the mid-1990s.

As an attorney at Calderón Seguin PLC, I fiercely advocate for my clients.  I primarily practice immigration but also represent clients in various criminal, traffic, family, and civil matters in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  My immigration practice covers a broad array of matters including waivers of inadmissibility, nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, family-sponsored petitions, employer-sponsored petitions, asylum applications, and other forms of relief from removal.  I also represent clients in criminal matters such as DUI/DWI and drug charges as well as family law matters such as child custody/visitation disputes and divorce.

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M.C. Law immigration attorneys are licensed to practice in Connecticut and New York Courts, and in Immigration Courts throughout the U.S.  We follow developments in immigration law, including congressional updates on immigration reform.  Our immigration lawyers are involved in lobbying for the passage of the Dream Act to assist young people without an immigration status.. M.C. Law immigration lawyers are experienced in all aspects of U.S. immigration and citizenship law, and will find the U.S. immigration visa suitable for your situation. If you already have a visa or a “Green Card”, M.C. Law immigration attorneys can help transfer your visa, obtain a visa extension, or obtain the appropriate immigration waiver for criminal convictions or termination of immigration status so that you can maintain your immigration status and apply for Naturalization as a U.S. Citizen.  Our immigration attorneys are experienced in finding solutions for individuals who illegally entered the U.S. without inspection (illegal immigrant or EWI).  Such solutions include: waivers, parole-in-place for the spouses of the U.S. military personnel, cancellation of removal, prosecutorial discretion, and stay of removal.  Immigration lawyers at M.C. Law Group advocate for a comprehensive amnesty for illegal immigrants to make legal immigration organized, simplified, and accessible.

Mr. Rakesh Mehrotra, the President and Founder of Law Offices of Rakesh Mehrotra earned his B.Com (Business Management ) and L.L.B. from the prestigious Delhi University, India. He then went on to receive his Master of Comparative law degree from the George Washington University. Mr. Mehrotra has over 23 twelve years of experience handling all aspects of immigration and nationality laws. He has represented numerous individual, enterpreneurs and corporate clients throughout the world. He provides consultations to corporations and individuals on immigration law issues and handles cases before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State, the Department of Labor and other government agencies. being an immigrant himself he understands the needs and concerns of immigrants and is committed to community service. His clients include business executives, research scientists, engineers, medical doctors, computer professionals, university professors, graphic designers and other professionals.For the past several years, Mr. Mehrotra has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Washington D.C. Bar Associations. He is also licenced in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.. RAKESH INTERVIEWED LIVE ON CCTV AMERICA REGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON HIGH-TECH WORKERS. (Rakesh interviewed live on CCTV America regarding President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration and its Impact on High-Tech Workers. CCTV’s US viewership is 35 million people and global audience is 1 billion, the show was also aired in Europe, Africa and South America. Click here to play on Youtube ).. .

Sharifa Abbasi is the founder and principal attorney of the Abbasi Law Firm. Her practice is centered around family-based immigration, removal defense, U visas, complex citizenship matters, and business immigration. She regularly appears before USCIS and immigration courts throughout the United States. She holds a law degree from the University of Baltimore, where she represented numerous clients in removal proceedings, while working with the Immigrant Rights Clinic. She is licensed in both the states of Virginia and Maryland.. Ms. Abbasi served as the Legal and Congressional Counselor with the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC. In this role, she frequently represented the Embassy’s legal interests before the U.S. Department of State, and managed all legal matters including detainee removal, contractual obligations, and bi-lateral agreements between Afghanistan and the U.S. During this time, she also worked as Of-Counsel for the Law Firm of Valera and Associates. She advised clients on issues involving immigration related adjudications, inadmissibility and deportability grounds, asylum applications, adjustment of status, family-based issues, family law, and citizenship processes. She then joined the HMA Law Firm.. As a first-generation immigrant herself, Ms. Abbasi has been a tireless advocate for immigrants and refugees. In addition to managing her law firm, Ms. Abbasi has dedicated numerous hours assisting and advocating for the newly arrived Afghan refugees on a pro bono basis. She has held numerous legal orientations and assisted in legal clinics where she has provided legal assistance to the Afghan refugees. She has appeared as the subject matter expert on a multitude of media outlets, including Al-Jazeera, and Voice of America. She had weekly sessions on a Dari language channel called Kabul Tv where she explained and expanded on important U.S. immigration processes for a worldwide Afghan audience. She continues to share her knowledge and expertise as a guest on several podcasts and social media channels.Ms. Abbasi is fluent in English and Dari (Farsi/Persian), and is conversational in Urdu and Spanish.

