Nash Joseph Fayad is the Founder and President of Fayad and Associates. Nash Fayad was born on June 2, 1966 in Bshetfin, Shouf, Lebanon, the oldest of three children. 

In 1986, Mr. Fayad earned a scholarship to the prestigious Russian People's Friendship University in Moscow, Russia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts & Master of Laws Degrees with Honors in 1992.  

From 1992 to 1998, he attended the Institute of States and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and in June of 1998, he received his PhD in Jurisprudence with Honors from the Academy with a specialty in International Human Rights Law.

While enrolled in his Ph.D. program, Mr. Fayad clerked for Vladimir Kartashkin, the Chairman of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Committee and co-editor of "Human Rights for the 21^st Century."  

In 1998, Mr. Fayad immigrated to the United States.  In 2006, Mr. Fayad was sworn in as a proud United States citizen.

Mina joined Fayad & Associates in 2007. Mina’s immigration practice includes family-based and employment-based immigration law matters, as well as asylum, TPS, NACARA, and other deportation defense related matters.

Mina is strongly committed to the cause of human rights and has worked with prominent law firms and organizations dedicated to the advancement and protection of human rights throughout the world.

Mina was interviewed as an expert on the refugee crisis in Iraq by BBC World Television, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, and CBS’s 60 Minutes.