profilePractice Areas
Immigration
Selected To
• 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers — Pittsburgh
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011
No Rising Stars publication in 2009
Attorney Profile
Valerie L. May
Valerie May
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania (PA)
Profile
Valerie L. May is the founder and managing partner of May Law Group, LLC, an internationally recognized United States immigration law firm noted for both the quality of its work and its dedication to finding immigration solutions for the most difficult immigration problems. Attorney May has extensive experience with employment-based immigration and family-based immigration issues and with nonimmigrant visas, amnesty petitions, immigration waivers of all types, I-9 audits, consular processing and many other immigration-related concerns as well. Her clients include individuals, families, physicians, health care workers, scientists, professors, internationally known athletes and sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, major medical centers, colleges and universities, international corporations and individual businesspersons based in South America and Europe.
Attorney May graduated with honors from both Chatham College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She is a member of several professional associations, civic-minded groups and charitable organizations as well, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association immigration lawyers committee, the American Cancer Society, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Family House.
International Locations
Global Region(s): Asia, Canada (Region), Europe, Russian Federation
About Valerie May
Law School: University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Admitted: 1982, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: www.mayvisalaw.com/CM/Custom/Attorneys.asp
Honors and Awards:
- Departmental Honors, Chatham University , 1978
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law Law Review, Member , 1980
- Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1981
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Family House
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Former Treasurer, American Cancer Society
- Former Member, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society
- Member, Immigration Lawyers Committee, Allegheny County Bar Association
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
- Board of Directors, Family House
- Treasurer, American Cancer Society
- Board of Directors, American Cancer Society
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Member, University of Pittsburgh Law Review
- Speaker, Carlow University Seminar on the Changing Role of Immigrants in United States Society, 2008
Representative Clients:
- Engineering, IT and Biotech Companies
- International Producers (Film)
- Religious Organizations
- Casinos, Symphonies, Hospitals, Colleges and Universities
- Fortune 500 Corporations
- Major Medical Centers
- Minor League Professional Sports Teams
- National Sports Teams
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Founding member of the largest immigration boutique law firm in Western Pennsylvania., 2008
Educational Background:
- Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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