Bangudi Law LLC of South Laurel

Bangudi Law LLC of South Laurel is an immigration lawyer in South Laurel, Maryland. The firm represents individuals and families in all facets of immigration law, including family-based immigration through marriage and adoption, visitor and student visas, and cases at every stage of the process, from initial applications to Motions to Reopen, Notices of Intent to Deny, appeals, and Immigration Court. Its practice also covers business immigration, removal defense, Maryland family law, international family law, and small business law. The firm has served Laurel and Columbia since 2010 and holds a rating of 4.30 from 26 reviews.

Mayabanza Bangudi, the firm's attorney, earned her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Louisville. She is licensed in Maryland and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Her professional service includes a term as Past Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association DC Chapter, which covers Maryland and Virginia, and as Past Chair of the Immigration Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association. She has served on the USCIS National Liaison Committee, the National Bylaws Committee, and the National Ethics Committee. She is one of only a handful of attorneys to have chaired both the Maryland, DC, and Virginia chapters of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Immigration Section of the Maryland State Bar.

The firm's international family law practice handles divorce, separation, child custody and support, marital settlement and prenuptial agreements, protective orders, and property disputes, along with enrollment of foreign orders, recognition of foreign divorces, international relocation of children, and international child abduction. Its business law work includes outside general counsel services, contract negotiation, drafting and review, and alternative dispute resolution. Attorney Bangudi has presented on immigration and family law topics at the Baltimore Immigration Summit and Maryland State Bar Association conferences, and has volunteered with the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and the Georgetown University Law Center Alumni Interview Program.

The office sits on Sandy Spring Road, near its intersection with Van Dusen Road, about a third of a mile from the Laurel Municipal Center and Leo E. Wilson Community Park, and roughly two-tenths of a mile from Laurel Junior High School.

Clients describe Attorney Bangudi as honest, direct, and knowledgeable, with reviews noting successful outcomes in divorce, custody, and immigration matters, including release from detention with proceedings dismissed.