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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — President Obama

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. – Edith Lovejoy Pierce Happy New Year, from our family to yours! MVP Law Group

“It is the day when we remind ourselves that man can and must live in peace with his neighbors and that it is the peacemakers who are truly blessed…” – John F. Kennedy December 17, 1962 Happy Holidays, from our family to yours! MVP Law Group 2013 Holidays at the…

Thanksgiving 2013 marks 150 years of a national tradition. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a “day of Thanksgiving and Praise,” making Thanksgiving Day an annual holiday. Related Links: President Abraham Lincoln, October 3, 1863, Presidential Proclamation: Proclamation of Thanksgiving History.com, Web Page: History of…

The DC Pro Bono Week (Oct. 19–26) presented by the Washington Council of Lawyers (WCL) finished the week with an Immigration Reform Clinic on Saturday, Oct. 26th, 2013 in Arlington, VA. The Immigration Reform Clinic which was sponsored by the DC Chapter of AILA and Equal Justice Works included a…

Attorney Kellie Lego has been selected to the 2014, Maryland Rising Stars list in the field of Immigration Law. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters…

“For their service and sacrifice, warm words of thanks from a grateful nation are more than warranted, but they aren’t nearly enough. We also owe our veterans the care they were promised and the benefits that they have earned. We have a sacred trust with those who wear the uniform…

The U.S. House and Senate agreed on a budget deal late last night. President Obama signed the bill early this morning ending the shutdown! All federal government workers will return to their normal work schedules as of today, Thursday, October 17th!

Senate leaders announced today that they have reached a last-minute agreement to end the 16-day government shutdown. The shutdown, which went into effect on October 1st, caused many government offices to close, including the Department of Labor, resulting in delays or even lapses in normal services. The Senate deal would…

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has requested information from the federal government agencies involved in the immigration system for updates on their contingency plans in case of a government shutdown. A possible government shutdown could happen as early as October 1, 2013, the beginning of the new fiscal year…