At a recent continuing legal education seminar, Chris Drinan, a supervising attorney in the Murthy Law Firm's H1B department, shared his knowledge of an important development in U.S. immigration law: a new process that allows immediate family members of U.S. citizens to seek a provisional...
The recent progress on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) puts us in mind of an ancient Chinese aphorism, attributed to Lao Tzu: a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. In a flurry of legislative activity before the Memorial Day recess, the Senate Judiciary...
The Murthy Law Firm has done it again, earning pride of place on a highly prestigious listing of the Baltimore area's top 50 minority-owned firms. This month, the Baltimore Business Journal (BBJ) published its 2013 Diversity in Business supplement (10.May.2013), which ranks the largest minority-owned...
In case you missed it, Jason Kenney was just on tour in California. He's not a teen heartthrob, a hip-hop idol, or an author hawking his latest book. He's the Canadian Immigration Minister, and he recently made the rounds in Silicon Valley, hoping to convince...
Imagine a prosperous industrial nation whose demographics are listing heavily toward pensioners - and people on the cusp of retirement - prompting concerns about who will care for them in the their old age, and who will pay for it. If this sounds strikingly familiar,...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, is an active member of the United Way of Central Maryland's (UWCM) Tocqueville Society, which honors major donors who have shown exemplary generosity in their annual giving. She recently attended two of its events.Murthy attended the April...
Older Americans who oppose immigration reform may want to rethink their position, according to a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times. [See Boomers Need Immigrants, Los Angeles Times editorial board, 12.May.2013.] The thrust of their argument: there may be costs associated with legalizing millions...
As the Senate immigration bill gradually works its way through the system, opponents of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are busy sowing doubts - and fears - about the putative economic costs of the measure. In particular, the path to citizenship laid out for some 11...
On the issue of immigration reform, the American conservative movement appears to be straining to go in two different directions at once, much like the pushmi-pullyu (two-headed llama from the Dr. Dolittle children's stories). Among those pushing toward comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are lukewarm supporters...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, attended the Annual Meeting of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, held May 1, 2013 at the Hilton BWI Airport. At a board meeting that afternoon, Murthy was elected to her new position as Vice Chair of the...
