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Billy Ruhling, II, is an experienced litigator focusing on civil litigation matters. His experience in civil litigation has focused on complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy and business torts. Mr. Ruhling has represented clients in actions covering a broad spectrum, including insurance coverage, professional liability defense, antitrust claims, contract disputes, tort claims, breach of corporate duties, and fraud.

Before joining Troutman Sanders LLP, Mr. Ruhling was on active duty as an Army Judge Advocate, where he served as a Branch Chief in the Army's Defense Appellate Division, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency. There, in addition to supervising seven appellate attorneys, he represented soldiers appealing convictions at courts-martial before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals. Mr. Ruhling currently serves in the United States Army Reserves as a Major in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Mr. Ruhling also served as a trial-level defense counsel as well as a Brigade Legal Advisor to the Aviation Brigade of the 3d Infantry Division responsible for providing advice in areas of national security law, international law, and administrative law in peace-time and during Operator Iraqi Freedom I, while simultaneously serving as a felony-level prosecutor.

Mr. Ruhling earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the United States Military Academy. He received his Juris Doctorate, with Honors, Order of the Coif, from the College of William & Mary School of Law. Mr. Ruhling went on to earn an L.L.M. in Military Law from the Army Judge Advocate School.

Mr. Ruhling is a member in good standing with the Bars of Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Maryland, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

Attorney Rana Sneij Syriani is an experienced (Immigration, Family & Traffic Attorney), representing clients at the Law offices of American Lawyers Group, PLLC. She has extensive experience in the area of divorce law (contested and uncontested), child custody, child support, adoption, spousal support, property division and settlement and post judgment modifications and name changes and many other family law cases as listed below. Ms. Syriani will represent you, if you live in one of the following Virginia counties: Fairfax , Falls Church, Arlington, Loudoun, Vienna, Warren, King George, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Prince William County, Culpeper and Stafford.

Ms. Syriani has extensive experience in Virginia Traffic law and can represent you in your traffic legal matters to include Reckless Driving, DUI, DWI and all you other Legal Traffic Defence Needs. Courts she assists clients in include:

-Arlington County General District Court
-Alexandria General District Court
-Fairfax County General District Court
-Prince William County General District Court
-Loudoun County General District Court
-Warren County General District Court
-King George General District Court
-Winchester General District Court
-Fredericksburg General District Court
-Spotsylvania General District Court
-Culpeper General District Court
-Stafford General District Court
-Vienna General District Court

Ms. Syriani is also an experienced immigration attorney, she will personally represent you in any jurisdiction within the Greater Metropolitan Washington DC area (Northern Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC), or even any cases that require nationwide interviews and travel, she is an honest attorney and a caring individual. A list of some of the Visas or immigration issues we handle is listed below.

Ms. Syriani foreign spoken languages, include both Arabic and French, and her staff speaks Spanish. Her bilingual skills give her the ability to communicate directly with her clients and to better meet their legal goals and case success. Ms. Syriani is an active member of AILA, ABA (American Bar Association) and Virginia Bar. Ms. Syriani has an Advannced Master’s Degree in Law from American University, Washington College of Law, located in Washington DC, and is Virginia State Bar Cetified to Practice Law.

Ms. Syriani serves clients in the following areas:

Divorce and Family law:
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-Contested Divorse
-Uncontested Divorse
-Divorce (dissolution & annulments)
-Child custody
-Child support
-Adoption
-Custody & Visitation
-Spousal support (alimony, palimony & maintenance)
-Property division (assets & debt)
-PSA (Property Settlement Agreement)
-Domestic violence and restraining orders
-Post-judgment modifications and termination of existing orders
-Name change

Virginia Counties She Serves:
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-Fairfax County
-Falls Church
-Arlington County
-Prince William County
-Loudon County

Immigration Cases We Represent
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[Immigration Cases for Business]
-PERM Labor Certification
-H1-B1 work visas for people from Chile and Singapore
-H1-B work visas for specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge
-Workers with H1 work visas who would like to file for a green card

[Citizenship & Naturalization]
-We will represent you in front of ICE to secure your naturalization and interview representation.

[Deportation & Removal Defense]
-Will represent you through all the steps of removal to secure proper defense.

[Investor Visas]
-E-2 Visa representation.

[Fiancé & Family Visas]

[Sample of Type of Visas we handle]
A-1 Visa (Diplomats, Ambassadors, Ministers, Consular Officers and Family)
A-2 Visa (Other Officials or Employees of Foreign Governments and Family)
A-3 Visa (Attendants, Servants or Employees of A-1 & A-2 and Family)
Adjustment of Status
Advance Parole
Asylum
B-1 Visa (Business Visitors)
B-2 Visa (Tourist Visitors for pleasure)
Cancellation of Removal
Change of Status
Citizenship & Naturalization
Deportation (Removal)
Green Card: EB-1
Green Card: EB-2 under PERM
EB-2 - National Interest Waiver
Green Card: EB-3 under PERM
EB-4 Special Immigrant Green Card
Green Card: EB-5
Employment Authorization Document
K-1 Fiancée Visa (Fiancée or fiancé of U.S. Citizens)
G-1 Visa (Principal representatives of recognized foreign governments and family)
G-2 Visa (Other representatives of recognized foreign governments and family)
G-3 Visa (Representatives of non-recognized foreign governments and family)
G-4 Visa (Officers or employees of international organizations and Family)
G-5 Visa (Attendants, servants or employees of G-1 through G-4 and Family)
Green Card - Adoption - Asylum - Family Based - Religion Worker - Lottery
H1B Visa (Persons in a Specialty Occupation)
H-1B1 Visa (Chileans and Singaporeans in a Specialty Occupation)
H-1C Visa (Registered Nurses)
H-2A Visa (Agricultural workers)
H2B Visa (Seasonal workers or trainers)
H3 Visa (Trainees coming for on-the-job training)
H4 Visa (Spouses and Children of H-1, H-2 or H-3 visa holders)
Many more

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