Bashu D. Phulara, Esq. is a young, enthusiastic business immigration attorney from the bustling Times Square, New York City. Mr. Phulara believes his life turned around when he started to desire and dream.
Born and raised in a middle-class family in the far western region of Nepal, Mr. Phulara was never a planner. He rarely thought about how he would solve all the adversities in his life. However, he was always dedicated to his education and personal growth. After completing his elementary education at Chudi, a local village, Mr. Phulara completed his high school (SLC) in Mudhbhara, Doti, Nepal in 1992. He was a class topper from grade one to ten. As a college topper, Mr. Phulara graduated intermediate in Law (I.L.) from Doti Multiple Campus in 1994.
In 1995, Mr. Phulara moved to Kathmandu to pursue his Bachelor’s degree in Law (B.L). He graduated B.L in 1998 as one of the top two Nepal students from the Nepal Law Campus in Nepal. As a bright student, he received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in 2001 from Tribhuvan University, Nepal as the top performer, breaking Nepal’s record of the previous best performers at the LLM program in Tribhuvan University. His performance and academic accomplishment were nationally recognized by the University, which eventually helped him to receive a gold medal and “Mahendra Vidya Bhushan Kha” from Nepal Government, the highest honor given to distinguished students and scholars. Through the U.S. Nepal student exchange program, Mr. Phulara received an opportunity to attend Washington University, St. Louis, in 2001. Before moving to NYC, he was admitted as a practicing lawyer in Nepal in 2003. As a registered lawyer in Nepal since 2003, he did some legal research and handled different legal matters. In 2005, Mr. Phulara moved to NYC to pursue a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in American Studies at Benjamin Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University). While attending LL.M. (2006-2008) at Cardozo Law, he was granted the Dean’s Merit Scholarship. After admission into the NY bar as an attorney-at-law in 2011, Mr. Phulara worked as an associate attorney in a prestigious NY-based law firm from 2012 to 2017. As an attorney, he handled complex legal matters in NY, including business immigration, family, civil litigation, corporate, criminal cases, bankruptcy, and others. Over the years, he traveled to over 30 States and successfully defended his clients on asylum and removal hearings before immigration courts throughout the United States.
In addition, Mr. Phulara has successfully defended hundreds of individual and corporate clients in Business Immigration. Even though he is currently a registered attorney in New York (2011), his career started as a registered lawyer in Nepal (2003). Also, he was a Professor of Contract and Business Law (2002-2004) at the Apex College and College of Applied Business (CAB) in Nepal. He was the legal advisor for corporate governance in Nepal from 2001 to 2002. From 2005-2008, he was a foreign law associate at a New York-based Law Firm. With experience and exposure on the international level, Mr. Phulara founded Law Office named Bashu D. Phulara, P.C. at Times Square in 2017. As such, he is the first known Nepali lawyer to have a law firm in the heart of awe-inspiring Times Square. His work and interviews as an attorney is well covered and featured in significant print and electronic media, including Kantipur, Annapurna Media, AP-1 HD, Nepal Television, Radio Nepal, and Rising Nepal, among other media in Nepal and the United States. Most recently, in 2019, he was honored with a well-known “Sikhar International Distinguished Personality Award” in Nepal, recognized and bestowed upon him by the Vice President of the Government of Nepal.
Mr. Phulara has published dozens of articles on financial sector development and contributed extensively to research in corporate laws, including patent rights in Nepal from 1994 – 2006. Even though moving from Nepal to the U.S was difficult for Mr. Phulara, his hard work and persistence have allowed him to live the life he has always wanted. Mr. Phulara strongly believes that success doesn’t follow us until we follow it. Therefore, though the fear of failure haunted Mr. Phulara throughout his life, he always fought it with courage and self-belief. Currently, a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and New York Bar Association, Mr. Phulara aims to become a nationally acclaimed business immigration attorney in the United States. With the effort Mr. Phulara puts into anything, he is bound to achieve his dreams.
Bashu D. Phulara, Esq: A Tireless Attorney in The Times Square
