OUR FIRM
We are here to help you gain an understanding on your options and provide afforable legal counsel.
Since we opened the practice, Ahmad Legal's goal has been to provide affordable legal counsel and honest advice on your case.
We aim to keep you informed of your case progress and its status. With regards to immigration cases, requests for additional documents will be brought to your attention as soon as we receive a request from USCIS. Our quick response time directly effects your processing time.
Filing fees have grown substantially over the years, however our costs to represent you have not increased. Ahmad Legal is affordable because we limit our expenses and pass on the savings to valued clients.
Ahmad Legal is reliable in its advice because we research carefully and draw upon years of experience in immigration law as well as a strong understanding of US and state of Maryland laws.
Each era in our history has seen different regions of the world come to America for greater freedom and opportunties to find success. America's open policy of immigration has evolved over the years and can be challenging to understand and manuever through.
If we suspect we cannot reach the desired outcome in your case we will let you know from the start. If we cannot take your case, we will assist you in locating counsel to meet your needs.
ATTORNEY Shana Ahmad
Shana P. Ahmad, Esq.
Shana Ahmad received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2002 she received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from The University of Baltimore School of Law. In her final year of law school, Shana broadened her scope of courses and took an immigration law course. She was encouraged by her professor, a U.S. immigration court judge in Baltimore to practice law and to be inspired by immigration law especially as America is the home of the immigrant.
During her second and third year of law school Shana was a law clerk for a busy Montgomery County practice with a wide practice scope, including criminal, civil, and family law. Following Shana’s graduation and acceptance to the Bar of the State of Maryland she began practicing immigration law at The Law Offices of Ismail Laher, later known as The Laher Law Group. She represented clients from the DC/MD/VA region and up and down the east coast with a large number of clients traveling to meet with her from New York and New Jersey and continues to do so at her own practice.
Shana has had success in areas challenged by USCIS such as employer ability to pay and lack of birth certificate for certain nationals. She has written many successful memos challenging the USCIS traditional approach of viewing only primary evidence in cases where secondary evidence is plentiful but the primary documents are not available.
In 2007 Shana founded Ahmad Legal LLC where she has practiced immigration law, employment law and contract review. Shana speaks Urdu, Hindi and Spanish. She also is an avid tennis player and runner and enjoys spending time with her husband, Dr. Omar Ahmad and their two young children.