Nash Joseph Fayad is the Founder and President of Fayad Law, P.C.
He was born on June 2, 1966 in Lebanon, the oldest of three children.
In 1986, Mr.
Fayad earned a scholarship to the prestigious Russian People's Friendship University in Moscow, Russia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts & Master of Laws Degrees with Honors in 1992.
From 1992 to 1998, he attended the Institute of States and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and in June of 1998, he received his Ph.D.
in Jurisprudence with Honors from the Academy with a specialty in International Human Rights Law.
While enrolled in his Ph.D.
program, Mr.
Fayad co-edited "Human Rights for the 21st Century" with Vladimir Kartashkin, the Chairman of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Committee.
In 1998, Mr.
Fayad immigrated to the United States.
In 2006, Mr.
Fayad was sworn in as a proud United States citizen.
In 2002, Mr.
Fayad earned his Master of Laws degree from the William and Mary School of Law in Williamsburg, VA.
In July of 2003, he was admitted to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
That same year, Mr.
Fayad worked with the Catholic Diocese of Richmond Refugee and Immigration Services, representing indigent immigrants and refugees with their asylum and refugee cases.
Also in 2003, Mr.
Fayad joined Affiliated Attorneys in Richmond, where he established the Immigration Law Division for the firm.
In 2004, Nash Fayad founded Fayad Law, P.C., a full service Immigration Law firm dedicated to the protection of the rights of immigrants in both family and business immigration cases, and to advancing the cause of human rights and the rights of all persons coming to America seeking freedom from persecution and greater opportunities for themselves and their families.
