Attorneys

Mehron P. Azarmehr, Managing Attorney

Mehron P. Azarmehr obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of North Texas. After his master’s degree, he worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Later, he attended St. Mary’s University School of Law and the University of Texas Law School. During law school, he served at the Texas Supreme Court as briefing intern.

Mehron P. Azarmehr has been practicing law in Texas since 1992. He first served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Texas Attorney General’s office in Austin, Texas; then from 1996 to 1998, he practiced immigration law at Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas.

In 1999, he founded Azarmehr Law Group, an exclusively immigration-based practice. The law firm is based in Austin with strategic partnerships in Monterrey, Mexico; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and São Paulo, Brazil.

Mehron is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas.

Fei Bao, Senior Associate Attorney

Fei (Flora) Bao earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Dickinson School of Law, the Pennsylvania State University in 2009 and she also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the School of Laws, Indiana University – Bloomington in 2005. Before coming to the United States, Ms. Bao graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from China University of Political Science and Laws in 2004.

Ms. Bao is a skilled immigration attorney with extensive experience and expertise in Employment, Business and Investment Immigration and Non-Immigration Applications, Ms. Bao has been working in the immigration law area since 2009. She has managed hundreds of challenging cases in a wide range of immigration applications and possesses a strong history of successfully winning complex cases. Ms. Bao’s expertise includes but not limited to Immigrant Visa Petition for Multinational Company Executive or Manager (EB-1C), Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager / Specialized Knowledge (L-1A and L-1B), Labor Certificate (PERM), Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur (EB-5), and Application for Regional Center under Investor Pilot Program (I-924), as well as other employment based immigration and non-immigration petition such as EB-1A, EB-1B, NIW; H-1B, O-1, I-130 family based immigration visas; and company set-up and business agreements reviews.

Prior to joining Azarmehr Law Group, Ms. Bao worked for Zhang & Associates, P.C. from 2009 to 2019, focusing on employment based, business and investment based and family based immigration and non-immigration applications.

While at the Penn. State University, Ms. Bao worked as a Certified Legal Intern at the Family Law Clinic, working on various family related cases, and was certified as a Public Interest Advocate in 2008. Moreover, Ms. Bao was also a member of the Jessup International Moot Court team of the Penn. State University.

Wen Chen

Wen Chen graduated from China University of Political Science and Law in 2015 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Right after her graduation, she came to the U.S. to pursue a Master of Laws degree at the University of Texas School of Law.

Prior to joining Azarmehr Law Group, Ms. Chen worked as an immigration law clerk at Zhang & Associates for about three years. While in college, Ms. Chen interned at Dentons Beijing Law Office and clerked at the Criminal Court of Beijing Changping District People’s Court.

Ms. Chen is admitted to practice law in New York. Her practice concentrates on employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, including extraordinary ability, the national interest waiver, labor certifications, regional center investment programs, H-1B, and TN. She works closely with corporate clients, assisting with their internal immigration and HR compliances. Besides, she handles family-based immigration and is experienced in petitions for alien relatives, Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, and naturalizations. Ms. Chen is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Valerie Salcido

Valerie Salcido earned her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at San Antonio, with minors in Political Science and Legal Studies, and graduated cum laude from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2019. While in law school, she served as a Senior Editor of the Thurgood Marshall Law Review, completed a federal judicial internship with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and interned with Lone Star Legal Aid’s Environmental Defense practice. She began her legal career as a Law Clerk with Berry Appleman in Houston while awaiting Texas bar results and later practiced as an immigration attorney with Ogletree Deakins in Austin and Seyfarth Shaw in Atlanta. Most recently, Valerie served as a trusted senior immigration attorney leading the business immigration practice of an agile, boutique law firm in Chicago before joining Azarmehr Law Group.