Mr. Dearson is a business, technology, and employment/immigration attorney, with substantial experience in support of small-medium businesses and international transactions. His practice focuses on assisting foreign corporations doing business in the United States, as well as domestic corporations doing business overseas.. Main areas of practice: General Counsel services, Representing High-Tech Companies, Intellectual Property (inclu. Technology Contracts, Licensing, Trademarks, Trade Secrets), Employment law (HR Law, Hiring and Firing, Payroll Law), Commercial Leasing, and Business Immigration law (aka Employment-based Immigration).. The law firm's Employment-based Immigration practice centers on Immigration planning for foreign nationals entrepreneurs and corporations, Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visas (Permanent Residency) petitions, Corporate Relocation, Consular Processing, Loss of Nationality or Renunciation of Citizenship.. Mr. Dearson has substantial experience in representing multinational corporations and individuals in matters of corporate relocations, immigration, and employment of global workforce. He frequently represents clients before the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the U.S. Department of State (DOS), both in regular and controversy petitions. He has considerable expertise in submissions of specific immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions for the benefit of multinational managers, executives, skilled professionals, investors and traders (L-1, E-1, E-2, H-1B visa categories and employment-based petitions for permanent residence) as well as loss of nationality or renunciation of U.S. citizenship petitions.. Mr. Dearson's IP transactions practice involves structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and policies related to commercial and technology matters, including IP licensing, teaming agreements, channel-partner agreements, strategic alliance agreements, development agreements, SaaS and SaaP agreements, support and maintenance agreements, resale and distribution agreements, consulting and sub-contracting agreements, as well as advising clients on privacy and data protection matters.

Brad brings over a decade of experience to the practice of law. He represents and advises clients in consumer immigration matters. Upon graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law, he served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Michael P. McWeeny and the Honorable Lorraine Nordlund of the Fairfax County Circuit Court. After clerking, Brad was a trial attorney with the Office of the Public Defender. In that role he represented clients Virginia trial courts, the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Virginia Supreme Court.. In 2012, Brad left the Public Defender’s Office to become a founding partner in the firm of Henson Pachuta & Kammerman, PLLC. In that role, he focused his attention on immigration law, representing clients in removal defense, family immigration petitions, asylum, special immigrant juvenile status petitions, and consular processing.. Brad founded Henson Immigration Law, PLLC in 2022 to focus his practice on representing clients with family based adjustment of status, consular processing, and citizenship applications. He also advises criminal defense attorneys whose clients have concerns about the effect their criminal case will have on their immigration status.

