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I have extensive immigration law experience. I have helped everyone from market research analysts and farm workers to engineers and entertainers start their lives in the United States. I have litigated cases with the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and helped others fight for their lives and freedom before the Executive Office for Immigration Review aka Immigration Court. As a trial tested former public defender I understand what it means to be up against the system and I will advocate for you every step of the way.

Krystsina Kananchuk is the founder of Kananchuk Law Office, P.C., where she practices immigration law exclusively. Krystsina focuses her practice on Asylum, Citizenship and Naturalization, Humanitarian Relief, Family-based Immigration, Employment-based Immigration, Deportation and Removal Defense. She practices before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Immigration Court.. As an immigrant herself, Krystsina has a unique ability to understand the obstacles many families face when seeking to better their lives in the United States. This drives her to deliver exceptional advocacy throughout the whole immigration process and fiercely protect her client’s best interests.. Krystsina is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and DuPage Bar Association. She is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.. At Kananchuk Law Office, P.C., we understand that the pursuit of the American dream often begins with the path to legal immigration. Our dedicated immigration law firm is committed to being your trusted partner on this journey, providing unwavering support and legal guidance to individuals, families, and businesses seeking to navigate the complexities of U.S. immigration law.. We are committed to providing the very best professional legal representation and counsel in all areas of immigration and nationality law. Our firm offers a wide range of services to help you achieve your immigration goals, whether it's obtaining visas, securing legal permanent residency, seeking asylum, or defending against deportation.. Although our office is located in Illinois, our Firm represents clients in all 50 states and around the world. Our Attorney travels to various immigration offices and courts throughout the whole country to help clients with their immigration needs.

Melissa G. Shepard oversees ImmDef's Community Defense Project based out of the Santa Ana Office as well as the San Diego Office and Cross-Border Initiative. She provides universal representation in removal defense cases and represents clients before EOIR, USCIS and the Asylum Office in a variety of immigration matters including: affirmative asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitions and adjustment of status. She also represents Unaccompanied Minors before the California State Courts in Guardianship and Custody Proceedings. She conducts research on immigration implications of criminal proceedings and coordinates with legal counsel to maximize immigration protections.. She has extensive experience in complex family-based immigration cases including conditional green card waivers, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) petitions, inadmissibility waivers, I-751 waivers, asylum cases, and U visas. She has experience in citizenship and naturalization as well as marriage based green cards and represents LGBT individuals in waivers, political asylum and marriage based green card cases. She is fluent in Spanish.. Melissa has represented individuals in removal proceedings throughout the U.S. She has represented the Southern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) as an Asylum Office Liaison (2016-2018, 2022-2024) and Pro-Bono liaison (2018-2020), encouraging other attorneys to volunteer their time. She served on the AILA National Online Course and Recorded Content Review Committee (2023-2024), VAWA, U's and T visas committee (2021-2022) and the AILA National California Service Center Committee (2019 - 2020). She is a past Chair of the Orange County Bar Association's Immigration Section (2020).. Melissa has volunteered her time at the LACBA Domestic Violence Project and at community based pro-bono clinics. Melissa has volunteered to assist detained asylum seekers in immigration removal proceedings through the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, and she has represented unaccompanied children in jeopardy of being removed through Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).. Melissa earned her Juris Doctor degree from Whittier Law School where she participated in national moot court competitions and served as Clerical Justice for the Moot Court Honors Board. She also served as the President of the Hispanic American Law Students Association at Whittier Law School.. Melissa graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies. She was a member of the NCAA Division I Swimming Program and a Scholar Athlete Award Recipient.

Jinyan (Olivia) Wang, Esq. is an immigration attorney focusing on removal defense. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada and is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, New York and Ontario. As an immigrant from China, Attorney Wang has a deep understanding of the struggles of immigrant community and is dedicated to advocating for immigrant families and asylum seekers.. Attorney Wang has an expertise in waivers of unlawful presence, waivers of inadmissibilities due to criminal convictions/fraud and misrepresentation, family-based petitions, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, VAWA self petitions, adjustment of status, naturalization, response to Request for Evidence (RFE)/Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID), motions to reconsider/reopen and appeals of USCIS denials; asylum applications, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention against Torture; cancellation of removal for LPR and non-LPR, VAWA cancellation of removal, NACARA cancellaton of removal; motions to reopen removal order and appeals to Board of Immigration Appeals.. Attorney Wang can serve clients in English, Mandarin or Spanish.. Before moving to Boston, Attorney Wang clerked at the Ministry of Attorney General of Ontario. Jinyan also worked as a student attorney at Parkdale Community Legal Services, where she provided pro-bono legal services to low-income immigrants on family-reunification applications for refugees, humanitarian and compassionate applications, permanent residence applications, citizenship applications and Pre-Removal Risk Assessments (similar to Cancellation of Removal in the U.S.).. Attorney Wang was awarded the Prize in Refugee Law by the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers in 2016.

