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Nash Joseph Fayad
Born:
Bshetfin, Shouf, Lebanon June 2, 1966
Admitted:
District of Columbia Court of Appeal
Education:
William & Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia(L.L.M.,2002).
Institute of States and Law/Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia (Ph.D. jurisprudence, 1998). Russian People’s Friendship
University, Moscow, Russia (BA & Master of Law with honors 1992).
Member:
District of Columbia Bar: American Bar Association; American Immigration
Lawyer Association; American Society of International Law
Languages:
Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish
Practice Areas:
DV (Lottery) Visa, Business Immigration, Family Immigration, Employment
Visas, Permanent Visas, Citizenship, Political Asylum, Deportation,
Refugee Law, Immigration Discrimination, Religious Visas, Human
Rights.
Mina Bahgat
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)
Mike West
Mike West joined Fayad and Associates in 2007 as an immigration
paralegal. Mike is a 1989 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University
with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a minor in Psychology.
Mike has also earned a certificate in Paralegal Studies from Old
Dominion University.
Mike has worked for a number of Richmond area
law firms in the areas of criminal law, domestic law, bankruptcy
law and general civil litigation. Mike has worked extensively
in the area of criminal appeals, assisting in the research and
drafting
of numerous direct appeals as well as habeas corpus petitions.
Since joining Fayad and Associates, Mike has worked on many family-based
and employment-based cases, as well as drafting motions to Immigration
Court and appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
In addition
to his legal interests, Mike has a strong passion for linguistics
and international cultural matters. Mike has a certificate
in Teaching
English as a Foreign Language and has plans to someday travel
to China to teach English. Mike has studied numerous languages
including
Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese and is proficient in
Chinese and French.
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