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| | Address | | Eleven Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 775 | | Washington, District of Columbia 20036 | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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(Main Office)
| Maggio & Kattar, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Immigration and Nationality Law. Business and Employment Immigration Law. | | Year Established: 1982 | Firm Profile:
Maggio & Kattar, P.C. represents individuals, corporations, and other institutions from across the nation and around the world on all matters related to United States immigration and nationality law. The firm specializes in employment-based cases for executives, scientists, physicians, computer professionals and other highly skilled foreign workers; waivers of the two-year foreign residence requirements for physicians and other exchange visitors; H-1B specialty worker, E-2 investor and L-1 international executive visas; employment certification from the Department of Labor as well as permanent resident status without labor certification or a job offer; defending corporations from charges of knowingly employing unauthorized workers; complex deportation cases, appeals, and federal immigration litigation. The firm is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 5 | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | Michael Maggio (Managing Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Georgetown University; Temple University (B.A., 1971); Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1978). Author: "Visa Arts for Visual Artists" (with J. Chehrazi) (Florida Bar Association, 2006); "A Practical Approach to Dual Representation", 26th Annual Immigration Law Update (Florida Bar Association 2005); "Practicing Immigration law Post September 11", Legal Times (2002); "Waivers for Foreign Medical Graduates in a Nutshell" (with J. Chehrazi), Immigration Options for Physicians (AILA 2004); "Matter of Ethics", Ethics in a Brave New World (AILA 2004); "Extreme Hardship For Waivers of Inadmissibility" (with S. Sivaprasad) 21st Annual Immigration Law Update (Florida Bar Association, 2000); "J-1 Waivers for Physicians -The Current State of the Art?" Immigration and Nationality Law, Advanced Practice (AILA, 1999). Co-Author: "The Truth About Immigration Lies," 20th Annual Immigration Law Update (Florida Bar Association, 1999); "Basic Ethical Issues in Labor Certification Cases", Strategic Lawyering: Guiding Business Personnel Through the Minefields Toward Permanent Residency (AILA, 1998): "Qualifying Occupations for H-1B Status," 18th Annual Immigration Law Update (Florida Bar Association, 1997); "International Medical Graduates," (with E. Quinn), Immigration Law and Procedure (Matthew Bender, 1997); "Interested Government Agency Waivers For Physicians," (with E. Quinn), Immigration Options for Doctors, Robert Aronson and George S. Newman, eds. (AILA, April 1995); "Understanding J-1 Visas: When And Why Employers Should Avoid Them," Immigration Law Reports, June, 1994; "When An Immigrant Does Not Assume the Certified Job, the 'Materiality' of Good Intentions," 1994 Immigration Law Update (New York State Bar Association, 1994); "Ethics and Grounds of Excludability - How to Resolve Common Complexities in Preparing Immigration Documents," (with E. Lichtman), Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook Vol. II Advanced Practice (AILA, 1994); "Current Options and Strategies for Obtaining J-1 Waivers," (with A. Brown), Exceptions To The Rule: Winning INA Waivers, Ellen Ma Lee, ed. (AILA 1994); "Changes in Deportation Process: Limits on Discretion," Handbook On The Immigration Act Of 1990, P. Schmidt, ed. (AILA, 1991); "Some Significant Problems in Sanctions Cases," Hiring Foreign Personnel; Immigration Problems And Solutions, D. Sabagh & A. Novick, eds., (AILA, 1988); "Trial Strategies in Immigration Judge Proceedings," Immigration & Nationality Law, Vol. II, R. Juceam & E. Rubin, eds., (AILA, 1987); Adjunct Professor, Immigration Law, American University's Washington College of Law, 1994-2003. Trustee, NLG Immigration Project. Member: District of Columbia Bar; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration and Nationality Law. Email: Michael Maggio | | —————————— | | Elizabeth A. Quinn (Associate) born Oceanside, New York, March 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1988); George Washington University (J.D., 1993). Author, "International Medical Graduates," (with M. Maggio), in Immigration Law and Procedure (Matthew Bender, 1997); "Interested Government Agency Waivers For Physicians," (with M. Maggio), Immigration Options for Doctors (AILA, April 1995). Member: Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; National Lawyers Guild. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Immigration and Nationality Law. Email: Elizabeth A. Quinn | | Andres Cayetano Benach (Associate) born Mt. Kisco, New York, July 26, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: Boston College (B.A., 1994); George Washington University (J.D., 1998). Co-Author: "Keeping Battered Noncitizens in the U.S. Until Permanent Residency," with Cyrus Menta, 77 Interpreter Releases 225 (Feb. 28, 2000). Author: "Effective Mehta Advocacy Through Private Immigration Bills," Third Annual New York Chapter Immigration Law Symposium, December 2000: "Asylum Research on the Internet: How to Get Started," Second Annual New York Chapter Immigration Law Symposium, December 1999. Director, Legislative Advocacy Efforts, New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Member: New York State Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration Law. Email: Andres Cayetano Benach | | James D. Alexander (Associate) born Columbia, Missouri, May 7, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: Northeastern University (B.A., 1991); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., 1997). Author: "HIV Waiver Under Section 212(g) for Persons Seeking Permanent Resident Status," Handbook On Waivers and Relief From Removal, AILA, 1999. Co-Author: "Options and Opportunities for Canadians to Temporarily Enter the United States," 19th Annual Immigration Law Update (Florida Bar Association, 1998). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration Law. Email: James D. Alexander | | Cora D. Tekach (Associate) born Washington, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, District of Columbia. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1984); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1991). Annual Update Editor, Immigration Act of 1990 Today. Author, "Representing Clients in Bond and Parole Matters," Waivers and Relief From Removal, AILA Handbook. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chapter President); National Lawyers Guild. Languages: Spanish and Guarani. Practice Areas: Business Immigration; Removal Proceedings; Citizenship. | | Melissa J. Frisk (Associate) born Edina, Minnesota, October 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1997); American University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Public Interest/Public Service Scholar (PIPS). Senior Editor, Sustainable Development Law & Policy, 2003-2004. Member: American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; National Lawyers Guild. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration Law. Email: Melissa J. Frisk | | Sandra A. Grossman (Associate) born Utrecht, Holland, September 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, Maryland. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: Tufts University (B.S.C., 1997); Georgetown University (J.D., 2004). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration Law. Email: Sandra A. Grossman | | John G. Nahajzer (Associate) born Kansas City, Kansas, February 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1995, District of Columbia. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., Political Theory; Italian, with honors, 1990); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., 1993). Pi Sigma Alpha. Recipient: T. Morton McDonald Scholarship. Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Croatian and Italian. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Employment Law. Email: John G. Nahajzer | | Amy R. Novick (Associate) born Paterson, New Jersey, April 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Clark University (B.A., 1978); Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1984). Recipient, AILA Edward Dubroff Memorial Writing Competition, 1984. Member, Board of Trustees, American Immigration Law Foundation, 2006—. Vice President and Member, Board of Directors, Center for Immigration Law and Practice, University of District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, 2001-2007. Member: District of Columbia Bar; American Immigration Lawyers Association; International Bar Association. Practice Areas: Immigration Law. Email: Amy R. Novick | | Thomas K. Ragland (Associate) born Lexington, Kentucky, January 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Maryland. (Not admitted in District of Columbia). Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1988); Boston College (J.D., 1994). Member: Maryland State Bar Association. |
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