1993
American University Washington College of Law
2002
Univ of San Francisco 2001
Located in Northern Virginia, we are a full-service law firm with two attorneys practicing exclusively immigration law, along with other attorneys practicing family law and criminal defense. Our immigration lawyers handle all types of immigration matters, including family-based and employment-based green cards, deportation, citizenship and temporary visas. Visit our website to learn more about our immigration practice, and for a wealth of free information regarding immigration law.
2007
Regent University
1999
Harvard Law School - 1964
Michael L. Kabik is a widely recognized leader in the Immigration Bar and legal community. A mentor to younger practitioners in the field, Mr. Kabik regularly directs and teaches Immigration Law Continuing Legal Education courses to other lawyers.
Mr. Kabik concentrates his practice exclusively on Immigration Law and is Chairman of the Shulman Rogers' Immigration, Nationality, and Consular Practice Group. He provides clients with a broad full-service employment-based, family-based, naturalization, and litigation immigration practice. Clients include large, medium, and small businesses engaged in the domestic and international transfer of foreign personnel, including executives, managers, and other highly skilled professionals, and those individuals of extraordinary and exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, and athletics, as well as individuals seeking to unite with family members, and those in Removal Proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Courts and appellate courts.
Mr. Kabik counsels corporate and institutional clients on the temporary employment and permanent residence sponsorship of foreign personnel. He also advises these clients with respect to compliance with other federal immigration laws including those relating to I-9 compliance/employer sanctions and the myriad effects of corporate restructuring on the employment and sponsorship of foreign personnel. Counsel is also provided to educational institutions with respect to the unique issues related to employment of foreign academics and scholars and enrollment of foreign students.
Representation is provided to clients across many industries including: High Tech, Life Sciences, Medical & Health Care, Education, Hospitality & Restaurant, Service, Entertainment & Arts, Athletics, Telecommunications, Import/Export, Finance, Consulting, Manufacturing, Advertising, and Marketing. In particular, Mr. Kabik works with entrepreneurs and start-up companies in the Technology and Life Sciences arenas and is familiar with the specialized and unique immigration legal issues these companies face as they enter the U.S. market and develop.
Mr. Kabik has been widely recognized by his peers as among the most highly regarded attorneys in the field of Immigration Law. He has been selected to both the Maryland and Washington D.C. Super Lawyers listings, as well as being named in the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition. This rigorous peer nomination and evaluation process, based on peer recognition and professional achievement, places Mr. Kabik in the top five percent of attorneys practicing in the field of Immigration Law.
Mr. Kabik has completed four consecutive terms as Chair of the Immigration Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County Maryland and in 2001 was a recipient of the Outstanding Section Chair of the Year Award. He is also active in other national and local bar associations. Mr. Kabik has been very involved in the American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice, holding several leadership positions including Vice Chair of the International Law and Practice Section's Immigration and Nationality Committee. He is active in the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, having served as Co-Chair of its Young Lawyers Division and Co-Chair of its Immigration Ethics Committee. Mr. Kabik is also a member of the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association and served on its Board of Directors from 1995 through 2008. A strong supporter of adult literacy in our community, Mr. Kabik is proud to serve on the Board of Directors of the Literacy Council of Montgomery County, Maryland.
Mr. Kabik regularly mentors and teaches other lawyers in the field of Immigration Law. He directed the highly acclaimed MICPEL Maryland Continuing Legal Education courses "The Nuts and Bolts of Immigration Practice Series." He is also a regular speaker to nonlegal audiences on a variety of immigration-related topics. Mr. Kabik is sought after in the local media as an authority on Immigration Law. He has appeared as a featured legal guest on radio and internet broadcasts including Washington Post Radio and Washington Business Radio as well as on television commenting on a broad range of immigration issues affecting the business and immigrant communities. Mr. Kabik has authored and edited numerous published articles. He has also been qualified and has testified as an Expert Witness on Immigration and Nationality Law before the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission as well as the Circuit Court of Maryland for Montgomery County.
Mr. Kabik is also Shulman Rogers’ Managing Representative to the Lawrope International Group of Lawyers, an integrated organization of leading independent mid-sized business law firms headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, concentrating on both domestic and cross-border matters and working together to provide seamless client-focused international legal services. Lawrope member firms are predominantly based in Europe in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Outside of Europe, Lawrope has member firms in Brazil, India, Mexico, and the United States. One of two U.S. law firm members of Lawrope, Shulman Rogers was the first U.S. law firm elected to Lawrope along with a second U.S. law firm based on the West coast in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Kabik was instrumental in establishing Shulman Rogers as Lawrope’s first U.S.-based member and he presently serves as the Firm’s liaison to Lawrope and manages all aspects of Shulman Rogers’ relationships with other Lawrope member firms. He serves on several Lawrope committees and regularly participates in Lawrope meetings with members of other Lawrope firms both in Europe and via video conference.
Admitted to practice Immigration and Nationality Law throughout the United States, Mr. Kabik regularly represents domestic and foreign corporations, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, individuals, and families before the Department of Homeland Security (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection), the Department of Labor, the Department of State, and the U.S. Immigration Courts across the Nation, as well as before U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad.
1995
Temple University + George Washington University
The Law Office of Luba Seliavski, PLLC offers comprehensive immigration law solutions for U.S. and multinational companies seeking to employ foreign workers in the U.S. as well as individuals seeking to obtain immigration benefits through investment in the U.S. or through familial relationships. The firm offers highly efficient legal services by an attorney with ten years of immigration law experience and exceptional client services.
2004
Capital University Law School
2005
Samford University
We handle a vareity of immigration and naturalization matters nationwide.
2002
Washington University
Practicing immigration & nationality law only. Alexandria office is conveniently located just off I-395 and has ample free parking.
I have a Spanish-speaking translator whose services, if needed, are included in the cost of legal fees for the Alexandria location. We are proud to announce the opening of a second office in East Providence, RI (www.immigrationprovidence.com).
2008
American University/WCL
1999
George Mason
2004
Washington University
1987