Maryam received her law training at the UMASS Dartmouth School of Law and graduated in 2009. She has over ten years of experience in the full spectrum of immigrant matters. She has attained the bar license in both Connecticut and Texas, and she handles United States immigration cases world-wide.

Maryam previously worked with a large global immigration firm and handled hundreds of employer sponsored visas for companies in technology and oil/gas. She has been managing partner with Francisco Fernandez Law Group PLLC since 2017 as well as of counsel for Filippov Law Group PLLC.

Maryam has served as faculty for the National Business Institute as an instructor on immigration law to other attorneys.

Her experience includes non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions, permanent residence, PERM labor certifications, responses opposing government challenges, such as complex requests for evidence and notices of intent-to-deny for various petitions and business compliance issues. Maryam also provides counsel on other aspects of U.S. immigration including naturalization issues, family-based immigration, and preparation for consular processing.

Maryam has experience in business immigration, family immigration and deportation defense. Prior to moving to Texas, she represented clients in deportation proceedings in Federal Courts in Boston and Hartford, and successfully overturned decisions with the Board of Immigration Appeals. Maryam has represented multinational-banking and financial-service companies in foreclosure proceedings in Connecticut.