Family Law

• Guardianship
  Herischi & Associates LLC's pro bono program provides free legal assistance on civil and criminal matters for eligible low income applicants. Applicants are screened for financial eligibility using federal poverty guidelines. Priority is given to family law, elder law, housing, guardianship, and public benefit cases. Because the firm receives numerous requests for assistance, cases are selected at the discretion of the program with services limited to available resources.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Fraud
  These claims usually involve an employee who believes someone in their company or the company itself is defrauding the federal government and wishes to out this wrongdoing. This usually involves claims of illegal activity such as tax fraud, shareholder fraud, and bribery. Whistleblowers are those individuals who report this wrongdoing. The federal government through acts of congress protects whistleblowers.
• Kidnapping
  Appear (objectively or subjectively) intended to (1) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (2) influence a government’s policy by intimidation or coercion; or affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.; and

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Wrongful termination claims arise when an employer has fired an employee in violation of their legal right. At the center of most wrongful termination claims is the “at will†doctrine. Most employment in the United States is considered at will. An employer can terminate an employee at any time, for a reason, and without cause. Wrongful termination claims will examine whether or not the employer was free to let the employee go or whether termination was contrary to a contract between the parties.
• Employment Discrimination
  No one should have to deal with any type of discrimination in the workplace. Employment discrimination can result in unsafe hostile work environments and jeopardize people’s ability to advance their careers.
• Employment Contract
  Plaintiffs, Mr. Ardavan Roozbeh and Ms. Soheila Jangjoo, filed a complaint in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that Ms. Sieg and the Agency deliberately and maliciously punished Plaintiffs for exercising their First Amendment right to freedom of speech without due process. Defendants used their authority to retaliate against Plaintiffs for voicing their opinion regarding the rampant internal corruption and abuse of authority that plagues VOA Persian under Ms. Sieg's direction. Instead of addressing Plaintiffs' grievances Ms. Sieg and BBG suppressed and retaliated against Plaintiffs by effectively terminating their employment contracts.
• Employment Litigation
  Labor & Employment Disputes. Our litigators work to hold employers accountable for employment discrimination, unpaid overtime, employee misclassification, minimum wage violations, and other types of misconduct.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization
• Family Immigration
  €‹Nicolle Katrivanos is partner with Herischi & Associates, LLC. Nicolle has experience in international human rights law, employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, and removal defense. Before joining Herischi & Associates, LLC, she was an associate attorney at Jay S. Mark's Law Office in Silver Spring, M.D. Â
• Employment Immigration
• Business Immigration
  From advocating for human rights, to OFAC and export control, from family and business immigration matters to anti-discrimination actions, it is our goal to ensure that our clients’ needs are met from the initial consultation through the completion of their case.
• Work Visas
  Many immigrants initially come to the United States on temporary work visas. Many of these visas allow you to apply for an “adjustment of status†from within the U.S. if you become eligible for a green card, though not all do. When you request an adjustment of the status, you can receive your green card and become a lawful permanent resident without leaving the country.
• Removal Defense
  One of our Bethesda removal defense lawyers is an immigrant himself and knows what is at stake. We are ready to fight for you and will do whatever it takes to protect your future. Our team at

Health Law

• Personal Injury