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I am an immigration attorney specializing in extraordinary ability green cards and marriage-based green cards. I handle green cards and visas in the following categories: EB-1A, O-1, EB-2 NIW, E-2, L-1, IR-1, CR-1, and K-1 Fiancé visas.. My firm, Shaffer Immigration Law PLLC is 100% devoted to US immigration law. My Washington, DC-based practice intentionally keeps client numbers low to ensure every individual receives the attention they deserve. Providing clients with direct access to their attorney is what sets my firm apart. Working with Shaffer Immigration Law PLLC provides peace of mind that your case is handled by a professional who lives and breathes US immigration law.

I am very proud of our work at ILG and of our firm's approval ratings.  I enjoy getting to know our clients from all around the world.  In my spare time, I enjoy being with my family, reading, gardening and travel.

Attorney Sarah B. Pitney was admitted to the Florida Bar in April of 2016, after graduating as one of the top 5 members of her class from the Florida International University College of Law. She is an associate attorney for Benach Collopy, LLP, a private immigration law firm in downtown Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on family-based immigration, asyolum, removal defense, and LGBTQ+ immigration issues.. Admissions:Florida Bar - 2016U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida - 2016District of Columbia Bar - 2017. Education:Bachelor of Arts - American University - 2010Juris Doctor - Florida International University - 2015. Membership:American Immigration Lawyers Association - 2016Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division - 2016. Awards:FIU Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic award for outstanding service in the field of immigration law - 2016

I help build new families and help keep existing families together. I’m
an immigration attorney and work with clients to bring their spouses,
fiancées, parents, siblings, or children to live with them in the United
States, and also to help family members who are already here to stay
legally. I also work with new parents to finalize the adoptions of
their foreign-born children, and represent children in our state foster
care systems who do not have documentation. I love what I do and get to
learn about new places and cultures everyday.

Meredith Jolie is a Senior Associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Maggio Kattar. She provides strategic counsel to clients on all aspects of business immigration. Her clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to multinational companies to start-ups in a variety of industries such as technology, transportation, engineering, and healthcare. She works with clients to craft plans that ensure mobility of their executives, managers, and specialized knowledge workers. Furthers, she provides skillful and meticulous guidance on all facets of nonimmigrant (or temporary work visas) and immigrant visas (or permanent residency). Meredith has represented clients before the Department of Labor, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Department of State, DHS Asylum Offices, and Federal Immigration Court.. Meredith also has extensive experience successfully representing individual clients in family-based immigration, waivers, asylum, extraordinary ability cases, and complex naturalization matters. Meredith has established herself as a hard-working and thorough attorney that clients can depend on for step-by-step navigation through the ever-changing and highly technical immigration system.. Her passion for immigration law arose out of her volunteer experiences working with children survivors of human trafficking and a genuine desire to help others. Through several non-profit organizations, she continues to provide pro bono legal services for humanitarian relief cases such as asylum and VAWA, advises at Naturalization Workshops, and also tutored students taking citizenship classes.. Meredith volunteers extensively in various roles for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). For the national AILA organization, she was selected to serve as a Member of the AILA Department of Labor (DOL) Liaison Committee (2020 to 2022), and was a speaker for AILA’s “Blanket L Practice: 2020 Update” presentation. For the Washington, D.C. Chapter of AILA, she has served as a Member of the Washington Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Liaison Committee (2021 to 2022); Washington USCIS Liaison Committee (2018 to 2020); Co-Chair of Citizenship Day Committee (2018 to 2020); Member of the DC Bar Liaison Committee (2017 to 2019); Asylum Office Liaison Committee Member (2017 to 2018); and Co-Chair of Dinner Committee (2015 to 2017). Additionally, she received the Pro Bono Service Award in September 2019 and the AILA DC Chapter award for Pro Bono / Outreach Division Person of the Year in 2019. Finally, Meredith was recognized for her work and added to the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America" list.. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester, wherein Meredith was awarded the Irene Grace Bunde Speech Award. This prestigious award is given annually to the most persuasive female speaker at the University of Rochester. Meredith obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University at Buffalo, School of Law. She is currently the Co-Chair of the D.C. Alumni Steering Committee for UB Law (2017 to 2019).

