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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 Nikhil | May 24, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Exceptional Service and Fast Results: Highly Recommend Stelmakh and Associates
I recently had the pleasure of working with Stelmakh and Associates again, and I couldn't be more satisfied with the experience. Initially, we faced the challenge of navigating the complex visa application process for a crucial hire at our startup. Given our previous positive experience with Stelmakh...
Posted by Ольга | February 20, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Отличный юрист!
Благодарю Екатерину и её команду за превосходную работу! Когда потребовалась юридическая помощь, я провела несколько консультаций с разными адвокатами. И решила работать с Екатериной - её консультация показалась мне наиболее квалифицированной и детальной. Как итог - одобрение визы талантов и миграцио...
Posted by anonymous | December 13, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Approval for I-130 & I-185
I recommend Katia for anyone navigating the complex process of obtaining a green card. My husband and I recently worked with Stelmakh & Associates and we couldn't be more grateful for their expertise and guidance. They made the documentation process much easier than we expected, providing clear inst...
Posted by Esteban | April 27, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Katya is just awesome.
I always will be gratefull for the help I got, I came to the US, with an L1 visa, and since I came in things were not going well for me in the company that bought me to US, I contacted Kate and her team, they gave me all the required advices and walked me through the whole process with honesty and co...
Posted by Olena | April 15, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Благодарю и рекомендую Адвоката Катерину Стельмах
Хочу выразить благодарность высококвалифицированному адвокату Катерине Стельмах за проделанную работу с получением иммиграционной визы и гражданства в США. Катерина очень профессионально проделала работу, вежлива и терпелива. Всегда отвечала на звонки и держала в курсе дела. Очень довольна результ...
Спасибо за отзыв, Олена! Было приятно работать с Вами и Вашей семьей.
"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
N/A
Certificate
2024
2012
2024
2021
2017
2016
2008
Russian
Ukrainian
Belarusian
English