On Tuesday, May 8, 2007, I had the pleasure of attending a dinner to honor Dr. Shashi Tharoor at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Ronendra Sen, the Indian Ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C. As many of you may know, Dr. Tharoor was...
This year in 2007 seems to be the year for me to get more involved than ever before in many community and law school activities. Besides my speaking at Prof. Deborah Anker’s immigration law and policy class at Harvard on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, I...
On Sunday, May 6, 2007, some of us were involved in recruiting for some senior administration positions at the Murthy Law Firm. We are looking to create new positions for Director of Operations, sometimes referred to as the Law Firm Administrator and a separate position...
On Friday, April 27, 2007, I participated in the United Way Leaders Program's (in Atlanta, GA) where we had preliminary discussions for the expansion of the United Way network in India. The thought of making a real difference in the lives of many people from...
On Saturday, April 28th, 2007, I was fortunate to be able to participate in an all day tour and retreat for members of the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts (GS) of Central Maryland. This tour was important to me as a member of...
I attended and spoke on Friday, April 20, 2007 at the AILA Washington DC Spring Conference on Business Immigration Law. The panel I was on was the Immigrant Visa panel which had a "star studded" set of speakers with three major government speakers from the...
[See also, Part 1 of this NewsBrief.]As promised in our April 13, 2007 article, National Interest Waivers (Part 1 of 2), this week we share with readers some National Interest Waiver (NIW) case success stories from the Murthy Law Firm. These examples, approved over the...
Like you, we were shocked and saddened on Monday to hear of the senseless, tragic massacre that took place on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, the college, and the broader community....
[See also, Part 2 of this NewsBrief.]The NIW category falls within the employment-based, second preference category (EB2). In contrast to regular EB2 petitions, however, NIW cases are exempt from the labor certification and job offer requirement. This means that a person who does not have...
I was invited to speak for the University of Baltimore in Maryland's International Law Society Career Day program on Monday, April 9, 2007. There were students from the three years of the law school who are considering a career in the field of international law....
