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Srinivas Jayashankar (Shankar)

Srinivas Jayashankar has twenty years of experience in immigration and related matters.

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Attorney at Law, LL.M – 1992, Saint Louis University School of Law: LL.B – 1990, Bangalore University, India: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology – 1980, Bangalore University, India.

Admissions

Srinivas Jayashankar has 20 years of legal experience and is admitted to the bar in the state of New York (1994); and Karnataka State Bar, India (1990).

Memberships

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Karnataka State Bar, India

Areas of legal representation

Srinivas Jayashankar handles: all aspects of Immigration matters, Compliance Issues, Family Based and Employment Based Petitions, and Other Immigration Matters.

Our firm also handles all General Practice Issues including but not limited to: Trusts; Wills and Estates; Real Estate; Traffic Tickets; and Elder Law.

Rajat Shankar

Raj Shankar came to the United States when he was eight years old. He went through the immigration process to obtain his Legal Permanent Residence (green card) and later became a citizen. This drove him to become an immigration attorney.
 
Raj graduated Magna Cum Laude from Touro Law Center in 2012 and was admitted to the NY state bar in 2013. From 2014 to 2016 he served as the Chair of the Immigration Committee for the Nassau County Bar Association.
 
In 2019, he started working for Touro Law Center as an Assistant Director of Academic Development. He also worked as an Adjunct Professor teaching Immigration Law. He maintained his practice on the side while he was working for Touro Law Center.
 
In 2021, he came back into practice full-time. Raj has experience in all areas of Immigration Law, including but not limited to, Cancellation of Removal, Asylum, and Deportation Defense. However, his main area of focus is Employment-Based Immigration. He has handled both Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Employment-Based Cases.

Admissions

Rajat Shankar is admitted to the New York State Bar, Third Department.

Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Nassau County Bar Association
  • Suffolk County Bar Association

Areas of legal representation

Rajat Shankar handles cases in Immigration Defense Matters, including, but not limited to: Removal Defense, Cancellation of Removal, Asylum Cases, TPS, DACA, and Other Immigration Matters.

Our firm handles all General Practice Issues including but not limited to: Trusts; Wills and Estates; Real Estate; Traffic Tickets; and Elder Law.