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Dr. Tamara Relis is a Visa and Immigration attorney. Top-Rated Super Lawyers status to the top 2.5% Immigration Attorney. She has been a lawyer since 1998 and has repeatedly won awards for producing strategic applications involving legal research in the top 5% of hundreds of others submitted. She has represented over 100 cases in courts as a trial lawyer (barrister/litigation), and has worked as a US Law Professor of Evidence, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, as well as a postdoctoral legal fellow at Columbia Law School and London School of Economics.
She is the author of Clients' Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation (Cambridge University Press 2009, 2011), which focuses on how lawyers and the legal system must improve to meet clients' needs, and The Purchase of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2017, forthcoming).
At RelisLaw PLLC, we do things differently. Your situation and your needs are our prime focus, to provide you with a most positive experience in the processing of your case. Your case will be vigorously and meticulously pursued through every available avenue to enable you to enjoy the vast array of opportunities USA and North America have to offer.
We assist clients, their businesses and their families located around the world, in all areas relating to visiting, working, performing, doing business, investing, claiming asylum, fighting removal, or immigrating to USA or Canada.
In working with Dr. Tamara Relis and her team, you will receive not only excellence and integrity in the quality of your representation, but highly personalized, compassionate service from a team who are committed to you, your business and your loved ones.
We take on only a limited number of new clients each month to enable us to care for you as part of our family, for your current visa process as well as for all of your legal needs thereafter. You will have a long-lasting relationship with us throughout your journey, with a team that truly cares about you and your life.
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State: New York
Acquired: 2016
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Posted by Elisabett Daity | April 04, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Excellent!!! 5 star highly recommend
5* Approved Waiver. Thank you! Ana was my case manager. The experience was great. i appreciate you guys that you took the case and you made me feel comfortable with the whole situation.I worked also with Dr. Relis. It was good. She was able to answer everything. You made me feel comfortable about the...
Posted by Mostafa | March 26, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Dr. Relis's outstanding team
Our case was approved for my mom. I am very satisfied with Relislaw. communication was great. every time I sent an email someone would contact me back and get on top of it. My mom is now with me and our loving family is together. I would get in touch if the USCIS was late, and the team was on it imme...
Posted by anonymous | October 13, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Great
The work was so amazing and very professional, the step by steps follow up by every one of the firm was excellent, mutual understanding and a lot of clarity that actually helped me to get through the process of building my file and submitting my application is an unforgettable experience working with...
Posted by anonymous | July 26, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Great Help
I have had a great experience with RelisLaw, the firm which is helping me with the American naturalization process. The RelisLaw team treated me respectfully, and showed sympathy as I navigated the complexities of the application process. Coby was especially caring about my situation and immensely he...
Posted by Carlos | January 13, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Amazing, amazing, just amazing
Working with Dr. Relis and her team was such an amazing experience. Dr. Relis was always attentive to detail and was emotionally invested in our case. We were treated like human beings and not just clients. My wife and I felt a personal connection the moment we had a consultation with her, and we wer...
"An excellent lawyer who treats clients with patience, care, understanding, and utmost professionalism - an even better person and I wholeheartedly recommend for future services."
"Tamara is extremely knowledgeable in immigration law! She takes her time with every case and/or client to provide the very best counsel! If you want a lawyer who invests her best time and effort in your case, Tamara is who! I certainly endorse this lawyer."
"I endorse this lawyer. Dr. Relis is an extremely courteous colleague. She is well known in the community. She works hard for her clients and provides excellent service."
"Ms. Relis is a top-notch immigration attorney. A zealous advocate for her clients and highly respected in the legal community."
"Tamara Relis is the right kind of attorney - An attorney that cares about her clients and focuses thoroughly on their cases and their needs. She is detail-oriented as well as conscientious. I recommend Dr Relis for any client that is looking for a smooth, happy and successful relationship with an attorney."
"I endorse this lawyer.'. Tamara Relis is a very hard working attorney who will not rest until she has completed the work necessary for a case... When I asked her to cover a case for me she did an excellent job and I would recommend her for any type of work that you need. I have worked with many attorneys during my career and I don't know anyone who spends as much time preparing as Tamara. Anyone who hires Tamara Relis should feel confident that they are getting their money's worth."
"Legal scholarship requires an special attention to detail. Dr. Rellis is a noted legal scholar and is an established authority in the fields of asylum and immigration law. I highly recommend her. Bonnie Spiro Schinagle, Esq."
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Work in International Human Rights, Movement of People, British Academy Award
2006
Career Development Award, Research Council Fund
2006
Postdoctoral Legal Research Award for Human Rights Work, British Academy
2005
Award for Work on Clients' Rights and Problems in Legal Systems, Economic Research Council Award
2004
Provosts Office Seed Fund Award, Columbia University Law School, New York
2003
Law Teaching Prize, London School of Economics, Law Dept.
2016 - Present
Owner, RelisLaw PLLC
2015 - Present
Research Fellow, London School of Economics
2002 - Present
Trial Lawyer, Licensed Practice for the Bar Counsel
1998 - Present
Attorney, Solicitor, Licensed To Practice In England & Wales
2012 - 2013
Visiting Researcher, New York University School Of Law
2009 - 2013
Visiting Research Fellow, London School of Economics, Law Dept
2009 - 2014
Asst. Professor of Law, Touro Law Center, New York
2006 - 2009
British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, London School of Economics, Law Department
2005 - 2015
Legal Research Fellow, London School of Economics, Law Dept
2005 - 2009
Postdoctoral Legal Fellow, Columbia University Law School
2005 - 2006
ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, London School of Economics, Law Department
2003 - 2004
Attorney Trial Lawyer, Plowden Buildings Chamber, Temple, London & Clerksroom
1996 - 1996
Pro Bono Work, Mary Ward Legal Center
1996 - 1998
Attorney, GSC Solicitors
2015 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationMember
2015 - Present
New York City Bar AssociationMember
2015 - Present
New York County Bar AssociationMember
1998 - 2015
Law Society of England and WalesMember
1998 - 2015
Bar Council of England and WalesMember
1998 - 2015
Law and Society Association- Human RightsMember
1998 - 2015
Law and Society Association- CRN South AsiaMember
2009
Postdoctoral Legal Fellow
2006
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
2005
PhD - Doctorate in Law
1998
LL.M - Master of Laws
1995
LL.B - Bachelor of Laws
2017
Accounting for the Permeation of Human Rights in the Himalayas
2016
Thinking with Evidence
2016
Legal Pluralism: Culture and Religion, ‘Indian Courts, Panchayats and Tibetan Justice Ideals: Comparing Conceptions of Harm, Human Rights and Non-State Laws in the Himalayas
2016
Accounting for Human Rights Abuse in South Asia
2016
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Keynote Speaker
2015
International Conference on Non-State Legal Practices in India
2015
The Unifying Benefits of Studies in Legal Pluralism: A View from Actors in the Indian Subcontinent, Legal Pluralism and Its Contribution to the Global South/North Paradigm Panel
2013
Law, Justice, Democracy and the Clash of Cultures
2011
The Future of Court Alternative Dispute Resolution
2010
State and Non-State Justice Systems
2010
Clients' and Lawyers' Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation
2010
Human Rights and Violence Against Women
2009
Culture and Disputing Processes
2008
‘Human Rights Abuse Paradigms: Discontinuities in Local Desires and International Law’
2006
Access to Justice: Law, Policy and Institutions
2006
Access to Justice: Law, Policy, Institutions
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