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"Shaftel Law specializes in managing the immigration needs of new and established companies, deportation defense, family immigration, and asylum. Their experts are fluent in Spanish. Matthew Shaftel owns and founded the immigration law firm Shaftel Law. He is an expert in employment and family immigration law and an experienced federal litigator. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in 2004. He was admitted to the California and Colorado bars and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Mr. Shaftel assists families during all stages of the immigration process and also specializes in complicated immigrant and non-immigrant cases, waivers of grounds of inadmissibility, and removal cases. His federal litigation background includes immigration petitions for review by federal circuit courts, numerous jury trials and appeals in federal circuit courts, and writs of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. He worked as a trial lawyer for the Federal Defenders of San Diego.
2026 Update: Shaftel Law has a team of legal experts are well-versed in immigration law, and are truly passionate about guiding clients through the complexities of the U.S. immigration system."