Murad handles all immigration cases. An immigrant himself, Murad has helped clients from the US and around the world get thier visa, green card and citizenship. Murad relies on the positive experiences of his clients for referrals. In addition to his work as an immigration lawyer, he teaches comparative law every other semester. Contact Murad today for help with your immigration needs.

I am a solo practitioner, thus I am doing the work on your case; not some paralegal. I also do the majority of my cases on a flat-fee basis.

Bijoux Ngwanda’s unique vision and personal experiences led to the birth of Bijoux Ngwanda Law Office, PPLC, a full-service Immigration Law firm, providing services in Family Immigration, Large and Small Business Employment Visas, Sports Visas, Investor Visas, and Deportation Defense.. As an immigrant, Bijoux had firsthand experience with the complexities and challenges navigating the U.S. Immigration system. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country ripped by civil war and political instability for the last decade, Bijoux and her family migrated to the U.S. for better opportunities. Bijoux understands that determination and endurance are essential in pursuing one’s passion in making it a reality.Her determination and endurance sets her apart from other lawyers and her life experience and unique insight into the US immigration system serves to assist others seeking legal assistance to do the same.. Bijoux’s background naturally influenced her passion to advocate for people whose voices needed to be heard. This passion led her to pursue her career in law. During law school, Bijoux worked at the Jacksonville Legal Aid Society where she helped Refugees, Parolees and Asylees with their immigration needs. This deep experience and volume of work exposed her to the complex legal procedures of the US immigration system.. After completing law school, Bijoux worked in Corporate America handling Contract disputes and working with other lawyers on various contract litigation preparation. After over 4 years in the corporate world and feeling unfulfilled, Bijoux decided to return to what she loved and is passionate about: helping people.. Bijoux moved to the DMV area to pursue her passion and start her own private practice in Immigration Law.Being fluent in numerous languages including English, French, Lingala, Kikongo as well as intermediate language skills in German and Swahili enables Bijoux to effectively communicate with so many people.Bijoux has travelled the world and has been exposed to different cultural experiences. Her love for travelling and her ability to speak multiple languages has helped her to connect with and understand clients on a much deeper cultural level.. Bijoux is licensed in the State of Kentucky, the District Of Columbia, the United States District and Banckrupcy Courts for the District of Columbia and the United States Disctrict Court for the District of Maryland.

Douglas A. Cowgill is an attorney with more than six years of experience focusing in the area of US immigration law. Previously, he worked for one of the largest immigration firms in North America, assisting individuals and corporations of all sizes with a vast array of immigration services, including nonimmigrant work visas, green cards, waivers of inadmissibility and renunciation applications.. In 2018, Attorney Cowgill opened his own legal practice focused on US immigration legal services. He frequently meets clients in person to understand the situation, advise on all available options, and work together towards achieving the client’s immigration goals. One of his primary goals is to develop meaningful relationships with his clients so that they feel confident about the attorney handling their case. He handles a wide variety of U.S. business immigration and U.S. family immigration applications, including TN visas, E-1 visas, E-2 visas, H-1B visas, L-1 visas, green cards through family sponsorship, green cards through employment, and waivers of inadmissibility.. Douglas A. Cowgill is a licensed attorney in the State of Washington in the United States, and is also licensed as a Practitioner of Foreign Law with the British Columbia Law Society. He is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and attended law school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned his Juris Doctorate in 2010.. Attorney Cowgill has firsthand knowledge of the immigration process, having immigrated to Canada from the US. He understands the level of importance that an immigration application can have both for individuals and companies conducting cross-border business. He strives to handle every case as if it were his own, understanding that a client’s matter is just as important to them as his case was to him when he immigrated to Canada.

I will help you understand your immigration rights and options.

As an immigrant myself, I practice immigration law in the United States with honor, integrity, and above all with compassion. I have years of experience representing clients before U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice in a wide variety of immigration-related areas, including immigrant and non-immigrant visa, adjustment of status, naturalization and citizenship, removal proceedings, consular processing, waiver of inadmissibility, asylum and refugee processes.