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.

Mina is a graduate of the University of Toronto and holds an Honors Degree in World Religions, History and International Relations. He is a 2003 graduate of the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and has been a member in good standing of the State Bar of Maryland since 2004.

Mina has been a practicing immigration attorney in the Virginia and Washington D.C. area since 2004.

Mina is a Nigerian-born Coptic Egyptian. Mina is a citizen of Canada. He is proficient in Arabic and French.

SUMMARY OF LEGAL LICENSURES:

• Member of the State of Maryland Bar February 2004.
• Member of the Montgomery County Bar May 2004
• In process of completing stage two for the Canadian National Conference of Accreditation program at the Upper Law Society of Canada. Preparing for the Attorney’s foreign equivalency examination with expected completion in August 2007.
• District of Columbia Bar Licensure expected approval in December 2007.
• Stage one for the Canadian National Conference of Accreditation successful passage May 2005.
• Member of Advocates International November 2004.

SUMMARY OF EDUCATION:

• Jurist Doctor with concentration in International Litigation from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Graduating class of September 2003.
• Successfully completed stage one for the Canadian National Conference of Accreditation Program at the Upper Law Society of Canada. January 2005.
• Successfully completed stage two for the Canadian National Conference of Accreditation Program at the Upper Law Society of Canada. January 2008
• Honors Degree in Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto December 2003; double major in History and World Religions, minor in International Political Science.

LEGAL EXPERTISE:

• Immigration Law with an expertise in applications and litigation of employment based non-immigrant visa petitions & applications; and employment based immigrant visa petitions & applications.
• Extensive experience in preparing and submitting applications to U.S. embassies, consulates and visa posts worldwide.
• Extensive experience in preparing and submitting L visa for intra business travel allowing movement of employees across borders.
• Manage law clerks and other client service team members on major asylum cases; family based non-immigrant visa petitions and applications, and family based immigrant visa petitions and applications.
• Litigated appellate level hearing before BIA and Federal Immigration Courts in Multiple Jurisdictions including Washington Dc, NYC, Texas and California.
• International human rights and refugee processing, with an expertise in Middle Eastern and Africa affairs; (Pro Bono)