Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta represents corporations and individuals from around the world in a variety of immigration matters, including business, employment, entrepreneur and investor immigration, asylum and ethics. Based on over 30 years of experience in immigration law, he is able to comprehend all kinds of problems and provide effective and ethical solutions to clients. Mr. Mehta has successfully represented clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Administrative Appeals Office, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals, Department of Labor, Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals, US Consulates, DHS and EOIR Disciplinary Counsel and the federal courts.
Mr. Mehta is the Editor-in-Chief of the AILA Law Journal and conceived of the first ever AILA Law Journal Symposium in 2024. He is the immediate past Chair of AILA’s Ethics Committee. While on the Ethics Committee, Mr. Mehta initiated the AILA Ethics Compendium, which is now published as a book. Mr. Mehta is also an active board member of The New York Immigration Coalition and a board member of Volunteers of Legal Services. He is also special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental...
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