ISABELLA MAYZEL, ESQ.

Isabella Mayzel


Isabella Mayzel, Esq.  practices law at the Mayzel Law Group offices in Springfield, New Jersey, which is located thirty minutes from New York City.  Mayzel Law Group specializes in Immigration Law, Personal Injury Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Business Law, and other various fields of law to cater its clientele.  Isabella, the founder of the firm, was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, former USSR and immigrated to the United States in 1991.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Tashkent State University School of Law in 1979.  That same year, Isabella was admitted to the Tashkent City Bar Association, where she practiced law for eleven years.  While practicing law in Uzbekistan, Isabella also successfully defended her thesis in the criminal process and was awarded Ph.D. in Jurisprudence.

Seeing that the USSR was going to fall apart as a country in the very near future and seeking better long-term opportunities, Isabella and her family immigrated to the United States in search of the American dream right before the USSR fell apart in 1991.  Even though it was not going to be an easy road, Isabella made the decision to continue her career in jurisprudence in the United States.  She started her legal career in the United States as a Paralegal for the law firm of Ravich, Koster, Tobin, Reitman, Caruso and Greenstein, P.C. where she continued to work full-time while studying at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.  In order to gain more experience and expand her legal knowledge and expertise, Isabella also worked for other distinguished law firms while attending Seton Hall Law School.  Upon her graduation from Seton Hall University School of Law and passing the New Jersey State Bar in 1997, Isabella immediately started her own legal practice focusing on Immigration and Personal Injury matters.  She has since expanded her law firm multiple times and Mayzel Law Group practice serves its clientele in various legal fields.

Ever since Mayzel Law Group was founded in 1997, the firm successfully represented thousands of clients with extraordinary results before USCIS, Asylum Offices, Executive Office for Immigration Review (Immigration Courts), 2nd and 3rd Court of Appeals, Board of Immigration Appeals.  Mayzel Law Group and Isabella in particular, have successfully litigated thousands of cases before above mentioned agencies. 

Besides others, Isabella and her Associates specialize in all types of immigration law including, but not limited to the following:

  1. Removal proceedings with various types of relief before Immigration Courts, such as Political Asylum, Cancellation of Removal for certain lawful permanent residents and for certain non-permanent residents, waivers, wherein the aliens instead of being removed, are able to obtain lawful permanent resident status (Green Card)
  2. Appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals, various appellate and district courts
  3. Immigration Investments (EB-5)
  4. Employment-based Immigration, such as Labor Certifications (PERM), based on extraordinary abilities, multi-national managers, National Interest Waivers, religious immigrant visas (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4)
  5. Family-based immigration (Consular Process and Adjustment of Status)
  6. Crimmigration (Criminal Law within immigration)
  7. Citizenship and Naturalization
  8. Temporary Protected Status (TPS), initial and extension
  9. Uniting for Ukraine (U4U)
  10. All types of Non-Immigrant visas including but not limited to E-1/E-2, F-1, H-1b, L-1, P, O visas, etc.

Isabella is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, and the Court of Appeals for the 2nd and 3rd Circuits.  She is also a member of the following professional organizations:

  1.  New Jersey State Bar Association
    2.    American Immigration Lawyers Association
    3.    Federal Bar Association
    4.    Union County Bar Association
    5.    International Association of “Who’s Who” of Professionals
    6.    Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Isabella was recognized as Super Lawyer 2023

Over the years of practice, Isabella has been elected to various committees’ leadership positions:

  1.  Secretary and Treasurer of the Central Jersey Shore Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
  2.  Secretary of the New Jersey Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
  3.  Liaison with U.S. CBP of the New Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
  4.  Chair of the Immigration Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Isabella and Mayzel Law Group has a major precedent court decision which have a major role in the future cases with the same issues:

  1. Miltiadous v. Tetervak, 686 F. Supp 2d 544, 548 (E.D. Pa.2010) — https://casetext.com/case/miltiadous-v-tetervak

Throughout her long and illustrious career, Isabella has conducted extensive legal research and is an author of nine monographs and articles concerning various fields of law.  She has spoken in a number of conferences and seminars in Uzbekistan, USA, Ukraine, Austria and in other countries for the general public as well as for professional attorneys.  To share her vast knowledge and expertise in immigration, since 1999, Isabella was also holding a weekly radio show called “Status” on various Russian-speaking radio and TV stations wherein she discussed all current news and updates in immigration law and answered questions from the callers on live air.  You can see vast amount of TV and YouTube programs dedicated to major obstacles of immigration law on her YouTube channel

Mayzel Law Group is distinguished in the legal industry by being highly professional, highly qualified and very responsible as well as having a warm and understanding attitude toward all of its clients.