IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY PROFILE
Tamara Relis, Esq.
Immigration Attorney in New York, New York
RelisLawNew York, NY
Accepting New Clients
Dr. Tamara Relis is a Visa and Immigration attorney. Top-Rated Super Lawyers status to the top 2.5% Immigration Attorney. She has been a lawyer since 1998 and has repeatedly won awards for producing strategic applications involving legal research in the top 5% of hundreds of others submitted. She has represented over 100 cases …
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About the Attorney
Dr. Tamara Relis is a Visa and Immigration attorney. Top-Rated Super Lawyers status to the top 2.5% Immigration Attorney. She has been a lawyer since 1998 and has repeatedly won awards for producing strategic applications involving legal research in the top 5% of hundreds of others submitted. She has represented over 100 cases in courts as a trial lawyer (barrister/litigation), and has worked as a US Law Professor of Evidence, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, as well as a postdoctoral legal fellow at Columbia Law School and London School of Economics. She is the author of Clients' Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation…
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(Cambridge University Press 2009, 2011), which focuses on how lawyers and the legal system must improve to meet clients' needs, and The Purchase of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2017, forthcoming). At RelisLaw PLLC, we do things differently. Your situation and your needs are our prime focus, to provide you with a most positive experience in the processing of your case. Your case will be vigorously and meticulously pursued through every available avenue to enable you to enjoy the vast array of opportunities USA and North America have to offer. We assist clients, their businesses and their families located around the world, in all areas relating to visiting, working, performing, doing business, investing, claiming asylum, fighting removal, or immigrating to USA or Canada. In working with Dr. Tamara Relis and her team, you will receive not only excellence and integrity in the quality of your representation, but highly personalized, compassionate service from a team who are committed to you, your business and your loved ones. We take on only a limited number of new clients each month to enable us to care for you as part of our family, for your current visa process as well as for all of your legal needs thereafter. You will have a long-lasting relationship with us throughout your journey, with a team that truly cares about you and your life.
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Immigration Matters Handled
- Protection for people who fear persecution in their home country, including affirmative and defensive asylum.
- Petitions for spouses, children, parents and siblings of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, including adjustment of status and consular processing.
Education / Credentials / Memberships
Education
- —, University of London
Credentials
- Admitted to practice in New York (2016)
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Office & Service Areas
RelisLaw
43 West 43 Street, Suite 135, New York, NY 10036
Serving clients in New York and throughout New York.
Consultation & Fees Overview
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- Fees discussed during the consultation
- Engagement terms and scope of representation provided in writing
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