At Zeman and Petterson, our immigration lawyers represent clients in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and around the world in humanitarian, family, and employment-based cases. Our experience in the immigration field, coupled with our passion for serving our clients, enables us to provide our clients with high-quality immigration legal services.
Our representation is fueled by our desire to protect our clients' futures and the futures of their families and business. Zeman and Petterson's work is about the people we represent. We spend time with each client. We ask questions. We listen. Our understanding of the complexities of our clients' cases, combined with our experience in the immigration law field, enables us to offer our clients the reasoned, realistic, and comprehensive legal advice they deserve.
We understand that obtaining legal immigration status is a momentous milestone in our clients' lives. It brings invaluable opportunity not only to our individual clients, but also to the generations following after them.
Our representation is fueled by our desire to protect our clients' futures and the futures of their families and business. Zeman and Petterson's work is about the people we represent. We spend time with each client. We ask questions. We listen. Our understanding of the complexities of our clients' cases, combined with our experience in the immigration law field, enables us to offer our clients the reasoned, realistic, and comprehensive legal advice they deserve.
We understand that obtaining legal immigration status is a momentous milestone in our clients' lives. It brings invaluable opportunity not only to our individual clients, but also to the generations following after them.
Services
Our mission at Zeman and Petterson is to offer our clients holistic, high-quality immigration based legal services.
We provide our clients with the information, resources, and guidance they need to understand the options available to them and determine the best course of action for themselves, their families, and/or their businesses.
We build our client relationships on mutual respect, trust, and open and honest communication.
Compassion, attentiveness, enthusiasm, and dedication are the cornerstones of our practice.
We provide our clients with the information, resources, and guidance they need to understand the options available to them and determine the best course of action for themselves, their families, and/or their businesses.
We build our client relationships on mutual respect, trust, and open and honest communication.
Compassion, attentiveness, enthusiasm, and dedication are the cornerstones of our practice.
Shira Renee Zeman is an attorney and founding member of Zeman and Petterson, PLLC.
Prior to forming Zeman and Petterson, Shira founded Zeman Law Office, LLC.
Her practice built on her experience as an Associate Attorney at Yacub Law Offices and a Student Attorney at the George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic, where she represented clients in family and humanitarian-based immigration cases.
Shira previously served as a Summer Associate and Extern at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the Mental Health Section, a Mental Health Advocate with the State of Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and a Research Assistant at the University of Miami with the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Lab.
Prior to forming Zeman and Petterson, Shira founded Zeman Law Office, LLC.
Her practice built on her experience as an Associate Attorney at Yacub Law Offices and a Student Attorney at the George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic, where she represented clients in family and humanitarian-based immigration cases.
Shira previously served as a Summer Associate and Extern at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the Mental Health Section, a Mental Health Advocate with the State of Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and a Research Assistant at the University of Miami with the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Lab.
Rachael Petterson is an attorney and founding member of Zeman and Petterson, PLLC.
Prior to forming Zeman and Petterson, Rachael was an attorney at Benach Ragland, LLP, and Yacub Law Offices, where she represented clients in family and humanitarian-based immigration cases.
Her practice built on her experience as the Interim Director of the Immigration Clinic at George Washington University Law School, where she supervised students representing clients before the Arlington Immigration Court and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Prior to forming Zeman and Petterson, Rachael was an attorney at Benach Ragland, LLP, and Yacub Law Offices, where she represented clients in family and humanitarian-based immigration cases.
Her practice built on her experience as the Interim Director of the Immigration Clinic at George Washington University Law School, where she supervised students representing clients before the Arlington Immigration Court and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Chris Carr is an associate attorney at Zeman and Petterson, PLLC.
He represents clients before the Immigration Courts, in matters including asylum claims, cancellation of removal, and complex removal issues.
He also focuses on affirmative asylum claims, waivers of inadmissibility, U-Visas, and family and humanitarian-based petitions.
In 2017, he graduated from the George Washington University Law School, where he participated in Moot Court and worked as a Student Attorney at the George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic.
He represents clients before the Immigration Courts, in matters including asylum claims, cancellation of removal, and complex removal issues.
He also focuses on affirmative asylum claims, waivers of inadmissibility, U-Visas, and family and humanitarian-based petitions.
In 2017, he graduated from the George Washington University Law School, where he participated in Moot Court and worked as a Student Attorney at the George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic.
Joanna Casasola is Zeman and Petterson's administrative assistant.
She was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and came to the United States when she was ten years old.
She graduated from Strayer University with an associate degree in business administration in June of 2009.
She has worked in the legal field since 2001.
Joanna enjoys helping people and loves working with members of the Latino community.
She handles scheduling for the office, manages client payments and vendor relations, translates documents and interprets for client meetings, and prepares and organizes cases files.
She was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and came to the United States when she was ten years old.
She graduated from Strayer University with an associate degree in business administration in June of 2009.
She has worked in the legal field since 2001.
Joanna enjoys helping people and loves working with members of the Latino community.
She handles scheduling for the office, manages client payments and vendor relations, translates documents and interprets for client meetings, and prepares and organizes cases files.
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