$ 300-750 per hour
Admitted to Washington State Supreme Court &United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Dr. Dima N. Malhas Esq, represents clients in individual& corporate transactions, negotiations, International Business & international organizations, structuring outstanding investment projects, investment immigration, and private and public offerings.
Dr. Malhas has advised firms in and outside the United States on policy and strategy development, legislative analysis, and expansion to national and international markets. Dr. Malhas successfully formed and negotiated multi-million dollar global partnerships between domestic entrepreneurs, foreign investment, and venture capitalists resulting in the creation of a nationally and internationally recognized corporate model acquiring capital contributions from foreign, national, and local markets.
Dr. Malhas has counseled clients on and took an active role in forming international trade and diplomatic delegations focusing on energy and clean technologies, entrepreneurship and investment, women entrepreneurship, art law, international sport events, ICT and healthcare.
Dr. Malhas has been an international consultant for the United Nations for nearly a decade. She has worked with UNPD, UNFPA, UNIFEM, and WHO, the League of Arab States, the World Bank, where she conducted legislative analysis and project document preparation and funding proposals, women entrepreneurship rights, organizational restructuring, and joint ventures for major international organizations. She has worked with the UN, U.S. and foreign organizations and law firms, and U.S. Department of State on projects in New York and Washington DC.
Dr. Malhas published papers and co-authored and edited publications. She has performed on-sight consultancies in MENA and GCC countries such as Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. She has counseled hundreds of foreign investors on investment in the United States, including business expansion, joint ventures, working with law firms in Maryland and Washington DC, San Francisco, and New York as a foreign associate.
Dr. Malhas’ education includes a Doctorate of Jurisprudence J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California, a Masters of International Law LL.M. in International Legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC, with coursework in Paris, Geneva, & Brussels, and a Bachelor of Laws LL.B. from University of Jordan School of Law. Dr. Malhas was honored a Doctorate in Law from the Ministry of Higher Education in Jordan, and was awarded a certification for Legislative Drafting and Policy Making from the International Law Institute & Georgetown Law Center in Washington DC.
Dr. Malhas speaks English and Arabic.
$ 300-750 per hour
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Posted by THOMAS | December 28, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Excellent Immigration Experience
We used Dr Malhas for my Parents Permanent Residence application. Dr Malhas was very knowledgeable and guided us in every step of the way. The entire process from document requirements to green card approval was stress free. highly recommend!
Posted by Qais | November 08, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Angel sent from God
We honestly feel very fortunate, blessed and grateful to have been able to retain the legal services of Dr. Malhas and her phenomenal team. To us, she was like an Angel sent from God to help us at our most crucial time and she did just that by achieving the results for us that we were praying and ho...
Posted by Natalie | October 25, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
So Grateful To Dr Malhas
The immigration is a stressful process for me, Dr Malhas and her team make this process as easy as is possible, all while being thorough in the evidence they are gathering so it streamlines the entire process. There is no other immigration lawyer I would want to work with. I cannot recommend Dr Mal...
Posted by Haydar | September 24, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
A Million Thanks!
From the moment of our first consultation, you've been extremely professional yet very personable. The immigration process was very intimidating for my family and I, but with your understanding and guidance, you removed a huge load of stress on our family. The packet that you prepared for my wife was...
Posted by Mikhail Y | September 18, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Four Years of Consistent Help and Service
Four years ago, Dima Malhas helped me and my employer with my visa application. In addition, she kept helping me with my visa renewal process after I came and started working in the US. Ms. Dima has always been extremely professional and quick to reply whenever I had any inquiries throughout the d...
"Dr. Dima Malhas has profound experience in international business law and investment immigration matters (EB-5, L-1As, E-2s, etc.). Her experience and wealth of knowledge is only superseded by her commitment to her clients and assuring, as Managing Partner of CHUNG, MALHAS & MANTEL, PLLC that her international law team provides and the whole law firm provides nothing less than impeccable service to the clientele the firm serves. As an attorney who has been practicing law for over 13 years; I have not come across a lawyer more detailed oriented, perceptive and hard working than Dr. Dima Malhas. I am proud to have her as a colleague and named partner and look forward to continue working with her and learning from her experience for many years to come."
"I endorse this lawyer. I have been workind with Dr. Malhas for many years now, and I value her ethics, dedication to serve the best interests of her clients, as well as her creative lawyering. Dr. Malhas has been involved in multiple sucessful international transactions, and she always goes beyond to achieve her clients' goals. I highly recommend this lawyer."
"I endorse this lawyer. I endorse this lawyer. Dr. Malhas is an excellent resource in the legal community. She provides a wealth of information to her immigration clients in the States as well as those internationally. Dr. Malhas thinks outside of he box which can only be seen as an asset to those who seek out her services."
"I endorse this lawyer. Intelligent, experienced, hard-working and organized. I have seen her work and am impressed."
"I endorse this lawyer and do so with the highest of regards. Ms. Malhas is a thoughtful, brilliant, detailed, and caring advocate/attorney. She is trustworthy with the most sensitive of issues and highly versed in her profession to carry out the most challenging of matters. In this attorney, a client has a capable and talented representative, while her opponents have an ethically driven and fiercely competent colleague seeking peaceful resolution. Ms. Malhas makes the legal profession better because she is a model of the best of the profession."
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1993
Law-making and Development Scholarship, International Law Institute, Georgetown University
2012 - Present
Managing Partner, Chung, Malhas & Mantel, PLLC
2012 - 2013
Attorney, The Arab League, Arab Women Organization
2011 - 2011
International Consultant, United Nations Development Fund (UNDP)
2009 - 2011
Senior Consultant, One world 2011
2006 - 2009
Co-Author and Publication Consultant, Regional Program Director, The Freedom House
2006 - 2006
International Legal Consultant, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
2005 - 2005
International Legal Consultant, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
2004 - 2004
Legal Consultant, The World Bank, MENA Region
2003 - 2004
Associate, Akhlaghi & Associates
1999 - 2001
Associate, The Law Offices of H. Edward Ballout
1997 - 1998
Associate, AIS, Inc., Associate
1997 - 1997
Associate, The Chandler Law Firm Chartered
2013 - Present
International Bar AssocitationAttorney Member
2011 - Present
Washington State Bar AssociationMember
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JD - Juris Doctor
1996
LL.M - Master of Laws
1995
LL.B - Bachelor of Laws
1994
International Law Institute
1987
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2012
Entrepreneurship and Immigration
2012
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