Leadership in law and a commitment to legal scholarship are among the many things that set Murthy Law Firm lawyers apart from the run of practitioners. Regular and rigorous continuing legal education is an integral part of our law practice, and our attorneys are frequently...
A massive international relief effort is underway after Typhoon Haiyan laid waste to a large swath of the central Philippines last weekend, bringing 200 mile-per-hour winds and devastating storm surges. So massive was this storm, and so devastating, it is likely many of us are...
It may be cold comfort while efforts are stalled to improve it, but it's worth keeping in mind that the U.S. immigration system could be worse - considerably worse. A recent story from National Public Radio (NPR) might help keep our frustrations in perspective. It...
In a surprising turnaround after years of opposition to any kind of immigration reform, House GOP members are showing a surprising level of support for the idea of legalizing the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country - precisely the issue that has derailed...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, has a deep commitment to helping those less fortunate, so she could hardly say no when she was asked to co-chair the 2013 fundraising gala for The Journey Home, a project designed to combat homelessness in Baltimore....
Imagine a latter-day Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep twenty weeks ago or so, on June 27th, when the Senate passed its comprehensive immigration reform bill. Awakened today, having slept through the recent fiscal unpleasantness, he would be in his right mind to think that...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, served as Master of Ceremonies at the second annual Pratham D.C. gala, held at the Gannett / USA Today headquarters in McLean, Virginia, on October 27th. The event prompted a massive outpouring of generosity from the region's...
Though the government shutdown has come and gone, it's too soon to judge the full extent of the damage. To be sure, the full faith and credit of the United States did not implode into "full-doubt-and-debit" status, but that's not to say there aren't some...
On October 18, President Obama ended months of speculation about who would succeed Janet Napolitano as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the massive federal agency charged with securing the nation's borders, enforcing and administering U.S. immigration law, safeguarding American cyberspace, and responding...
A sort of cooling-off period has begun in our nation's capital, now that the government shutdown is safely behind us - behind us for now, at any rate. Amid sighs of relief and a drop in the collective blood pressure of official Washington, there is...
