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Yeshi Belay
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- Amharic
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Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
755 W Big Beaver Rd Suite 2050
Troy MI 48084
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Troy MI 48084
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Troy MI 48084
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Yeshi is an Associate based in Fragomen’s Detroit, Michigan, office, where she focuses her practice on a wide range of U.S. immigration matters. Yeshi has been practicing immigration law in Michigan since 2014 and her experience includes assisting with professional visas, labor certifications, applications for permanent residence, immigrant visas, consular processing, citizenship matters, representation before USCIS adjudicating officers and in immigration court, as well as family-based petitions and asylum matters.
During law school, Yeshi served as an Immigration Law Student Clinician at the MSU Immigration Law Clinic where she represented individuals and families and provided advocacy for vulnerable populations that were otherwise unable to obtain legal representation.
Yeshi speaks English and Amharic.
Education
- Michigan State University School of Law, J.D., cum laude , 2012
- University of Michigan, B.A., cum laude , 2007
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Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
755 W Big Beaver Rd Suite 2050
Troy MI 48084
United States
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- English
- Amharic
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Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
755 W Big Beaver Rd Suite 2050
Troy MI 48084
United States
Get in touch
Languages
- English
- Amharic
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Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
755 W Big Beaver Rd Suite 2050
Troy MI 48084
United States
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