Attorney Jennifer Varughese practices exclusively Immigration Law at Livesay & Myers, P.C. She is experienced in handling every type of immigration law matter, including Advance Parole, Citizenship, Deportation, Employment-Based and Family-Based green cards, E-Verify cases, L-1 Visas, Temporary Protected Status and Temporary Visas, with a special emphasis on cases involving the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.

Ms. Varughese is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member, Outreach Committee), the Virginia State Bar (Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Conference Immigrant Outreach Committee) and the Fairfax Bar Association. She has been admitted to practice in both the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Ms. Varughese has argued twice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, resulting in two published opinions: Hussain v. Gonzales, 477 F.3d 153 (4th Cir. 2007) and Markovski v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 108 (4th Cir. 2007).

In a high profile case, Ms. Varughese successfully petitioned for an O-1 visa for an artistic gymnastics coach to return to Lake Ridge, Virginia from his native Chile. O-1 visas are only given to those top individuals in the fields of science, arts, education, business and athletics. To read the newspaper coverage, click here.

Ms. Varughese graduated cum laude from the highly rated Vanderbilt University, where she took first place in the Santa Rosa Junior College Novice Debate Competition, was a Finalist in the Frank K. Houston Public Speaking Competition and a Quarterfinalist in the Middle Tennessee State University Debate Competition, and made the Dean's List.

She then received her Juris Doctorate degree from the Regent University School of Law, where she took First Place in the school-wide Trial Advocacy Competition, was a Quarterfinalist in the 1L Moot Court Competition, and was a Merit Scholarship Recipient.

Ms. Varughese works out of the firm's offices in Fairfax and Manassas, Virginia, and handles cases throughout Northern Virginia, including Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Fauquier, Warrenton, Stafford, Culpeper, Fredericksburg and Prince William County, as well as throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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