Ms. Elif Keles
Law Offices of Carl Shusterman
Suite 1550
600 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
USA
(213) 623-4592
For more than 30 years, the Law Offices of Carl Shusterman has helped over 20,000 people in obtaining temporary work visas, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship. We defend individuals in removal hearings, litigate immigration cases in the Federal Courts, and one of our cases is currently pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. We assist our corporate clients in complying with I-9 and E-Verify laws and conduct internal audits to insure compliance with documentary and anti-discrimination statutes.
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About Attorney Keles
Ms. Keles has practiced law with prominent New York City immigration firms. Among the Fortune 500 companies she has represented are Lehman Brothers and Smith Barney. She has practiced immigration law for the Law Offices of Carl Shusterman for over 15 years.
Ms. Keles specializes in deportation defense and federal litigation. She has successfully represented hundreds of immigrants in Immigration Court, before the Board of Immigration Appeals and in Federal Court. She has traveled across the United States defending persons who the government sought to deport. She has also successfully represented clients not only in deportation proceedings, but in derivative citizenship, naturalization, family and employment-based immigration matters.
Ms. Keles is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second, Seventh and Ninth Circuits. She wrote the appeal briefs in our landmark victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Schneider v. Chertoff, 450 F.3d 944 (9 Cir. 2006). This case successfully challenged the government’s restrictive regulations regarding National Interest Waivers for foreign-born International Medical Graduates.
7 Attorneys with 100+ Years of Experience
Widely recognized as one of the most prestigious firms in the U.S., the Law Offices of Carl Shusterman, established in 1982 by former INS Trial Attorney Carl Shusterman, specializes exclusively in immigration law. Our seven attorneys, most of whom are immigrants themselves, have a combined total of well over 100 years of immigration law experience.
We Represent Corporate and Individual Clients
We represent both individual and corporate clients in all 50 states and in dozens of countries around the world. Mr. Shusterman has testified as an expert witness before Congress and our 7 attorneys have received numerous awards over the years.
What Our Fellow Attorneys Think About Us
Our attorneys have held prestigious posts in the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the California State Bar, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and have been recognized by numerous attorneys nationwide. Read what other attorneys have to say about us.
In the Media
Our attorneys are frequent writers and lecturers on immigration law. They have been quoted in such prestigious publications as the New York Times, Washington Post, Canada’s Globe and Mail, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, National Law Journal, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, JAMA, Atlantic Monthly, Computer World, Variety, and numerous other publications. They have appeared on numerous television programs including NBC’s Today Show, CNN’s Headline News, Good Morning America and on a wide variety of nationally syndicated radio shows.
For More Information
Our websites are standard resources for clients and other immigration attorneys:
English- http://www.shusterman.com/
Español- http://www.inmigracion-abogado.com/
You can also follow us on:
Newsletter (“Shusterman’s Immigration Update”)
Google Plus (“Immigration Forum”)
1996
Law School
New York Law School
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Types of Cases Handled
- Adoption
- Asylum & Protection
- Business & Employment
- Consular Processing
- Deferred Action (DACA and DAPA)
- Deportation - Removal
- Employer Sanctions
- Family
- General
- Health Care Related Professionals
- Investor
- Litigation
- Naturalization
- Students and Exchange Visitors
- Waivers
Languages Spoken at This Law Office
- Spanish
- Arabic
- Cantonese
- Chinese
- Chinese(Mandarin)
- Farsi
- Filipino
- German
- Hindi
- Korean
- Malayalam
- Tagalog
- Taiwanese
- Turkish
