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12 distinguished immigration law attorneys in Virginia, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Bhanu Ilindra

Immigration Law

1037 Sterling Rd, Herndon, VA 20170, USA

Bhanu B. Ilindra is an immigration attorney listed by BBI Law Group in Herndon, Virginia, with a background particularly focused on business immigration. His professional experience includes corporate counsel work and associate positions with immigration law firms in Virginia and New Jersey. In his corporate counsel work, Ilindra participated in business immigration matters involving U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, state work agencies and U.S. consulates abroad. His associate experience extended beyond business immigration to family immigration and immigration litigation. That work included asylum matters, Convention Against Torture cases, removal proceedings and matters before the Board of Immigration Appeals. He earned a Master of Laws degree from the University of Iowa, and his BBI biography records admission to practice in New York. BBI Law Group describes its work as representing clients around the world in inbound and outbound immigration matters. The firm serves both individuals with immigration needs and companies with global business immigration needs. Its Herndon office is listed at 12901 Worldgate Drive, Suite 540. The firm also advertises employment-based immigration and naturalization services, along with nonimmigrant visa services. These are descriptions of BBI’s broader services, distinct from Ilindra’s documented experience as corporate counsel and an associate.

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Eduardo Justo de Pomar

Eduardo Justo de Pomar

Featured Lawyer

Immigration Law

57 S Main St, Suite 304, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Eduardo did his BA in Social Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico, and then moved to law school at the Interamerican University Law School in Puerto Rico. He worked full time in the family business while studying. Once he graduated law school, he moved to Los Angeles CA to work under contract for various law firms. Years later he relocated to Virginia in 2004 and opened his office JDP Immigration PC on August of 2005. He has written two books for Spanish speaking immigrants to assist them in the transition from their country of origin to USA. He has a weekly newspaper column, full page, at the newspaper "Horizontes" in Virginia, that is distributed all around Virginia, parts of Maryland and West Virginia. He has been interviewed in various local radio shows as well as TV News programs in matters of immigration. Eduardo speaks perfect Spanish, some Italian and a little French. His hobby, besides work, is learning new languages and is now trying Russian.

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Ekaterina Huff

Immigration Law

11815 Fountain Way, Ste. 300, Newport News, VA 23606

Attorney Ekaterina Huff is an immigration lawyer with substantial experience handling all greencard, visa, and naturalization matters. Notably, Ekaterina passed the bar exam after completing just one year of law school studies in the United States. Early in her legal career, she held an internship at Yoon & Huff, PLLC where she gained various hands-on experience with the firm’s immigration matters. Today, Ekaterina is an immigration attorney and co-founder of Huff Law where she provides diligent and meticulous representation on all U.S. immigration matters. She focuses her practice solely in U.S. immigration law. Since U.S. immigration law is federal law, she is able to handle U.S. immigration cases from any state or country in the world. She has represented foreign national clients from many countries throughout the world. Ekaterina is known for her experience handling complex greencard, visa, and naturalization cases.

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Haider Semaisim

Haider Semaisim

Distinguished Lawyer

Immigration Law

6066 Leesburg Pike #320, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA

Semaisim Immigration Law Office, PLLC, was created by Haider Semaisim. Haider's legal path began in 2012 in Iraq, starting with criminal and divorce law. Then, in 2014, he came to the United States. Shortly after arriving, Haider enrolled at FXUA, earning a Master's in Applied Linguistics. Continuing, he attended George Mason's Scalia Law School and took the California state bar, where he is currently licensed. Haider knows through first and second-hand experience that immigration is not an easy path, which is what inspired Semaisim Immigration Law Office after he got his license in 2021. SILO's mission is to translate the legalities of immigration to the client, making the options and choices transparent, clear, and known while ensuring those represented are well-informed and treated with respect.

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Jackie Kammerman

Immigration Law

3541 Chain Bridge Rd ste 208, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

Jackie Kammerman is listed as a partner of Pachuta & Kammerman, PLLC in Fairfax, Virginia, and her legal background centers on immigration. The firm uses the name Jackie Bliss Kammerman; California’s attorney register identifies her as Jacquelyn Denise Bliss Kammerman at the same Fairfax firm. Detention-related work was part of her time at the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition in Washington, D.C., where she worked between 2003 and 2009. She represented immigrants facing removal and mentored volunteer attorneys representing detained immigrants. Visits to detention centers in Virginia and Maryland were another part of that work: she gave Know Your Rights presentations there. Her years at the coalition included a Baker & McKenzie Equal Justice Works Fellowship from 2007 to 2009. An associate position at Montagut & Sobral P.C. followed, with Kammerman practicing immigration law there from 2009 until 2014. Her firm biography highlights removal defense and the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Beyond those matters, it lists conference teaching for the American Immigration Lawyers Association and local bar associations. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. at American University’s Washington College of Law. The firm describes Kammerman as a member of the Maryland and California bars. California’s register records her admission on December 11, 2007, but lists her license there as inactive, effective January 10, 2019.

