Immigration Attorney Washington Dc
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KAJAL MEHTA
Attorney
San Francisco, CA
(Relocating)
kajal.mehta1@gma
il.com
Career Summary
Dedicated Immigration Attorney with expertise in business, family, and humanitarian immigration law. Successfully represented clients before USCIS and immigration courts, specializing in employment-based petitions (EB-1/2/3, H-1B, L-1) and humanitarian cases (Asylum, VAWA and waivers). Prepared clients for their naturalization and adjustment interviews, and hearings while responding to RFEs, Audits and drafting motions. I am licensed in New York and am actively looking to relocate to San Francisco/Bay Area.
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi Bar Admission
New York Bar in
January 2024.
Admitted to practice
law in India by the Bar
Council of India in
December 2020.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wasserman, Mancini & Chang, PC Washington DC
Attorney July 2022 - Present
• Prepared applications for Employment based petitions including PERM EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, E-2, H-1B, P-1B, L-1A; Registrations for H- 1B lottery, LCA and petitions; Change of Status applications from B-2/J-1 to F-1; Extension of B-2 status applications.
• Compiled and worked on several Humanitarian applications including Affirmative and Defensive Asylum applications with the USCIS as well as EOIR, DACA, VAWA, I-601A waivers;
• Submitted EOIR-28, EOIR-33/IC with the court;
• Drafted motions for change of venue, motions to substitute counsel; written pleadings for EOIR;
• Extensive knowledge regarding F-1 OPT, I-9 Regulations;
• Drafted and compiled responses for Request for Evidence (RFE), Request for Information
(RFI), Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) and PERM Audit Responses;
• Drafted and filed I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion;
• Represented clients for their Master Calendar Hearings and prepared them for their individual hearings;
• Represented clients for their N-400 and I-485 interviews;
• Responded to immigration inquiries in a timely manner and adhering to submission deadlines.
The Pro Bono Project New Orleans (Remote)
Legal Research Volunteer January 2022-June 2022
• Conducted extensive research on Louisiana succession law relating to usufruct.
• Drafted a memorandum on online remote notarization in Louisiana.
• Drafted a complaint on breach of contract issue. MZD Legal Consultancy Mumbai,
India Legal Intern August- November 2022
• Drafted Terms of Use templates for web-based companies- retail, multi – brand, financial and static websites.
• Researched and drafted a memorandum on royalty rights of musicians.
• Drafted the terms in an artist manager services agreement for engagement of services of artist manager.
• Drafted a memorandum on the validity and execution of an electronic contract.
• Researched and drafted a memorandum on adopting artificial intelligence in contract management.
Khaitan & Co. Mumbai, India
Legal Intern September 2019
• Conducted due diligence by reviewing the terms in draft prospectus for the purpose of the company to get listed on the stock exchange.
• Drafted a memorandum on management and license agreement for the licensee. Education
The George
Washington University
Law School
LL.M. in Intellectual
Property Law
Washington, DC
May 2022
Pravin Gandhi College
of Law, Mumbai
University B.L.S, LL.B.
October 2020
Memberships
New York Bar
Association
AILA
Certifications
• Entertainment and
media laws,
International legal
Alliance, 2020,
Mumbai.
• Certificate course
on Intellectual
Property, World
Intellectual
Property
Organization
(WIPO), 2018,
Mumbai.
• Diploma in Cyber
Laws, Asian
School of Cyber
Laws, 2018,
Mumbai.
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