Mayabanza Sylena Bangudi
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Immigration Attorney in Laurel, MD
Laurel, MD 20707
- Immigration: Consumer (50%),
- Family Law (30%),
- Immigration: Business (10%),
- Business/Corporate (10%)
My primary areas include immigration law (business and individual), international family law, including international divorce & custody, and small business. My practice is immigrant-focused and deals with solving the problems and rising above the challenges that immigrants, their families, and their businesses face. I take a highly personalized approach to the practice of law.
My family-based immigration practice includes obtaining "green cards" - permanent residence - through family relationships, visitor and student visas, and challenging government denials of immigration petitions and applications. I provide removal defense to stop deportation for individuals in removal proceedings.
In international family law, I provide a steady hand and guiding force, while working to acheive my clients' goals and helping them put their lives back together, in courtroom litigation of highly intense international family divorce and custody and child support cases, and in international kidnapping cases. I represent clients in several Maryland circuit courts and before the Maryland appellate courts. My family law practice also includes marital property disputes - assisting clients in preparing and negotiating prenuptial/antenuptial agreements, and property settlement agreements.
In business immigration, I obtain temporary working status and permanent residence for professionals, international transfers, investors, traders, researchers, artists and athletes. I deal frequently and directly with USCIS, DOL, and Consular Agencies around the world to achieve my clients' immigration goals. I counsel my clients on global immigration issues and advise companies on general immigration policies, planning and I-9 compliance.
For small business clients, I provide full service, general, outside counsel services, from business start up, contract review, and litigation to businesses operating in Maryland. My clients include companies in the financial, retail, service, medical/health, insurance, automotive and entertainment sectors.
About Mayabanza Bangudi
Admitted: 2005, Maryland
Professional Webpage: http://www.bangudilaw.com/attorneys/mayabanzabangudi.aspx
Honors/Awards:
- Awarded for dedication to immigrant community., Maryland State Bar Association, Immigration Section, 2014
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Secretary, Washington, DC Chapter (Includes MD, DC, and VA), American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2018
- Member, National Ethics Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2017
- Treasurer, Washington, DC Chapter (Including DC, MD, VA), American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2017
- Co-chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association, DC Chapter, Annual Fall Conference Committee, 2015
- Past Chair, Immigration Section, Maryland State Bar Association, 2015
- Member, National Conference Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2014
Pro bono/Community Service:
- 2015
- Pro Bono Counsel, Kids in Need of Defense , 2015
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Presented on family-based immigration fundamentals to audience of immigration attorneys. Sponsored by Maryland State Bar Association Immigration Section., Speaker, Family-based Immigration Fundamentals, Maryland State Bar Association, 2016
- Presentation at the state bar association's conference for new solo practitioners and practicing attorneys transitioning to solo practice., Presenter, Technology Tips Every Solo Must Know, Maryland State Bar Association, 2015
- Analyzes recent penalties and fines issued to a local public school system for violating Department of Labor rules when hiring teachers under the nonimmigrant visa program, the H-1B with a focus on assisting corporate immigration counsel in advising clients and avoiding such penalties and fines., Author, Non-compliance with H-1B Rules Shakes Up Prince Georges County Schools - How to Make Sure this Does Not Happen to Your Clients, AILA-DC Fall Conference Materials, 2011
- Discusses recent changes in dealer liability for Oregon car sales. Intended audience: dealer counsel and car dealers. , Author, Why Arguing, “But He Touched It Last!” May No Longer Work in Oregon, General Motors Minority Dealers Association, 2009
- Analyzes state certificate of title laws to provide guidance for corporate automobile dealer and consumer lender counsel., Chapter Author, Compendium of State Certificate of Title Laws, American Bar Association, 2009
- Summarizing the provisions of VAWA I and II, including those provisions for battered immigrant women 6 GEO. J. GENDER L. 147-56 (2005), Foreword: Recognizing Humanity, Achieving International Gender Equality in Labor & Employment, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, 2005
Educational Background:
- Juris Doctor, Georgetown Unviersity Law Center
Industry Groups
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
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Last Updated: 5/15/2019