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Immigration

Jan. 1, 2015

Attorneys help secure special immigrant visa for Afghani translator

Michael J. Stephan, an associate at Irell & Manella, aided Shah Muhammadi, who traveled with the U.S. Army for years, with resettling in the U.S.


By Melanie Brisbon


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In late 2011, members of the U.S. Army made their way through war-torn Afghanistan with bullets flying and danger at every turn. The soldiers left their families and risked their lives but they were not alone. Then 20 years old, Shah Muhammadi, an Afghani native serving as a translator and cultural adviser, traveled with them, making similar sacrifices.


Muhammadi, who at the time was working for U....

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