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Shadi Sheidayi

Immigration Law

Irvine, CA
No Disciplinary History · Licensed since 2005
English, Farsi
5.0141 Google Reviews

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Shadi Sheidayi Came to America as a Child—Now She Helps Other Families Build Their Lives Here

Before Shadi Sheidayi understood immigration law as an attorney, she experienced the immigration system through the eyes of a child. She came to the United States at a young age and watched her parents navigate a process that could determine where their family lived and what opportunities awaited them. That experience would eventually become the foundation of her legal career.

Today, she leads the Law Offices of Shadi Sheidayi, representing families, workers, investors, and businesses in immigration matters. She remains directly involved in both the legal work and client communication—an important quality in cases where a missed deadline, incomplete document, or misunderstood question can have lasting consequences.

Her professional background extends well beyond immigration applications. Before leading her current practice, she worked at established litigation firms and served as national counsel for Kia Motors, handling complex consumer-protection and product-liability matters. That work required command of extensive records, regulatory issues, competing evidence, and high-stakes litigation strategy. She brings the same disciplined attention to immigration cases that can turn on a client’s history, supporting documents, and ability to present a complete and persuasive application.

Sheidayi’s academic record offers another indication of that precision. She graduated cum laude from Chapman University School of Law and earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Trial Practice, recognizing the highest performance in the course.

That preparation has produced tangible outcomes for people facing complicated immigration problems. In one matter that had reached Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she helped the client obtain a 10-year green card within approximately one year. The client later became a United States citizen.

Another family’s journey began with a fiancé visa and continued for four years. By the end, the mother had become a United States citizen and her son had received a 10-year green card. In a separate matter, she took over a difficult case that had stalled under previous counsel and secured permanent resident status for the client.

Her experience also reaches employment and investment immigration. She has obtained H-1B approvals, employment-based green cards, E-2 treaty-investor visas, and EB-5 permanent residency. She has successfully handled naturalization cases complicated by criminal histories and secured deferred action and work authorization for an individual who had lived in the United States since childhood without the ability to work legally.

Public feedback provides substantial validation from the people who have experienced that work firsthand. She maintains a perfect 5.0-star Google rating based on 141 reviews—an exceptional level of public approval sustained across more than 140 evaluations.

Sheidayi’s career brings her story full circle. She once watched her own family confront the uncertainty of immigration; now she helps other families move toward lawful status, permanent residency, citizenship, and the opportunity to build secure lives in the United States..

That combination of experience, reputation, verified professional standing, and public credibility is why Shadi Sheidayi was included on FreddieFender.com.

Credentials

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of California, Irvine, 2000.
  • Juris Doctor, cum laude, Chapman University School of Law, 2005.
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association.
  • Member, American Bar Association.
  • Languages: English and Farsi.

Career Highlights / Proven Experience

Career Highlights

  • Firm Founder: Founded the Law Offices of Shadi Sheidayi, building a practice that represents families, professionals, investors, and companies in immigration and business matters.
  • Immigration Experience Grounded in Her Family’s Story: Immigrated to the United States as a child and watched her parents navigate the immigration system—an experience that now informs her work helping families pursue lawful status, permanent residency, and citizenship.
  • National Automotive and Large-Firm Litigation Experience: Practiced with Gordon & Rees and Lee Hong Degerman Kang & Waimey before serving as national counsel for Kia Motors, handling complex consumer-protection and product-liability litigation.
  • Trial-Advocacy Academic Distinction: Earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Trial Practice at Chapman University School of Law, recognizing the highest-performing student in the course.
  • Immigration-Law Speaker: Addressed a 2013 immigration-reform roundtable on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and its effects.
  • Orange County Recognition: Named among Orange County’s top lawyers by Locale Magazine in 2018.
  • Exceptional Client Feedback: Maintains a perfect 5.0-star Google rating based on 141 reviews.

Proven Experience

  • ICE-Related Case Led to a Green Card and Citizenship: Took over a complicated immigration matter that had reached Immigration and Customs Enforcement, helped the client obtain a 10-year green card within approximately one year, and later guided the client to United States citizenship.
  • Family’s Journey from Fiancé Visa to Citizenship Completed: Guided a client through a four-year process beginning with a fiancé visa and culminating in United States citizenship while also securing a 10-year green card for the client’s son.
  • Permanent Residency Secured After a Case Stalled: Took over a difficult immigration matter that had not advanced under prior counsel and helped the client obtain permanent resident status.
  • Deferred Action and Work Authorization Approved: Secured deferred action and a work permit for an individual who had lived in the United States since childhood without lawful employment authorization, allowing him to work legally and pursue a driver’s license.
  • Naturalization Obtained Despite Criminal Histories: Successfully handled naturalization matters for clients whose criminal histories complicated their eligibility, as well as applicants who believed citizenship might be unavailable to them.
  • Employment-Based Immigration Approvals: Obtained numerous H-1B approvals and employment-based green cards for professionals from a range of occupational backgrounds.
  • Investor Immigration Approvals: Secured EB-5 permanent residency and E-2 treaty-investor visas for qualifying investors.

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