Mr. Quintana grew up in an immigrant family and saw firsthand how difficult the immigration process can be on an immigrant’s entire family. Having parents who immigrated to the United States for a better life, Mr. Quintana was keenly aware of the various opportunities being a citizen of the United States provided and worked hard so that he could give back to the community that had provided him the motivation to succeed. Mr. Quintana was the first in his family to attend University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of New Mexico. After completing his undergraduate education, Mr. Quintana dedicated himself to teaching in the bilingual school system in Madrid, Spain. After returning to the United States, Mr. Quintana attended law school at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City’s Greenwich Village. In law school, Mr. Quintana became a Public Service Scholar. He participated in the Unemployment Action Project fighting for those denied unemployment benefits. He also interned and volunteered at Catholic Charities Immigration Services for the Archdiocese of New York in Manhattan. He also interned at the Brooklyn Family Defense Project and served as a judicial intern for the Hon. Gloria Sosa-Lintner in the New York County Family Court in the Borough of Manhattan.. Finally, Mr. Quintana participated in the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, which focuses on the intersection of immigration and criminal law (crimImm). After graduating from law school, Mr. Quintana completed a post-graduate fellowship at Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services and volunteered his time at Essex-Newark Legal Services—Family Law Unit fighting for victims of Domestic Violence in divorce proceedings. During this time, after law school, Mr. Quintana applied and was admitted as an attorney at law in the States of New York and New Jersey.. Mr. Quintana then relocated to San Antonio, Texas, to dedicate himself to the practice of immigration law. It is in San Antonio that he founded his firm, now known as Quintana | Barajas. We strive to provide the kind of quality legal representation that we believe everyone should have regardless of socioeconomic status.. Admissions:. Supreme Court of New Jersey. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York in and for the First Judicial Department. Supreme Court of Texas. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Heerekar Law Firm is a national Law Firm that specializes in helping individuals and families navigate the complex and ever changing immigration laws so that they may achieve legitimate status in the United States. We recognize the sacrifices, hardships, and achievements of immigrants both past and present who have come to America seeking a better life for themselves and their families. In fact, Immigrants make America great with their blood, sweat and tears. We work passionately to keep families together and believe everyone deserves the right to live the American dream.. Hari Heerekar is an immigration attorney who has been successfully achieving asylum and securing legal residence for his clients throughout California, Texas, Nevada, Louisiana and many other states.. Before practicing in the United States, Hari Heerekar was a prominent judge in India. After moving to the U.S, he externed with Judge Mary Thornton at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles while pursuing his Master of Law from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.. Being an immigrant himself, Mr. Heerekar has a unique understanding of the challenges immigrants face in securing legal status and is passionate about helping you achieve the American Dream.

Experienced Asylum attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

JONATHAN P. MARTIN, ESQ.B.S., BUSINESS ADMIN., FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ‘11. J.D. - UA LITTLE ROCK BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW, ‘14. LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, AND THE EASTERN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS OF ARKANSAS;. ATTORNEY AD LITEM. MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION. A MIAMI NATIVE, JONATHAN GRADUATED FROM FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN 2011. HE THEN SPENT A YEAR STUDYING INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX IN COLCHESTER, ENGLAND. JONATHAN CAME BACK TO THE UNITED STATES TO STUDY LAW AT THE WILLIAM H. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WHERE HE OBTAINED HIS JURIS DOCTOR. WHILE IN LAW SCHOOL, JONATHAN SERVED AS BOTH VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE HISPANIC LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. IN 2015, JONATHAN WON ALUMNI OF THE YEAR FOR HIS WORK WITH HLSA. HIS FIRST JOB AFTER GRADUATION WAS GENERAL COUNSEL AND SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER OF A SMALL RESTAURANT CHAIN IN ARKANSAS. HE HAS ALSO TAUGHT BUSINESS LAW CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND AT UALR. IN 2016, MR. MARTIN JOINED THE MONTERREY LAW FIRM AS AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY. AS THE BILINGUAL SON OF IMMIGRANTS, HE FELT LIKE IMMIGRATION LAW WAS HIS CALLING. AFTER FORMING TRM LLP IN 2022, JONATHAN HAS CONTINUED TO PRACTICE IMMIGRATION LAW, AND HAS ADDED FAMILY LAW AND EMPLOYMENT LAW TO HIS PRACTICE.. JONATHAN PRACTICES IN THE AREAS OF IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM LAW, FAMILY LAW, CHILD CUSTODY & SUPPORT, DIVORCE, EMPLOYMENT LAW, EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, AND MORE.

Attorney Nicholle K. Pitt White has lived in Utah for most of her life. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Southern Utah University in Criminal Justice and Spanish. She lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while attending law school at Duquesne University. During her studies, she had the opportunity to study abroad in Granada, Spain and Belfast and Dublin, Ireland. Nicholle has wanted to be a lawyer for as long as she can remember. In pursuit of that goal, she began taking Spanish classes when she was eleven. She really likes being a lawyer, baking, and making bad puns.

Experienced Asylum attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.