CAPITOL IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP - Key Persons
Alexandra Michailov represents clients across an array of industries, including technology, start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as large corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations, in a wide range of immigration matters. Clients turn to her when engaged in the domestic and international transfer of foreign personnel, including executives, managers and other highly skilled professionals.
Alexandra offers her corporate clients a full array of employment-based immigration legal services including legal services related to conducting due diligence and risk assessment for immigration purposes, including I-9 Employment Compliance/Employer Sanctions and the unique immigration issues raised by mergers and acquisitions and other forms of corporate restructuring with regard to the employment of foreign personnel.
Alexandra delivers exceptional results for clients with cross-border immigration matters, with particular emphasis on mobility of key foreign executives, specialized knowledge workers and foreign nationals with extraordinary ability. Clients note that Alexandra is a "fantastic, passionate, dedicated and knowledgeable attorney." Her record of delivering favorable outcomes on employment-based immigration benefits, corporate compliance and family-based immigration matters has gained her recognition as a Rising Star on the list of Washington D.C. Super Lawyers and Bethesda Magazine Top Lawyers 2019.
After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, Alexandra practiced in a prestigious international law firm in DC and was also Chair of an immigration practice at a mid-side law firm, before starting her own law firm.
Cesarine (Cesi) Etori is a Senior Paralegal with Capitol Immigration Law Group. She is assisting with various non-immigrant work visa filings such as H-1B and L-1 and is providing immigration support for U.S. permanent residents, such as re-entry permit applications and naturalization.
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- Founder & Principal Attorney
- Founding Member of CILG
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- Senior Immigration Paralegal
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- Immigration Paralegal
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Ms. Anu Tharakan is a Paralegal with Capitol Immigration Law Group. She assists companies and individuals with various immigrant and non-immigrant work visa filings. Also, she provides immigration support to U.S. permanent residents on matters including re-entry permits and naturalization.
Before joining the Immigration Team at Capitol Immigration Law Group, Ms. Tharakan worked as a Paralegal with immigration attorneys and has served clients with their various immigration needs. She gained experience preparing employment and family-based permanent resident applications and supporting employers with the PERM process. In addition to her expertise in
the immigration field, Ms. Tharakan graduated as a Civil Engineer and has helped organizations and managed projects in the Civil and construction industry.
She moved to the U.S. as an immigrant decades ago and is well aware of immigrant challenges due to complexities in US immigration law. Her approach to solving these challenges blends empathy and technical expertise to provide a seamless process experience.