Melissa Jane Chavin

Now located in Kensington, London, UK. Specializing in consular processing for marriage based immigration (green cards), investment in the US (E-2 and EB-5), multi-national business managers and specialists (L visas), waiver and citizenship applications.

University of Pennsylvania

B.A. | Russian

American University Washington College of Law

Visiting Student, Law

1993 - 1994

University of Connecticut School of Law

JD (1994) | Law

1991 - 1993

Honors: Silberberg Scholarship

University of Pennsylvania

M.A. | Russian Language & Literature

Principal Attorney

Chavin Immigration Law Office

2006 - Current

Associate Attorney

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP

1998 - 1999

Associate Attorney

Clifford Chance

1996 - 1998

Moscow Office

Resident Legal Adviser

The Urban Institute

1994 - 1995

Moscow Office

Global Migration & Legal Ethics Podcast

American Immigration Lawyers Association

July, 2014

Fishing for Clients with Social Media without Sinking Your Boat (Podcast)

American Immigration Lawyers Association

February, 2014

'Ambulance Chasing' on Twitter?

Immigration Practice News Vol 3 Issue 1 American Immigration Lawyers Association

2011

New York State Bar  # 2697076

Member

1995 - Current

AILA Rome District Chapter Ethics Committee

Chair

2014 - 2015

AILA Ethics Committee

Member

2013 - 2015

AILA Rome District Chapter Ethics Committee

Member

2012 - 2013

American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chiago Chapter

Co-Chair, Ethics Committee

2009 - 2012

Connecticut

Since 1999

New York

Since 1995

• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Initial consultations via phone, Skype, or email: £160, $230 or 195 EUR.