A well-reputed Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, Ramesh K. Shrestha was born in Panchthar District, Nepal, and raised in Dharan until the completion of S.L.C. The owner and Principal Attorney of Shrestha Law Firm, PLLC, in downtown Manhattan, New York City, NY, had a fantastic childhood, as his family considers education to be the prime mantra to succeed in life. He earned his S.L.C. in the late 70s from the British Army School, Dharan, a Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) from Nepal Law Campus in the 80s, and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Tribhuvan University. He is a member of the bar of Nepal. He completed a summer program in American Legal System at International Law Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, in 1993. Earned Master’s in Law (LL.M.) from Saint Louis University, School of Law (SLU) in St. Louis, in 1994.
Upon graduation from Law School, he worked for the prestigious corporate law firm, Suelthaus & Kaplan, in St. Louis, as an intern in 1994/95. Prior to establishing his own law firm, Shrestha Law Firm, PLLC, in 2000, he worked at Chhetry & Associates, PC, as an attorney-at-law. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1996 and has been a member of the bar with good standing. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), American Bar Association (ABA), and the State Bar of New York. He has been admitted to practice before The Federal Courts of Southern and Eastern District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Mr. Shrestha has been practicing Federal Immigration and Nationality Law of the United States extensively as an Attorney-at-Law for more than 22 years. He represents a variety of U.S. and International corporations, small businesses, technology firms, and individual clients. Attorney Shrestha has successfully represented corporate and individual clients in diverse areas such as employment and business/investor, permanent labor certification, priority workers, family petitions, citizenship, removal/deportation defense, asylum, waivers, and federal court litigation. Representing individuals in business and family immigration, consular processing, removal defense, and asylum matters has been a professional passion.
He has been strikingly successful in US Federal Courts in overturning unfavorable decisions of the Department of Homeland Security and Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). He has argued before the US Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit and the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Shrestha has been selected as one of the “10 Best Immigration Attorneys” for 2017 in the State of New York by the American Institute of Legal Counsel. Mr. Shrestha has also been consecutively enlisted, among the top 100 Immigration Attorneys in the State of New York from; 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, by The American Society of Legal Advocates, a national legal advocacy organization.
Over the years, as a community lawyer, Mr. Shrestha has remained a legal advisor for many community not-for-profit organizations, including the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of America (FIPNA), and the United Sherpa Association (Sherpa Kyidug) in New York City. Mr. Shrestha worked as Board Member for NRN NCC for 2011/2012. Mr. Shrestha also led a by-laws amendment committee for the NRN NCC. He created an idea of making it a member-based organization, where the NRN members could directly cast a vote for the Executive Committee instead of the members of the House of Delegates.
Mr. Shrestha has significantly contributed to the Nepali Community living in the USA. He frequently published articles in many newspapers, beyond which his other contributions include: exclusively writing a weekly legal column, Wakil Sanga Kanun Ka Kura (Legal Matters With Attorney), in Vishwa Sandesh, Nepali Newspaper published in New York City, and live online lectures and presentations on US Immigration and Nationality Law, via Khasokhas News Media, and other online media in New York City.