Firm Profile
Bhagwati & Associates, PLLC. focuses primarily on practice of laws in the areas of U.S. Immigration Law, Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Admiralty & Maritime Law AND Personal Injury.
In U.S. Immigration Law, we practice all aspects of immigration law for individuals and corporations, including nonimmigrant visas, employment visas, visas for doctors, nurses, applicable healthcare professionals, fiancé visas, F-1 visa, M-1 visas, permanent residence petitions, labor certifications process under PERM, marriage-based adjustments and green cards, national interest waivers, naturalization, I-9, LCA compliance and, DOL Audits in the area of U.S. Immigration Law; Contracts, real estate law, matrimonial law, personal injury and business litigation. The Firm helps individuals and businesses worldwide with all of their US immigration needs including all the above aspects of U.S. Immigration Law.
Within Business Law, our Firm helps businesses at various stages and phases of their operations. We work directly with our clients to set up organization, operational structure and framework that is best suited to the business plan and goals of management. Our practice focus lies in Organization and structuring of entities, drafting and review of various contractual agreements including Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Operating Agreements for LLCs, and Shareholder Agreements, purchases and sales, contract agreements of various nature, sophisticated financing transactions, Commercial Leases and a wide range of other documents specifically directed to the particular needs and desires of your business.
While handling Commercial Litigation matters, we provide aggressive, focused, and result-orientated representation to all our Clients. Commercial litigation is the broad area of law involves disputes of commercial nature usually arising out of professional and commercial relationships that are resolved through alternative dispute resolution methods and court trials. Commercial litigation can encompass a wide variety of civil and criminal law matters at both state and federal levels. Our practice focus comes into play when the stakes are high. We provide civil and commercial litigation services representing plaintiffs and defendants at all judicial and arbitration forums. We are aware about the high costs involved in litigation and thus we work very closely with our clients to ensure that the rising costs of litigation is kept under control simultaneously keeping a strong focus on achieving most favorable results for our clients.
In Employment Law, if you are involved with a dispute involving such issues as wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination (gender, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, national origin, race), wage and overtime issues, employment contracts, negotiation of severance packages, or public sector employee issues INCLUDING the areas stated hereunder, our Firm is the one that can assist you with its best possible services to protect your interests. If you are an employer, we can provide advocacy on how to protect your businesses rights and options under labor and employment laws, including representation in mediations, arbitrations, and litigation. The Law Firm helps individuals and businesses worldwide with all of their US immigration needs including all aspects of corporate immigration including nonimmigrant visas, employment visas, visas for doctors, nurses, applicable healthcare professionals, fiancé visas, F-1 visa, M-1 visas, permanent residence petitions, labor certifications process under PERM, marriage-based adjustments and green cards, national interest waivers, naturalization, I-9, LCA compliance and, DOL Audits in the area of U.S. Immigration Law.
In Admiralty & Maritime Law, Our Firm can assist clients that have been injured while in, on or around various bodies of water such as New York, whether while on a boat or in the harbor. Admiralty and Maritime law extensively deals with the application of law to events that occur on oceans, large lakes or rivers that can be used for commercial shipping. These waters are divided into territorial waters and the high seas. Territorial waters are close to land while the high seas are those waters that are further away from land. Injuries can occur either in or around these bodies of water that invoke application of Admiralty and Maritime Law. Secondly, The Jones Act is a federal law that protects employees who are involved in workplace accidents. Under the Jones Act an employee has a right to a "safe place to work". The Jones Act is a fault based statute that means that an employee can collect damages if an employer is at fault. This fault can take many forms including the improper or unsafe acts of co-employees, an unsafe workplace, or unsafe or improper instructions. It is often easy to show that injury could have been avoided if employer acted in a safer manner.
In Personal Injury matters, if you have been injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of the negligence or wrongdoing of another person, company, government agency, or other entity, we can put in an extremely effective representation to win you your rights and get you the relief much deserved. If you or your loved one has suffered an injury of any magnitude, you can contact us for free advice. We represent victims traumatically injured from accidents arising out of power tools, farm equipment, car accident, truck turnover, workplace injuries, construction activities, slips and falls at a public place, motor vehicle accidents & collisions.
The law firm advises its clients both in USA and India on Immigration and civil matters. The law firm has a leading edge due to its ability to keep pace with the changing laws and its ability to handle the complexities of law at any given point in time in the best interest of its clients. Any matter is of prime importance to us and we do our every best to ensure we provide the best of solution to our clients. It is thus that our advise is invaluable.