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Lola assists companies in securing temporary work visas and employment-based green cards for international talent. She successfully represented companies specializing in information technology, digital marketing, R&D, as well as enterprises involved in ride hailing technology, marine vessel construction and consumer product design and manufacture.
For individuals, Lola helps families of U.S. citizens and green card holders in immigrating to the United States and assists clients in obtaining fiancé(e), student, work, and other visas from the U.S. consulates abroad. She represents lawful permanent residents in obtaining citizenship and helps refugees with securing asylum in the United States. She also helps clients to resolve immigration issues stemming from arrests or criminal convictions.
Lola has been working in the immigration law area for over 20 years. Prior to joining MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in 2013, Lola worked as immigration paralegal at the in-house legal department of a multinational telecommunications corporation, supporting the company’s foreign national employees, HR, Recruiting, and corporate leadership on a wide variety of immigration issues. Before that, Lola spent 10 years working in the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, focusing on non-immigrant and immigrant visas and leading the Embassy’s fraud detection and prevention program. While in law school, Lola served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Michael S. Spearman at Division One of the Washington Court of Appeals.
Lola is also committed to helping the immigrant and refugee communities thrive in the new country. She served on the King County Task Force for Immigrants and Refugees, making recommendations to Executive Dow Constantine on establishing a permanent commission dedicated to immigrants and refugees. She is also a frequent speaker on immigration issues. She was cited by Geekwire and featured in a panel presentation faciliated by King County TV ?v=nzm0_8cvcTk.
Lola also teaches Immigration Law as a part-time faculty at Edmonds College.
Lola has been selected to Super Lawyers' Rising Stars in 2018 and 2022, the prestigious list that recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.
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Acquired: 2013
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705 Second Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104
34 Client Reviews
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Posted by rith | September 16, 2015 | Hired Attorney
Excellent guidance and experiment immigation attorny.
I had a great experience working with Lola throughout my immigration issue . She was extremely responsive and provided great guidance on any questions or concerns I had about my case the process. The entire process was handled very professionally by her team which gave me confidence that the applicat...
Posted by anonymous | April 09, 2015
Excellent immigration lawyer
Lola helped me with my green card application, The USCIS here had rejected it but Lola was very fast & helpful, she moved the process along and I received my card within a couple of weeks. I would definitely recommend her, especially if you have DV-Lottery issues like mine.
Posted by Ryan | February 13, 2015
Have Immigration Issues? Talk to Lola
Unlike other lawyers I dealt with in the immigration process, Lola was respectful, straightforward, and as helpful as the system would allow. She was the only person that I can say with absolute certainty that actually assisted in the process of acquiring my wife's immigrant visa and helped the proc...
Posted by Eyal | December 09, 2014
The easiest and fastest way to immigrate is to ask Lola to handle your case.
Lola is a fast , efficient, knowledgeable and experienced problem solver. She arranged me and my family Green Cards, starting from the very beginning of getting me an H1B working visa, and overcoming obstacle after obstacle until she brought us to the happy ending. Lola always replied to me imm...
Posted by Hao | October 31, 2014
A great lawyer according to my personal experience
I worked with Lola for my EB1 GC petition. Lola has always been a very reliable and responsive lawyer in the process. She helped me to a great extent on drafting recommendation letters and the petition letter. Based on the iterations I have had with her on revising my documents, I can tell that ...
"I endorse this lawyer. Lola is a passionate and energetic advocate. She is highly skilled and has great people skills."
"Lola is an amazing immigration attorney. I had the pleasure of working with her on immigration matters when I was in-house and her work is excellent. She is very involved in the community and her compassion for others is demonstrated in her work."
"Ms. Zakharova is incredibly smart and knows how to navigate the complicated area of immigration law. She is extremely passionate and a great legal mind in the community. I would recommend and endorse Ms. Zakharova to any of my clients in need of immigration legal services."
"Lola is an excellent immigration attorney well respected in the legal community. Knowledgeable, driven, and dedicated to her clients and the practice of law. I endorse Lola without reservation trust her with all of my immigration issues."
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2021
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2020
Rising Stars, Super Lawyers
2019
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2018
Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2018
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
1998
Meritorious Honor Award, U.S. State Department
2013 - Present
Attorney, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless
2021 - 2021
Immigration Law Instructor, Edmonds College
2013 - Present
Washington State Bar AssociationMember
2013 - Present
King County Bar AssociationMember
2017 - 2018
Seattle-Tashkent Sister City AssociationPresident
2015 - 2018
Slavic Bar Association of WashingtonVice President
2015 - 2017
King County Immigrant and Refugee TaskforceMember
Client's green card was approved in one week after the request.
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JD
2021
The New World of H-1B visas
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2019
Hot Topics: Employment-Based AOS Interviews
2019
The Basics of Obtaining PERM Labor Certification
2018
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2016
Syrian Humanitarian Crisis and U.S. Immigration Law
2016
Testimony on Immigration Law before Metropolitan King County Council
2016
2015
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