Practice/Organization Description
New York Immigration and Employment Discrimination Attorney at the Law Office of Alena Shautsova
New York Immigration attorney helping with adjustment of status, cancellation of removal for permanent residents, cancellation of removal for non-permanent residents; TPS status, EWI entry; Waiver of inadmissibility; I-601 waiver, I-212 waiver, missed TPS re-registration
Immigration attorney helping with green cards, appeals of denial of family petitions;
Immigration attorney US visiting detained by the ICE immigrants; helping with deportation and removal proceedings;
Attorney immigration US filing petition for review in Federal court;
Immigration attorney NYC helping with Immigration bond, Immigration hold, ICE, DHS, Immigration court
NY Immigration lawyer representing immigrants at the Master and Individual hearings
New York immigration lawyer helping with immigration deadlines, RFE, employment visas, tourist visas
Immigration attorney US helping with citizenship application, good moral character for citizenship, criminal convictions while applying for citizenship, arrests without convictions for citizenship, prostitution charges before citizenship application, DUI before citizenship application, shoplifting, assault, drug convictions, fraud convictions;
Russian speaking lawyer helping immigrants in the US
Brooklyn Immigration attorney helping immigrants with criminal convictions
NYC immigration lawyer serving immigrants with inadmissibility questions
Brooklyn lawyer helping conditional residents to remove conditions
NY immigration lawyers helping with VAWA petition, domestic violence victims, status based on VAWA cancellation of removal; adjustment of status based on VAWA;
Immigration lawyer ny helping abused women with no status, without legal entry
Russian speaking attorney US serving Brooklyn
New York Russian speaking attorney helping with I-485, I-130, affidavits of support, joint sponsors,
Federal court representation;
Discrimination of Immigrants at work; immigrants’ rights, domestic workers rights; unpaid overtime; Federal lawsuits; minimum wage; sexual discrimination; sexual harassment; representation before the EEOC; representation before the New York State Division of Human Rights;
"Helping non US citizens to overcome Immigration challenges"
Drafted Proposed Rules of Conduct for Immigration Attorneys in New York (member of the Special Committee on Immigration Representation of the NYSBA)
ABA YLD District Representative of New York, 4th District
Co-chair of the NYSBA YLS Bridging the Gap 2013 program: the largest CLE class for young lawyers in NY
Chair of the ABA Section of International Law Section program during the 2012 Midyear meeting
Chair of NYSBA YLS CLE Program during the NYSBA Annual Meeting
Specialties
Asylum
the NOID
Notice of Intent to Deny
601 Waiver
212 Waiver
Cancellation of Removal
Overcoming Immigration challenges due to Criminal Convictions/record
Family-Based Immigration
Deportation
Removal
Appeals
Federal Litigation
Naturalization and Derivative Citizenship
Deportation and Removal Defense
Civil Rights
Employment Discrimination
Unpaid overtime
Unpaid minimum wage
Domestic workers abuse
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Appeared in the New York Law Journal; the New York State Bar Association State Bar News, the Nassau County Bar Association News, the New York Magazine; Daily News; New York Post; the Huffington Post; NTV America; RNTV; Russian Radio 87.7
Professional Associations & Memberships
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association
Admitted to practice law in the United States in 2008
Member of the American Bar Association
Member of the New York State Bar Association
Member of the Nassau County Bar Association
Co-Liaison to the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association
2011-2013 American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division District Representative for the 4th District, New York
Member of the Special Committee on Immigration Representation of the New York State Bar Association
Coordinator of Disaster Legal Services for the State of New York under ABA YLD and FEMA contract
Co-Liaison from the Young Lawyers Section to The International Law Section of the New York State Bar Association