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also known as Kate Stelmakh
Katya Stelmakh directs a business immigration law firm Stelmakh & Associates. She represents domestic and foreign companies and individuals in business and family immigration matters. Ms. Stelmakh's clients range from individual entrepreneurs and their families to startup and large companies in technology, real estate, education, consulting, food services, and other industries. Ms. Stelmakh also assists investors, professional workers, academic researchers, students, artists, and entertainers with non-immigrant visas and green cards.
Ms. Stelmakh has over 14 years of experience in the field of business immigration law. Prior to founding Stelmakh & Associates in 2008, she managed business immigration practice of an international law firm with offices in Philadelphia, Moscow, Russia, and Kiev, Ukraine. While with the firm, Ms. Stelmakh counseled one of the world's largest ferro-alloy and steel manufacturers on all international business personnel relocation matters and travel concerns. She also litigated international intellectual property and contractual business disputes and advised corporate clients on international business transactions.
Ms. Stelmakh also worked for the World Bank in Washington, DC, where she drafted loan and grant agreements with Russia and other CIS countries -- including an $80 million loan for the Russian Hydromet Modernization Project. In addition, for the World Bank, she did research and drafting on matters of international armed conflict and refugee law and analyzed cases of the International Criminal Court, South-African Truth & Reconciliation Commission International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and other courts.
Ms. Stelmakh received her J.D. and M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures degrees from The Ohio State University. While in a nationally ranked top-tier The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Ms. Stelmakh clerked in the litigation department of a prominent Ohio firm Bailey Cavalieri LLC.
Ms. Stelmakh is licensed in Ohio, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and is authorized to practice immigration law in any US state. She is currently an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
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12535 15th Ave NE, Suite 218, Seattle, WA, 98125
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Posted by Olga | April 01, 2026 | Hired Attorney
I recommend you!
Thank you for many years of cooperation in obtaining permanent resident status. I would like to highly commend your expertise and professionalism. The goal has been achieved! It was a challenging journey, but with you it was completed with confidence and comfort. Wishing you all the best!
Posted by ANASTASIIA DEMIDOVA | March 30, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
From O-1 to Green Card: A 3-Year Success Story with Stelmakh & Associates
We turned to Stelmakh & Associates LLC by recommendation, and it was the best decision we could have made. Over the past three years, we have navigated a long journey together, resulting in multiple approved cases: my husband’s O-1 extraordinary ability visa, my O-3 dependent visa, followed by our EB...
Posted by Rasul | March 27, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Social Security Disability
Best attorney ever !
I met them after 4 denials with my previous attorney. I was skeptical going in. Olga took over my case, and it was approved on the first attempt, in 4 days after filing. To your point about feeling rushed... there's a difference between a firm that's sloppy and fast vs. one that's efficient becaus...
Posted by Yash | March 19, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Really good experience
I was referred to Stelmakh & Associates by a friend, and from the very first conversation with Katya, I understood why they are so highly recommended. My brother and I are co-founders of a tech startup in the ticketing and experience space, while also working in Hawaii, growing our family's spa bu...
Posted by Sri | January 29, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Exceptional Guidance and Expertise for a Successful EB-1A Petition
I am truly grateful that I chose Stelmakh & Associates to represent me for my EB-1A petition. I explored several legal options before moving forward, and a trusted friend strongly recommended Stelmakh & Associates. Looking back, that decision proved to be absolutely the right one. From the very begin...
"Katya and I have worked together on many cases. She is a professional in the truest sense of the word. She is a great lawyer, honest, caring and dedicated. She has a vast knowledge of business immigration and family immigration law. I fully recommend and support her work in the community and on behalf of immigrants across the country."
Corporate and incorporation lawyer
Immigration lawyer
2021
Top 10 Emerging Immigration Law Firms, Manage HR Magazine
2004
CALI Award for Excellence in Comparative Employment Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
2003
John M. Adams Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
2001
Winner - Belarus national round, Oralist - international round, The Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
2008 - Present
Owner and Managing Director, Stelmakh & Associates, LLC
2008 - 2008
Contract Attorney, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
2005 - 2007
Attorney, Marks & Sokolov
2004 - 2004
Legal Intern, World Bank
2003 - 2003
Legal Intern, Bailey Cavalieri, LLC
2008 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationMember
2005
JD - Juris Doctor
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Certificate
2024
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Russian
Ukrainian
Belarusian
English