I've reopened my firm January 2023, and am now 100% virtual. I continue to serve individuals and families near and far, looking to immigrate to the United States to start the next chapter in their journey.

My singer/songwriter bio captures my journey in music best. Take a read below:Born in France to her Mozambican mother and Guinea-Bissauan father, Loide (pronounced Loy-deh) grew up in California, at the intersection of seemingly disparate cultural expressions. With only hymnals, doo-wop, and soul allowed in her observant Christian home, these sonic styles formed the first strands of her melodic DNA. Later, she would fuse them with the Afro-luso melodies and verse she heard in the homes of family and friends, the hymns she sang in Portuguese in church, and the European classical compositions she studied and performed in school. On track after track of her latest full-length in-studio album In Time, Loide leverages these references to brilliant effect, code switching and interchanging English and Portuguese with dexterity. In the process, her story and sound stream past category and convention. Adding dimension to this narrative, Loide oft relays the stories in song of the immigrant struggle through her personal and professional lens, as an immigration attorney. This is life, this is Afro-Luso rhythms fused with African-American blues. This is jazz with a side of saudade. Some of my favorate stages to have performed on include:Blues Alley - DC, Kennedy Center Millenium stage - DC, Zipper Theater - NY, PAP Jazz festival - Haiti,Nathaniel Holt Theater - CA, Bohemian Caverns - DC, Le Poison Rouge - NY, G8, Summit Meetings - London.

As of counsel, I provide legal guidance on complex immigration litigation, including appellate litigation at the Board of Immigration of Appeals and within District Court, Removal Defense, Family based immigration, Consular Processing, Naturalization and Citizenship, Waivers, Responses to requests for evidence, Notices of intent to deny, terminate and revoke, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, VAWA petitions,Parole (including humanitarian and Parole in Place (PIP) for the family of U.S. Military service members), U visas, DACA, and TPS.