25
Aug
2008
CHANNEL Magazine
Tanesha Boldin of Baltimore's CHANNEL Magazine (Vol. 2, issue 4) interviewed me recently. Imagine my surprise at finding myself on the cover! CHANNEL celebrates the diversity that is Baltimore....
24
Jul
2008
Bravo! Award
Bravo! Women Business Achievement Awards celebrated 25 female entrepreneurs making strides in business and building a stronger community financially, philanthropically, and through leadership. I was one of 25 winners profiled in the magazine based on nominations submitted, reviewed, and voted on by a committee of...
13
Jun
2008
June 11, 2008 at the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C.
I recently sat on a panel organized by the U.S. National Archives that discussed the journey of successful women immigrant entrepreneurs in America. The event was held in the William McGowan Theatre at the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C. Until I was invited for...
18
May
2008
Sheela Murthy : Keynote Speaker Making a Case for United Way in India
I would like to share with you my experience of Friday, May 16, 2008. This was the United Way’s annual Community Leaders Conference (CLC). Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 1984 winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, began the conference as the keynote speaker on the...
18
Apr
2008
The Women, Faith and Development Alliance (WFDA) Summit to End Global Poverty
I was honored on Sunday, April 13, 2008 to participate in the Women, Faith and Development Alliance (WFDA) Summit to end global poverty. Held at the National Cathedral in Washington DC, it was an inspiring day that made all of the thousands present feel like...
20
Mar
2008
H1B Cap Filing Season is Upon Us, Now What?!
The USCIS publishing the Interim Final Rule yesterday on March 19, 2008 in the Federal Register that they plan to first use up all the 20,000 U.S. Masters cap cases and only then use up the 65,000 general quota H1B numbers has a problem that...
26
Dec
2007
New Year’s Message for 2008 from Attorney Sheela Murthy
It is difficult to believe that we have all grown a year older - though, hopefully, wiser too - as 2007 comes to a close. Another year filled with memories, difficult times, good times, and life just moving on. In retrospect, the biggest news in...
23
Oct
2007
Meeting at U.S. Consulate, Chennai, India in October 2007
On my recent trip to India, I had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to meet with various key consular officers at the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, India. The meeting was on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 9, 2007 (local time) at the Consulate. The meeting...
15
Aug
2007
Unprecedented Filings in Record Time by the Murthy Law Firm!
I am delighted to share that we at the Murthy Law Firm have succeeded in submitting a record number of I-485 cases for our clients during the period falling under the July 2007 Visa Bulletin of the U.S. Department of State (DOS). In fact, we...
28
Jul
2007
Kudos : Together We Did It!
We at the Murthy Law Firm have been receiving messages of thanks from many of our clients and others for keeping them well informed and for any part we played in the recent concessions from the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and the U.S. Citizenship...