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The interests of my clients are foremost in my approach to each case. My goal is how to best represent the interest of my client in a cost-effective and efficient manner, so that unnecessary delays and costly mistakes are eliminated. Clients trust me with their cases, and I do my best to justify their trust. I am dedicated to solving problems of all sorts for my clients. I have done so for over seventeen years.

The Law Office of Elana Thibault is devoted to immigration and family law matters, including appeals. Licensed in Florida and California, Attorney Thibault has successfully rerpresented her clients in state and federal courts, before the USCIS, National Visa Center, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Attorney is also admitted to practice before the Fifth Curcuit Court of Appeals.

Maleeha Haq has represented clients from all over the world in family and business immigration matters. She has successfully litigated asylum, adjustment of status, and cancellation of removal cases involving complex issues and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. She has argued and won cases before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  A former immigrant herself, Ms. Haq is intimately familiar with the issues that can arise and hinder an immigrant family's future in the United States. Her dedication and commitment to the immigrant community and passion for immigration law is also demonstrated through her extensive pro bono work, for which she was awarded the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services by the State Bar of California. Ms. Haq received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2007. She is fluent in Urdu (written and spoken), Hindi (spoken), Punjabi (spoken). The Haq Law team also speaks Spanish (written and spoken).

I am a founding member of the Law Firm of Khalaf & Abuzir, LLC. I have been practicing primarily immigration law for more than 18 years covering all aspects of immigration law, with a particular concentration on litigation in Federal District Court and matters that come before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Court). I hold a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.. I have represented clients in or facing deportation and/or removal proceedings due to a wide variety of circumstances. I have also represented hundreds of clients seeking some form of immigrant or non-immigrant status or relief from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. I am a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Assocation and member of the the Illinois State Bar and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. I am fluent in English, Arabic and Spanish.

William Schiller represents individuals, corporate, and university clients in a broad array of immigration matters. Many of the clients he represents are professors, researchers, scientists and post-doctoral scholars who apply for permanent residence as outstanding researchers and professors, and via national interest waiver and extraordinary ability immigration petitions. In addition, Wiliam's law practice involves the representation of highly-skilled professionals and individuals in a wide range of non-immigrant visa matters, as well as family-based immigration involving applications for permanent residence in the United States, asylum matters, removal, naturalization, consular processing, and other complex areas of immigration law.. As universities, medical centers, international students, faculty and postdoctoral scholars face increasingly complex and evolving immigration policies, William also leads Hinshaw’s Higher Education Immigration Team.. William lectures and publishes extensively on immigration law, and his client base is national and worldwide. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches a senior-level course on international human rights and U.S. refugee law.

I am a partner in the immigration and nationality law practice of Davidson & Seseri, LLC. It was my own immigration to the United States as a ten-year-old child, and my experience as my husband's immigration sponsor that attracted me towards a career in immigration defense.. I joined Davidson and Schiller as a case manager in 2009 and stayed on as an attorney following my graduation from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2010. In February 2017, I had the great privilege of creating a new legal practice alongside my long-time colleague and mentor, Mark Davidson.. As an attorney with Davidson and Seseri, I concentrate on family based immigration, removal defense, and asylum. Additionally, I have extensive experience with Religious Worker petitions, VAWA, U visa, J-1 waivers and INA 212(e) issues, Waivers of Inadmissibility, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.. Outside of work, I love to spend time with my husband, daughters, and extended family.

