Zain Maredia is the founder and managing attorney of Maredia Immigration Law, PLLC. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School. He represents clients in all aspects of U.S. immigration law, including family-based petitions (spousal, parental, child, fiancé), employment-based nonimmigrant (H-1B, L-1, TN) and immigrant (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3) petitions, investment visas (E-2 and EB-5), student visas (F-1), humanitarian visas (T and U), and citizenship and naturalization.

The son of Indian immigrants and husband to a Pakistani immigrant, Mr. Maredia understands the powerful role immigration can play in changing lives. As a result, he approaches his work with passion and empathy. Understanding the high stakes involved for clients, Maredia Immigration Law prioritizes accessibility and communication.

Before starting his own practice, Mr. Maredia worked as an attorney at a prominent Houston immigration firm, giving him an opportunity to thoroughly train and develop under experienced attorneys and legal assistants. Prior to that, Mr. Maredia was a litigation associate at international law firm Winston & Strawn in New York, where he focused his practice on antitrust, intellectual property, and white collar matters. His favorite part of the job, however, was his pro bono practice, through which he helped individuals obtain their permanent residence.

Mr. Maredia received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2019, graduating with academic honors as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While in law school, Mr. Maredia served as a student attorney for Columbia’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic. He vigorously defended individuals facing removal, notably helping a longtime resident of the U.S. obtain cancellation of removal. Also while in law school, Mr. Maredia traveled to rural Georgia and successfully argued for a detainee’s release on bond, interviewed refugees in Amman, Jordan to help prepare their resettlement applications, supported unaccompanied children in obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and assisted an Iraqi family with its refugee resettlement application through the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). Prior to his studies at Columbia, Mr. Maredia graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in Political Science in 2015.