Lakshmi Challa

Lakshmi Challa: Immigration Attorney and Special Counsel to the Virginia Attorney General

Lakshmi Challa is the founding attorney of Challa Law Offices, a full-service immigration law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. She has over twenty-five years of experience exclusively practicing immigration law.12

As the managing attorney, Challa handles all aspects of employment and family-based immigration, including strategizing and preparing high-volume employment-based petitions and permanent residency applications.13 She also advises clients on visa processing at the consular level and represents them in Department of Labor investigations.1

Challa Law Offices has been appointed as Special Immigration Counsel to the Virginia Attorney General's office for the past nine years.24 In this role, the firm represents Virginia universities and colleges on immigration matters.1

Lakshmi Challa has been recognized for her contributions to the legal field and the community. She has received numerous awards, including the YWCA Outstanding Woman in Business Award, the Influential Women of Virginia Award from Virginia Lawyers Weekly, and the John C. Kenny Pro Bono Award from the Richmond Bar Association.1

Challa is an active speaker and participant in various immigration-related events and forums. She has been invited to the White House for a roundtable discussion on immigration, presented at conferences organized by major computer consulting associations, and spoken at universities in the U.S. and India.2