LANG WALLACE - Key Persons
Lang Wallace LLC is based in Annandale Virginia, USA near Washington D.C. and serves clients throughout the United States and globally.
Manuel Santos is a highly talented and multifaceted individual who has been with Lang Wallace since 2015. A storyteller by nature, Manuel completed his Bachelor's Degree in Digital Cinema at DePaul University in 2008. Prior to joining Lang Wallace, Manuel worked as an editor on a wide range of projects, including a series featured on Amazon, web series, award winning shorts, films, documentaries on various topics, and commercial work.
Having left Nicaragua in the 1980s, his experience and familiarity with the complex and often daunting immigration process makes him empathetic in family-based immigration cases. His appreciation for history and all cultures also fits well with the field immigration law.
At Lang Wallace, Manuel's in-depth research capabilities and meticulous attention to detail have proven invaluable on Business Immigration matters, such as drafting Company Support Letters and Experience Letters for Extraordinary Individuals and National Interest Waiver candidates. His organizational ability allows him to prepare forms and filings in an orderly and efficient manner.
Job Titles:
- Counsel - Law Offices of Michael Ryvin
Attorney Michael Ryvin brings over 18 years of experience aiding organizations and highly skilled individuals in the preparation of temporary visa and green card applications. His specialties include Extraordinary Ability Aliens (O-1 and EB-1 green cards), Research Scientists (EB-1 researcher and EB-2 national interest waivers), Start-Up & Emerging Companies, Canadians (TNs), Australians (E-3s), Business Visitors (B-1/2 visas & Visa Waiver Program), Professional Workers (H-1Bs), Treaty Investors (E-2) and Traders (E-1), and Marriage Based Green Cards.
With a robust background in immigration law, Ryvin was mentored by nationally recognized and esteemed immigration attorneys across several distinguished immigration law boutique firms and sizable corporate immigration law entities.
Shilpi Banerjee is an Associate Attorney with the Law Offices of Michael Ryvin since 2016 and is based in the San Francisco Bay area. Shilpi works on all aspects of the firm's immigration practice in employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications, as well as family-based immigration petitions for immediate relatives.
Job Titles:
- Counsel - Law Offices of Michael Ryvin
She earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder, Colorado (2006), where she was a Member & Editor of the University of Colorado Law Review and worked as a Judicial Fellow with the Honorable Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey at the Colorado Supreme Court.