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Janet A. Escobar

Janet A. Escobar

Distinguished Lawyer

Immigration Law

7010 Little River Turnpike suite 240, Annandale, VA 22003, USA

Attorney Janet found herself drawn to the field of law at a very young age. Seeing injustices within the legal system fueled her passion to pursue a career in law. Over the years, Janet has had the privilege of working with a number of well-respected judges and highly experienced lawyers who helped her to perfect her knowledge of the law and to become a successful attorney. Janet is an individual who has a heart of gold. She cares for her clients and strives to provide all the assistance that they need to w

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Lysandra Pachuta

Immigration Law

3541 Chain Bridge Rd ste 208, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

Lysandra Pachuta is an attorney and partner at Pachuta & Kammerman, PLLC in Fairfax, Virginia, whose work includes immigration matters and whose background includes criminal defense. Her representation has included matters in state courts, immigration courts, and before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The firm’s joint partner profile identifies family immigration, waivers, special immigrant juvenile visas, and deportation defense as areas of work shared by Pachuta and Jackie Bliss Kammerman. Pachuta began her post-law-school career at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, focusing on forensic science issues. She later served as a trial attorney with the Office of the Public Defender for Fairfax. In that position, she represented hundreds of clients through different stages of litigation, including bench trials and jury trials. Her professional background thus includes both public defense work and immigration representation. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pachuta grew up in West Virginia and returned to Pittsburgh to attend Robert Morris University. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communication and business, graduating summa cum laude. She then received her law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law, graduating cum laude. Pachuta is a member of the Virginia bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is also proficient in Spanish. Her firm maintains its Fairfax office on Chain Bridge Road.

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Maken Mashhour

Maken Mashhour

Distinguished Lawyer

Immigration Law

11710 Plaza America Dr, Reston, VA 20190, USA

With over a decade of experience in the field of immigration law, Maken has dedicated their career to helping individuals, families, and businesses navigate the complex landscape of immigration in both Canada and the United States. Starting his professional journey as a Canadian Immigration Consultant in 2011, Maken quickly gained a reputation for providing clear, compassionate guidance to clients. In 2018, Maken expanded expertise into U.S. immigration law, becoming a licensed U.S. Immigration Lawyer, and since then has worked tirelessly to assist clients with a wide range of immigration matters. Throughout his career, Maken has had the privilege of representing both private individuals and prominent, internationally recognized companies in their immigration matters. Whether it's family-based petitions, asylum cases, visa applications, or complex waiver requests, Maken has consistently delivered exceptional results.

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Prashant Dubey

Prashant Dubey

Distinguished Lawyer

Immigration Law

2121 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 1406, Alexandria, VA 22314

Mr. Prashant Rajendra Dubey is an attorney offering legal services in Business & Tax and Immigration law matters. His family is settled in Richmond, VA, while he maintains his residence and law practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Dubey has been practicing Immigration Law for 5 years, with significant experience in family- and employment- based immigration, as well as extensive expertise with Federal Immigration Litigation over delayed immigration benefits. In 2023, Dubey Law Office, PLLC was recognized as a Top 10 Immigration Law Firm by Silicon India .

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Santosh R. Somi Reddy

Santosh R. Somi Reddy

Distinguished Lawyer

Immigration Law

20745 Williamsport Place, STE 390, Ashburn, VA 20147

Having immigrated as an international student to the United States in order to pursue a master’s degree in engineering and having been employed with a large firm as the only OPT and H-1B visa holder. Based on my personal experience, I understand the challenges that immigrants and their employers face while navigating the legal system within the United States. After realizing that most of the legal issues can be effectively resolved by a clear understanding of the cultural and legal issues immigrants face, I attended Law School with the intent of implementing my realization. The firm was formed with an understanding of the needs of the immigrants and the businesses. Our goal is to serve the community by offering a one-stop solution for all their legal needs while providing the best quality of service at a reasonable cost by making the best use of technology. While we started as an immigration law firm, we have expanded into other areas of law after obtaining various state licenses. Unlike a traditional immigration law firm, we handle all sorts of DOL/USCIS audits, Wage and Hour claims, contract drafting, collection matters, wage theft matters, family law matters, personal injury cases, criminal cases, Wills & Trusts and real estate matters. As of today, we are proud to state that our team is licensed to practice in the highest courts of at least 16 states and a few federal courts. Our multijurisdictional practice, compounded with our multiple office locations, makes our firm truly a one-stop legal shop for our clients. ​

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Yuliya Veremiyenko-Campos

Immigration Law

150 Riverside Pkwy suite 115, Fredericksburg, VA 22406, USA

Yuliya Veremiyenko-Campos, Esq. is the managing attorney and founder of YVC Legal®, a distinguished law firm specializing in business immigration law. With significant experience advising U.S. companies, multinational corporations, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide, Ms. Veremiyenko-Campos is highly qualified in Employment-Based Immigrant Petitions (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-5), Nonimmigrant Visa Petitions (L-1, H-1B, E-2), Adjustment of Status, and Consular Processing. Passionate about immigration law, Ms. Veremiyenko-Campos is dedicated to providing exceptional legal assistance to her clients. She possesses an in-depth understanding of the complexities of immigration matters and is committed to achieving the best outcomes for her clients. Ms. Veremiyenko-Campos holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. She also earned a Master's Degree in International Law and a Bachelor's Degree in International Law from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. She is licensed to practice law in New York and Maryland, as well as the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Additionally, she is authorized to practice law in Ukraine. Actively engaged in her field, Ms. Veremiyenko-Campos maintains memberships with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). By staying current on changes in immigration law and adhering to best practices, she ensures her clients receive the most effective and up-to-date legal representation. Ms. Veremiyenko-Campos is fluent in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.

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