A member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Mira Mdivani practices immigration law with The Mdivani Law Firm, LLC in Overland Park, Kansas. She emphasizes the use of immigration law for the benefit of businesses and individuals by making it a part of the overall business development and risk management strategy. Her expertise includes immigration law compliance plans, management and HR personnel training, I-9 audits, L-1 temporary work visas for executives and managers, H-1B visas for professionals and H-2Bs for essential workers, employment-based permanent residency, and immigration-related issues raised in the context of corporate changes. In addition, she advises families with immigrant members on issues of permanent residency and naturalization. Ms. Mdivani is a member of Kansas and Missouri Bars.

Ms. Mdivani has been invited to present on business immigration law issues by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations, and the National Business Institute. She is a frequent guest speaker at the Internet's immigration portal, www.ilw.com, and a recognized expert often quoted in the media when immigration law and policy are addressed.

Ms. Mdivani chairs the Pro Bono Service Committee of the Missouri-Kansas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She is a member of KCMBA's Employment and Labor and International Law Committees. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City. Ms. Mdivani has provided expert testimony in the field of immigration law to members of Kansas Senate and House of Representatives.

Ms. Mdivani obtained her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 1999. In law school, she received the American Jurisprudence Awards for the highest academic achievements in Philosophy and the Law and Gender Jurisprudence. She was the recipient of Mark E. Grady and Frederick W. Hess Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence. Her undergraduate degree was awarded by Moscow State Moris Thores Institute of Foreign Languages, where she studied French, Russian, Latin, and English.

Ms. Mdivani lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, two children, and her father.

This biographical statement was borrowed from the Mdivani Law Firm LLC Web page, http://www.uslegalimmigration.com/firm/mira-mdivani.html .