Immigration Law Firms in Washington

Founding attorney, Emily Reber-Mariniello, is a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association, a “Top 40 Under 40” Nation Advocates award nominee and recipient (2016 – present), a member of the Washington State Bar Association (2010 – present) and received the Pro Bono Publico Commendation every year since being admitted to the Washington State Bar. Emily and her law firm have both received additional awards in recognition of outstanding client service and satisfaction, including "SuperLawyers Rising Star" rating; "10 Best Law Firms" Seattle, Immigration (AILC); "Top 10 Immigration Attorney" Washington (AILC); and is a "Three Best Rated" firm in Seattle for Immigration. Emily Reber-Mariniello is licensed to practice law in Washington State and permitted to practice federal law nationally. ERM offers start-to-finish family-based and employment-based immigration and citizenship services including but not limited to: Adjustment of Status (AOS), Change of Status (COS), Extension of Status (EOS), Green Cards (I-551), Advance Parole (I-512), Travel Documents, Reentry Permits (I-327), Spouse Visas (IR/CR-1, etc.), Fiancé Visas (K-1), Work Permits, Entertainers, Models, and Extraordinary Aliens Temporary Worker Visas (O, P), Trade Visas (E-1), Investor Visas (E-2), Extraordinary Alien Visas (EB-1), National Interest Waivers (“NIW”/ EB-2), Intracompany Transferees (L-1A, L-1B), Specialty Occupation (H-1B and others), Seasonal Workers (H-2B), U Visas, T Visas, VAWA, Asylum, Naturalization, Derivative Citizenship, U.S. Passports, and more. ERM Immigration Law (ERM) is responsible for the content of this advertisement and is located at 105 14th Ave, Suite 110. ERM is managed by Emily Reber-Mariniello, 206-832-2557.

I've been assisting individuals and business navigate the U.S. immigration system since 2012. I earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2005, the same year I was licensed to practice law in Idaho. I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado at Denver in 1996, receiving my degree in History. Before law school, I lived and studied in Russia and was a small business owner. I spent a year studying at St. Petersburg State University and built, operated, and managed a guest ranch in eastern Idaho. During law school I was the student government vice president, law clerk for the Ambassador for War Crimes Issues at the U.S. State Department, exchange student at Skope Law School in Macedonia, and a published student author in the Michigan State International Law Review. When not helping immigrants navigate the labyrinth of U.S. immigration law, I enjoy everything outdoors and spending time with my daughters. If I weren’t practicing immigration law, I would be a backpacking guide.

Greg McLawsen is a Washington State attorney practicing only immigration law. His practice uses technology and creativity to serve clients effectively and efficiently. Greg serves in the leadership of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and in the Washington State Bar Association where he leads the 900-member small practice section. Greg publishes nationally on a range of immigration law issues and is a regular presenter at lawyer education seminars.

Immigration attorney with a focus on family-based immigration law. I'm passionate about helping people of different backgrounds acquire legal status and pursue the American dream. As an immigrant myself, I understand how complex and intimidating the U.S. immigration system can be. I enjoy helping people resolve their immigration issues so they can focus on building their future. I live in Tacoma, Washington with my wife and two daughters. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer, spending time with my family, and working on house remodeling projects.

Lana Elliott recognizes on a personal level the steps, challenges, rewards and frequent obstacles found in the post-9/11 immigration process. With her law degrees, and being an immigrant herself, Lana has become well educated in American Immigration Law. Recognizing her unique insight into an often complex legal immigration process, Lana has devoted her law career specifically to Immigration Law. Lana practices family, asylum, and other areas of Immigration Law. She helps her clients to obtain immigrant and non-immigrant visas, green cards and citizenship. In addition to the main Spokane Valley law office in February of 2018 Elliott Law Group has opened a second office in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to serve immigrant community of North Idaho. Lana works with clients in all fifty states and world wide. She is a member of the ABA (American Bar Association) and AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association). Because of her personal experiences with the Immigration Law system, Lana has worked to develop a dedicated team of attorneys, paralegals and assistants who share the same passion for Immigration Law, so that every client’s case gets the individual attention it deserves.

As the founder of Stelmakh & Associates, Katsiaryna Stelmakh has earned a strong reputation as an immigration attorney. She has successfully represented companies and individuals in business and family immigration matters as well as deportation defence. She also advises employers on I-9 compliance and employee international relocation. Prior to founding Stelmakh Associates, Ms. Stelmakh managed business immigration practice of an international law firm with offices in Philadelphia, Moscow, Russia, and Kiev, Ukraine. While with the firm, she counseled one of the world's largest ferro-alloy and steel manufacturers on all international business personnel relocation matters and travel concerns. She also litigated international intellectual property and contractual business disputes and advised corporate clients on international business transactions. Among other matters, she represented one of the largest Ukrainian business groups in the London Court of International Arbitration in a more than $100 million contractual dispute involving shareholdings in Ukrainian energy companies. Ms. Stelmakh also worked for the World Bank in Washington, DC, where she drafted loan and grant agreements with Russia and other CIS countries -- including an $80 million loan for the Russian Hydromet Modernization Project. In addition, while with the World Bank, she did research and drafting on matters of international armed conflict and refugee law and analyzed cases of the International Criminal Court, South-African Truth & Reconciliation Commission International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and other courts. Inspired by her spirit of volunteerism and her own personal experience as an immigrant in the US who started with a student visa, Ms. Stelmakh launched her immigration law career as a volunteer for the Community Refugee and Immigration Services in Ohio where she advised Somali refugees on obtaining permanent residency and naturalization in the US. Ms. Stelmakh received her J.D. and M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures degrees from The Ohio State University. While in a nationally ranked top-tier The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Ms. Stelmakh clerked in the litigation department of a prominent Ohio firm Bailey Cavalieri LLC. In her native Belarus, Ms. Stelmakh received Masters in International Law degree summa cum laude from the Belarusian State University. She also earned a Certificate in Transnational Law from the University of Geneva - Duke Law School in Switzerland. While in Switzerland, Ms. Stelmakh visited and received lectures at the United Nations, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Committee of the Red Cross, and other international organizations. Her international law courses were taught by the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda War Crimes Tribunals Chief Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone. Ms. Stelmakh is licensed in Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is authorized to practice immigration law in any US state. She is currently a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is active in the American Business Association of Russian Professionals (AmBAR) and an international humanitarian organization Children International. Ms. Stelmakh is fluent in Russian, Belarusian and English and has a working knowledge of German and Ukrainian.