Attorneys at Law
About us
Our mission is to provide prompt, high quality legal services to benefit the lives of our clients. From complex immigration and personal injury matters to serious traffic tickets, our attorneys understand that communication is a key to success. Whether you have a serious accident case or an important family immigration matter, you need confidence that your lawyer will listen and work with you to achieve results.
Our clients range from individuals to large corporations, and we regularly appear in state and federal courts. Based in Arlington, Virginia, a few miles from Washington D.C. and Maryland, we handle U.S. immigration cases worldwide and accept Virginia accident, injury and traffic cases.
If you need a skilled Virginia Immgration Lawyer, Personal Injury Lawyer, or a Lawyer for Fairfax Traffic Court, we have offices conveniently located to serve your Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. location. At Terpak and Associates, we strive to build a partnership for success with every client.
Memberships:
Virginia State Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Our Northern Virginia Location:
943 S. George Mason Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22204
Practice Areas
Immigration Through Employment
Our immigration division handles all areas of Immigration law. We represent employers and employees for nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, including the H-1b visa, L visa, PERM and employment based green cards.
Family Based Immigration
We also represent individuals with family based visa petitions including the K3, K1 (fiancé visa) and family based green cards.
Self Sponsored Immigration
Other important immigration matters we handle include asylum claims, investment visas, VAWA petitions (Violence Against Women's Act) and citizenship cases, among others.
Personal Injury
Our personal injury (PI) division handles serious personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from car crashes, defective products, and other accidents. Injury claims can be complex because there are two types of law involved. Tort law determines who is liable, and insurance law determines who will pay. Choosing the right lawyer at the right time can make a big difference in your accident or injury case. We regularly handle injury cases in Northern Virginia including Arlington, Fairfax, Alexandria, Falls Church, Loudoun & Prince William. We have litigated accident cases in state and federal courts against a wide range of defendants, including large governments, major auto manufacturers and major retailers. For a free accident case evaluation, please call 703.933.0266 to speak with one of our attorneys.
Traffic
We handle traffic tickets for reckless driving, speeding, driving on a suspended license, and driving without a license. Our attorneys regularly appear in traffic court in Arlington,Fairfax, Alexandria, Falls Church, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford. We try to help our clients avoid points, higher insurance rates or problems with government security clearances caused by traffic tickets.
Wills & Trusts
Our Wills & Trusts division handles estate planning for residents of Virginia, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and living wills for clients in the Northern Virginia area, including Arlington, Fairfax, Alexandria, Falls Church, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford. Our lawyers work with you to reach your estate planning goals, whether they are simple or complex.
News Briefs
USCIS REACHES FY 2009 H-1B CAP:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2009. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the "advanced degree" exemption. Before running the random selection process, USCIS will complete initial data entry for all filings received during the filing period ending on April 7, 2008. Due to the high number of petitions, USCIS is not.(Full Story)
New US U Visa offered to crime victims:
Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas (U Visa), seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.(Full Story)
Fairfax Jail Will Check For Illegal Immigrants:
Fairfax County Sheriff Stan G. Barry, who runs Virginia's largest jail, has decided to begin screening inmates for immigration violations and working with federal authorities to deport those illegally in this country.(Full Story)
Arlington criticizes regional crackdown on illegal immigration:
Arlington, VA - Elected officials in Northern Virginia's most famously liberal county have strongly criticized their counterparts elsewhere in the region over efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.(Full Story)
VA Teen Is Sentenced to a Year in Jail for Deadly High-Speed Crash:
Saadet Muslu's classmates at Langley High School in McLean will be heading to college soon, but she'll be serving a one-year jail sentence.(Full Story)