
Practice areas: Immigration, Estate & Trust Litigation, Estate Planning & Probate; view more
Licensed in Connecticut since: 2020
Education: Western New England University School of Law
Languages spoken: English, Hindi
Details
Rachna Khanna is the founder of the Rachna Khanna Law Group. She assists the residents of Manchester, Connecticut, and New York City, New York, with their legal woes. She primarily handles cases involving immigration law (assistance with visa, employment-based immigration, green cards, citizenship, asylum, and refugee or removal proceedings), small businesses (entity formation, negotiation for buyers, and sellers and drafting owner agreements and contracts), real estate, wills, and estate planning.
An immigrant herself, Ms. Khanna is passionate about helping other immigrants pursue the most out of their opportunities. As someone who believes that everyone, regardless of their culture or ethnicity, deserves quality legal counsel, she provides adept legal services at affordable rates. Fluent in Hindi and English, she serves a diverse clientele. She ensures to help her clients navigate through the intricate legal system by keeping them informed throughout the life cycle of their case.
Ms. Khanna has a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science from the University of Delhi. Before her legal studies, she earned an M.B.A. from the University of Hartford Barney School of Business in 2011. She pursued her interest in law at the Western New England University School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree in 2017. While at law school, she made it to the dean’s list and was presented with the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for her scholastic achievements in bioethics and torts. She was also a semi-finalist in the 2016 Regional Transnational Law Meet and received the Dean’s Achievement Award for her participation in the Transnational Moot Court.
An upstanding figure in the legal community, Ms. Khanna upholds many leadership positions and memberships at notable organizations such as the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut (current president and former member of the board of directors), Mid-America Regional Council (former board member) and the India Association of Central Connecticut. Recognized for her shrewd legal acumen, she was named the “Top Attorney” by the Connecticut Magazine in 2023 and was bestowed the Anchor Award in 2022 by her alma mater, the University of Hartford.
Practice areas
Immigration: Consumer, Estate & Trust Litigation, Estate Planning & Probate, Business/CorporateFocus areas
Asylum, Business Formation and Planning, Business Organizations, Contracts, Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Limited Liability Companies, Living Wills, Naturalization & Citizenship, Partnership, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Sub-chapter S Corporations, Trusts, Will Contests, Wills
- 50% Immigration: Consumer
- 20% Estate & Trust Litigation
- 20% Estate Planning & Probate
- 10% Business/Corporate
First Admitted: 2020, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: https://rachnakhannalaw.com/khanna-rachna/
- South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut, Board of directors, 2021 – 2023.
- South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut, President, 2024 – Current
- Mid-America Regional Council, Former Board Member
- India Association of Central Connecticut, Member
- Barney’s School of Business, Board
- Glastonbury YMCA, Board of Directors, 2012
- Glastonbury Library Board, 2012
- Advisory Board of Medicare Connecticut, 2008
- CT Legal Aid, Summer 2016
- Milan Group of Connecticut
- Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple
- Engineers without Borders, USA
- Chairperson CVHTS
- Vice Chair, International Rotary for Glastonbury
- Beta Gama Sigma Honor Society at Hartford
- Armaan Charity, Nizamuddin, India
- South Windsor Green Committee, 2010
- Super Lawyers – Rising Star, 2023
- Dean’s List and Dean’s Achievement Award Transnational Moot Court, Western New England University School of Law
- Semi Finalist 2016 Regional Transnational Law Meet, Western New England University School of Law
- CALI Awards for Torts and Bioethics, Western New England University School of Law
- IAOCC – Women’s Day, 2020
- Top Attorney – Connecticut Magazine, 2023 ed.
- Anchor Award, University of Hartford, 2020
- University of Hartford, Barney School of Business, M.B.A., Honors: Beta Gama Sigma, Minor: Healthcare and Finance, 2011
- University of Delhi, B.A. in Economics and Political Science
- New Delhi Polytechnic, Textile Design Degree, 1987
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025