Our Practice
Practice Areas
Focused immigration counsel — with estate planning support for our clients.
Practice Area
Immigration Law
From removal defense to family-based residence, we guide individuals and families through every stage of the U.S. immigration system with clarity and care.
Our practice is exclusively focused on immigration law. We bring extensive litigation experience before immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal — and have successfully represented asylum seekers, clients with criminal convictions, national interest waiver applicants, and immigrants of extraordinary ability.
Practice Area
Estate Planning
Thoughtful estate plans built around your family's values — from straightforward wills to comprehensive trust and incapacity planning.
We provide thoughtful estate planning services to our immigration clients — wills, revocable trusts, living wills, health care proxies, and durable powers of attorney — built around your family's values and tailored to your circumstances.
Client Reviews
Trusted by the families we serve.
Real words from clients across our immigration and estate planning practices.
Client Review
"The entire staff is very helpful, the lawyer is very professional and experienced. My case seemed critical, but with his legal advice everything turned out better than expected. God bless you, for helping change my life and my family's future."
Client Review
"From day one I had the most professional services tailored to my case. The step-by-step explanation and constant briefings made me trust and appreciate the level of importance Shifa Soressa attached to me as their client."
Client Review
"My immigration case was very complicated. Mr. Shifa guided and counseled me, treated me like family, even when the case was looking hopeless. The outcome was better than what I expected."
Client Review
"The best lawyer in New York City! Mr Soressa is an experienced lawyer and he cares a lot about his clients. If you are looking for professionalism and a positive experience, I strongly recommend the Law Office of Shifa Soressa."
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"Shifa guided and offered professional help throughout my immigration process. Today, I am a naturalized citizen. Selfless, time-efficient, empathetic — a combo when it comes to immigration matters."
Client Review
"This man is hands down the best!! Up front, honest, and no BS!! After 33 years of being in the U.S. he made sure I got my green card. I love that man!!"
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