Kelli A. Fennell is an Partner at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. She concentrates her practice in the areas of immigration and nationality matters. These include family-based immigration issues, naturalization, asylum, U visa, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival applications. Ms. Fennell represents clients in removal proceedings before the Department of Homeland Security, including clients with various criminal issues. Her practice also encompasses a wide breadth of business-related immigration topics, including nonimmigrant work visas, and employment based permanent residence applications.. Ms. Fennell currently serves as a co-chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Advocacy Committee.  She previously served as a co-chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee. She has provided volunteer services to women and children refugees detained in Dilley, Texas through the CARA Probono Project and is an advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

Trusted and compassionate pro bono and public interest attorney with extensive leadership experience on access to justice issues for immigrants and consumers over two decades. Excel at listening and crafting strategy in sensitive and intricate cases across family immigration, consular practice, removal defense, and refugee and asylum law. I started my immigration practice out of necessity during law school as a limited-means and first-generation college student in immigration proceedings, confronting significant and unexplained delays. As a previous international student and international worker in three countries, I am committed to humane global migration.

Customized U.S. immigration and visa representation for businesses, individuals and families (fiancé(e)/marriage). Temporary work visas; Green cards; U.S. citizenship; Asylum; I-9 compliance; Deportation defense; Immigration litigation in federal court. Michael is an elected director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Board of Governors and is a past Chair of the AILA Chicago Chapter.

Kendra H.M. Scheuerlein is a Partner with Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. She concentrates her practice in the areas of immigration and nationality matters. These include family-based immigration issues, waivers, naturalization, asylum, consular processing, and appeals. Ms. Scheuerlein represents clients in removal proceedings before the Department of Homeland Security, including clients with various criminal issues.. Ms. Scheuerlein is the vice president of the executive board for Centro Romero, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the immigrant community in Chicago. She is also active in the Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, serving as a member and co-chair of various committees since her graduation from the DePaul University College of Law in May 2013. Ms. Scheuerlein is dedicated to serving her community, regularly speaking at Know Your Rights and other community presentations. In her free time, she is an avid yoga practitioner and rescue dog lover.

Nancy M. Vizer concentrates her practice in immigration law. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association., where she has served on several committees.  Her mission as an attorney is to provide employment and family sponsored immigration, with personalized service, to clients worldwide.. Ms. Vizer has experience in most aspects of immigration law, and is a frequent speaker about immigration topics at community and legal events. She has prepared and submitted numerous applications for business-related visas for immigrants and nonimmigrants. Her clients have included both small and large business enterprises in many fields, including universities, high tech, hospitality, marketing and healthcare. She has also assisted many clients to sponsor family members for permanent residence.. In addition to her law degree, Ms. Vizer has a masters in business administration, which assists her in understanding and working with the unique needs of her corporate clients.. As an immigration attorney licensed in Illinois and Virginia, Ms. Vizer is authorized to represent clients anywhere in the United States and internationally.

Giovanna Valdez is a founding partner of Valdez & Vilim, LLP and of her prior firm, Valdez Vilim & Wunrow, LLP. She focuses her practice in the area of immigration and nationality law, including family-based immigration, humanitarian immigration (asylum, VAWA, U Visas, T Visas and SIJS), naturalization, immigration appeals, and removal defense. She represents clients with cases before the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and the Department of Justice. She was selected to the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Illinois Rising Star List by Super Lawyers.. Ms. Valdez is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) where she served as the co-chair of the USCIS District Director committee and Ethics committee. As District Director co-chair, Ms. Valdez spoke at the 2018 Fall Family and Removal Conference and the 2019 AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law. Ms. Valdez is also on the board of directors for Latinos Progressando, a nonprofit organization in Chicago.. In law school, Ms. Valdez was an active member of the Society of Asylum and Immigration Law. In addition, for three years she was a volunteer student attorney at the DePaul College of Law Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic focusing on Removal Defense and U non-immigrant visas. Throughout law school, Ms. Valdez interned for influential Chicago non-profit organizations providing immigration services for underserved communities.. Prior to co-founding Valdez Vilim & Wunrow, Ms. Valdez practiced immigration law at a private firm in Chicago for 5 years. Ms. Valdez received her B.A. in Marketing with a Concentration in Professional Sales from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She earned her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law with a certificate in Public Interest Law. Ms. Valdez is fluent in Spanish and is admitted to practice law in Illinois.