Satnam Singh is the principal lawyer in Satnam Singh, PC, and American Immigration Law Office, PLC, practicing law since 1988. Satnam is admitted to the Supreme Court of Virginia, the US Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and Federal Circuits, Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, US Tax Court, US Court of International Trade, the US Supreme Court, and the Bar Council in India. Satnam is author of Marriage to a Foreign National, Love (and a lot of paperwork) conquers all, SOLO eNewsletter, Vol. 15, No. 3, Winter 2009, ABA GP/Solo Division, and represented the petitioner in Adolfo Rendon BRACAMONTES v. Eric H. HOLDER, 675 F.3d 380 (4th Cir. 2012). He has served/serving as AILA DC Chapter’s Norfolk Liaison Chair, Member of AILA’s Field Offices Liaison Committee, Chair of several committees of ABA’s GP/SOLO Division, and Board Member and Secretary of the Virginia State Bar’s International Practice Section. His areas of immigration practice include: Litigation, Appeals, Consular Processing, Waivers, Family Immigration, Naturalization, I-9 Review and Audits, and Business Immigration. He obtained his LL.B. degree from Delhi University, India; and J.D. (Eq.), and LL.M. from William & Mary Law School, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Additionally, his past and present law practice include legal representation in the areas of Business and Corporate Law, International Law, International Transactions, Customs, Taxation, Wills, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Domestic Relations, Criminal Law, Social Security, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Contracts, and Employment/Labor Laws.. EDUCATION. College of William & Mary:Marshall-Wythe School of Law, South Henry Street, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185LL.M: Master of Laws in Taxation (May 1990)J.D. (Equivalency): Juris Doctor (Equivalency) (May 1990). Old Dominion University:School of Education, Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia 23529Ph.D. student: completed courses in Organizational Leadership and Development, Program Evaluation, Multicultural Environment, and Urban Educational Leadership, for Ph.D.(August 1986 to December 1990). San Jose State University:School of Education, 1 Washington Square, San Jose, California 95112M.A.: Master of Arts in Education [Instructional Technology] (December 1985); wrote thesis on “Perception Process and Perceptual Differences”. Delhi University:Law Center-II, Ring Road, New Delhi, IndiaLL.B.: Bachelor of Laws (May 1983). Jawaharlal Nehru University:School of International Studies, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India 110067M.Phil.: Master of Philosophy [International Politics] (May 1980)Completed 24 credits of research and course work, and wrote a thesis on “Transfer of Soviet Technology to the Third World - A Case Study of India”M.A.: Master of Arts in Politics [International Relations] (May 1977)Ph.D. student: completed 48 credits of Ph.D. degree research and course work on the thesis “Soviet Policy on Technical Cooperation with the Third World - A Case Study of South Asian Region” (July 1980 to July 1984). Delhi University:S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, Delhi University Campus, Delhi, IndiaB.Com.: Bachelor of Commerce (May 1974). ADDITIONAL EDUCATION. Postgraduate Professional DIPLOMAS in:Training Methods for Business and Industry (January 1986) from San Jose State University, San Jose, CATraining and Development (November 1984) from Indian Society for Training & Development, New Delhi, IndiaLabor Laws (August 1981) from Indian Law Institute, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, IndiaPersonnel Management & Industrial Relations (December 1980) from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi, IndiaInternational Law and Diplomacy (March 1978) from Indian Academy of International Law and Diplomacy, Scindia House, New Delhi, IndiaTourism and Hotel Management (December 1978) from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India. Attended numerous professional training programs and continuing legal education programs/seminars in the United States and India, in diverse areas, including: instructional systems development, training assessment and evaluation, behavioral science, faculty development, banking law, industrial relations, personnel management, human resources development, organizational development, international trade laws, contracts, criminal law, labor law, bankruptcy law, and immigration and nationality laws, while working in the training field in India and subsequently, while practicing law in the United States. Received Lifetime Community College Instructor Credential to teach “Government (Theory and Practice, Local and International)” from the California Community Colleges Board of Governors in 1986.. BAR ADMISSIONS. Supreme Court of the United States (10/30/1995)United States Court of Appeals for the: Federal Circuit (06/05/1997); 1st Circuit (07/01/20140; 2nd Circuit (06/11/2014); 3rd Circuit (07/14/2014); 4th Circuit (01/22/1991); 5th Circuit (01/25/2006); 6th Circuit (03/13/2006); 9th Circuit (06/10/2014); 10th Circuit (07/03/2014); and 11th Circuit (07/15/2014)United States Tax Court (06/06/1994)United States Court of International Trade (04/30/1997)United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (11/18/1994)United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (03/12/1991)Supreme Court of Virginia (11/06/1990); Virginia State Bar (10/05/1990)Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, India (03/23/1988). TEACHING/TRAINING EXPERIENCE. While working as a personnel officer in a large nationalized bank in India, from September 1977 to February 1982, regularly taught at the bank’s executive training college, as a visiting faculty. Later on, appointed full time faculty member at the college, where worked from February 1982 to July 1984. Independently designed, developed, conducted, and managed in-house training programs, ranging from one week to six weeks, for bank executives in the areas of Labor Laws, Banking Law, Contracts, Negotiable Instruments, Business Law, Human Resources Management and Development, Advanced Management, and International Transactions. Worked as Program Director of training for all Behavioral, Legal, and Management training programs. Regularly participated in developing short term and long range training plans and strategies at the corporate level, and submitted evaluation reports and recommendation to the top management. Taught American Government at the Commonwealth College in Norfolk, Virginia, from 1987 to 1988. Panel speaker in several AILA conferences.. RESEARCH & WRITING. Researched and authored more than 100 hand outs and study materials while working as a faculty member at the Staff Training College of a large bank in India; researched, authored, and submitted my M.Phil. thesis on Transfer of Soviet Technology to the Third World - A Case Study of India; researched, authored, and submitted my M.A. thesis on Perception Process and Perceptual Differences at the San Jose State University, California; and wrote hundreds of legal briefs and legal memoranda in the course of litigation in my practice areas. Satnam Singh, Marriage to a Foreign National, Love (and a lot of paperwork) conquers all, SOLO eNewsletter, Vol. 15, No. 3, Winter 2009, ABA GP/Solo Division. Adolfo Rendon BRACAMONTES v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, 675 F.3d 380 (4th Cir. 2012); Argued: December 7, 2011, Decided: March 29, 2012; petitioner’s counsel, Satnam Singh.. MEMBERSHIPS. American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; Association of American Lawyers from India; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; South Asian Lawyers Association; and Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, India.. VOLUNTARY WORKMentor for American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); Member of Pro Bono Committee of AILA; Chair/Vice Chair/Member of several committees of American Bar Association (GP/Solo: Immigration Law, International Law, Ethics); Liaison Chair for Norfolk offices of USCIS, ICE, and CBP for AILA; providing free consultation to general public in immigration matters since 1990; speaker on immigration law topics at College of William and Mary, Norfolk State University, Tidewater Community College, and local forums; supervised internships/externships for the students of William & Mary Law School and Old Dominion University; and volunteer officer of the local Civic League.

Lychelle is a successful immigration attorney, representing clients in cases before U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, the Department of State, immigration courts, and in local juvenile and circuit courts.  She specializes in family and fiance petitions, consular processing, adjustment of status, special immigrant juvenile status, naturalization, family unity waivers, Violence Against Women's Act, and some employment-based visas.