• Has practiced law since 1984 and has handled over 1000 immigration cases and over 500 civil and litigation matters.
• Graduate of University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) Law School.
• Former Counsel U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
• Appointed Honorary Consul for the Republic of Poland in San Francisco (2004-present)
• Named one of the top lawyers in San Francisco Bay Area by San francisco Magazine "Superlawyers" Edition, 2006
• Speaks English and Polish (fluent); Russian, Spanish and French (conversational)
• Voted best Immigration Lawyer by Anons Russia newspaper and Slavic Community Services, 2006

• Martin Zurada has eight years of experience as a transactional and business litigation attorney.
• Martin is a graduate of Cornell Law School, where he earned a traditional J.D. degree, and LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law.
• He is admitted to the California and Ohio bars as well as the Federal Court for the Northern district of California.
• Martin previously worked at the corporate departments of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Cleveland, and Stein & Lubin in San Francisco.
• During law school he also clerked for the Kentucky Supreme Court, and attended courses at the Sorbonne University in Paris for his LL.M. degree.
• Martin is fluent in Polish and English.

• Has received in Honduras a certification as a specialist in International Law.
• Partner of the Law Firm Tercero-Gabano and associate, where he practiced International Law and Business.
• Counsel of Law for the Honduras Chambers of Commerce and Private organization.
• Jose is the third generation of Lawyers; his grandfather was a former Magistrate(Justice) Supreme Court Santos Tercero Palma, and his Father, Attorney At Law Jose Tercereo Diaz Sr.
• Jose is fluent in Spanish and English

• Mr. Trela is a legal assistant for Kerosky & Associates who is fluent in Polish.
• Mr. Trela earned his Masters (Magister) of Law degree from the University of Lublin. He also has a Masters in Business Administration as well.
• Mr. Trela has several years experience in the legal profession in Poland.
• Mr. Trela has also finished paralegal courses in the U.S.
• He is fluent in English and Polish

• Roman Czarny works in Los Angeles for our firm.
• Mr. Czarny was a distinguished member of the Foreign Service for the Republic of Poland for many years.
• He was Vice-Consul for the Consulate General in Los Angeles from 1999-2004.
• He also served the Polish Consulate in Los Angeles for a prior term and the Consulate in Chicago during the 1990s.
• Mr. Czarny has been employed in various other government and private positions in Poland during his distinguished career.

• Yelena is a legal assistant and interpreter in our San Francisco office.
• She is a UC Berkeley graduate with a B.A. in Political Science.
• Yelena was a bronze award winner at the Forensics National Championship in 2003.
• She is fluent in English and Russian.

• Maria Mirek is a legal assistant and consular associate in our San Francisco office.
• She earned her Master Degree from the University of Silesia School of Law in Katowice.
• Maria has several years of experience in the legal profession in Poland.
• She is fluent in Polish and English.

• Ewa Szafranska is a legal assistant and consular associate in our San Francisco office.
• She is a graduate of University of Warsaw with M.A. in Law and Administration.
• Ewa also earned a Diploma in an introduction to English law and the law of the European Union from University of Cambridge.
• Ewa has several years of experience in the legal profession in Poland.
• She is fluent in Polish and English, she speaks also Italian and Russian

• Szymon Ociepka is a legal assistant and consular associate in our San Francisco office.
• He earned his Master Degree from the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland.
• He also studied International Relations in Krakow and took marketing courses at Oulu School of Business in Finland.
• Szymon has worked for several years in the investment company in Poland.
• He is fluent in Polish and English.
  
  

Kancelaria Radcow Prawnych Czarny Budny i Wspolnicy Sp.k is a full-service law firm specializing in corporate, commercial, real estate and export-import law in Poland.

• Dr. Ryszard Czarny, former Vice-Marshall of the Sejm and Minister in the Polish government, is an advisor with the firm.
• Leszek Czarny, Esq., a graduate of Warsaw University School of Law, is the managing attorney of the firm.
• Wojciech Budny, Esq. is also a graduate of the Warsaw University School of Law, where he also lectures in the field of financial law.

In 2005, we opened an office in Moscow, Russia, in conjunction with the trading and travel firm, RussArt Inc. The office is located at Dmitrovskoye Shosse 27/1 , in downtown Moscow, a short ride from the Kremlin. The office provides a wide range of legal services in the business, litigation, trade and immigration fields to small businesses and individuals.

Vasily Yakovlev. Our office works with Russian attorney Vasily Yakovlev in various business and immigration matters. Mr. Yakovlev is a graduate of Moscow Institute of Law and studied at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.