Valerie provides strategic counsel on global talent mobility, immigration compliance, and workforce planning that minimize legal risk and advance business objectives. She excels at designing operational frameworks that bring consistency, efficiency, and scalability to immigration programs. Her practice spans the full spectrum of employment-based immigration, with a particular focus on PERM labor certifications and EB-2 and EB-3 green card processes. She regularly manages nonimmigrant visa matters, including H-1B specialty occupation petitions, L-1 intracompany transferee visas, TN (USMCA/NAFTA) visas, E-3 professional worker visas, E-2 investor visas, and O-1 extraordinary ability petitions. Valerie also advises on H-2A and H-3 trainee programs, as well as I-140 immigrant petitions, I-485 adjustment of status applications, H-4, TD, and L-2 dependent matters, and related compliance issues. Her experience further includes global mobility and outbound visa coordination, Form I-9 and E-Verify compliance, and immigration due diligence in mergers and acquisitions involving foreign talent.

As a first-generation Latina attorney, Valerie is deeply committed to mentorship, leadership, and expanding access within the legal profession. She serves in an executive leadership role with the Hispanic National Bar Association and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Javier N. Maldonado, Of Counsel

Javier N. Maldonado is a lawyer in private practice in San Antonio, Texas who specializes in representing individuals in complex federal and state litigation in the areas of immigration, employment disputes, criminal, and civil rights law.

He attended Columbia University for both undergraduate and law school and then clerked for the Hon. George P. Kazen in Laredo, Texas. Mr. Maldonado was awarded a Skadden Fellowship to work at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and then joined the legal staff at the end of his fellowship. He was subsequently employed as a trial attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and then became the executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of Texas where he litigated several class action and individual civil rights cases on behalf of immigrants. Since March 1996, Javier N. Maldonado has been in private practice and regularly presents at state and national conferences on civil rights and immigration matters.

Michael Dye, Of Counsel

Michael B. Dye is a former U.S. diplomat with more than 15 years of experience serving in various positions with the United States Government. During his government service, he worked extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America, developing significant expertise in international affairs, cross-border business, and U.S. immigration matters.

Mr. Dye has practiced immigration law in California for decades, advising investors, entrepreneurs, multinational companies, employers, and families on a broad range of U.S. immigration matters. His practice focuses on employment-based and investment-based immigration, business and investor visas, family-based immigration, consular processing, and strategic immigration planning for companies expanding into the United States. He regularly represents clients from around the world and is a frequent international lecturer on U.S. immigration law.

Mr. Dye is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He is also an active member of several American Chambers of Commerce, including those in Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Qatar, and Jordan.

Bijoy Mani, Accountant

Mr. Mani earned his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Accounting from Mahatma Gandhi University of Kerala, India. He joined Azarmehr Law Group in 2007 and has worked in various departments of the firm including Case Management, Legal Assistance, and Office Administration. Currently Mr. Mani is working in the Accounts department of the firm. He is a detail-oriented Accounting professional, dedicated to his work.

Georgia Santos Laurent, Of Counsel

Georgia is a licensed attorney in the United States, where she found her true calling in the immigration law area. In the U.S., she graduated from Florida State University College of Law, where she obtained a Masters in American Law (LL.M.) in addition to her Juris Doctor, graduating with honors (Magna cum Laude).

She first gained experience in immigration law as a volunteer at the Center for Advancement of Human Rights, representing clients in asylum, domestic violence, human trafficking, and refugee cases. After that, she enrolled in various internships and externships in the public interest law field. She directly assisted a family law judge at the Second Circuit Court, who was an excellent mentor, leading her to the next experience at the FSU Law’s Children’s Advocacy Clinic.

At the clinic, she learned about the foster care system and handled adoption and special immigration juvenile cases. The work she did there solidified her commitment to stand up and advocate for underrepresented people in vulnerable situations, but also enabled her to be in contact with immigration again.

Upon becoming a licensed attorney in Florida, she applied for jobs in Austin, TX to be reunited with friends & family members who live in the area. After being an associate for more than five years, she decided to apply her experience towards her own firm. She has experience with family-based petitions, removal defense, waivers, humanitarian visas, and representation before USCIS & bond proceedings. Her work experience, language skills, and passion enabled her to create SanLaurent Law Group.

Liz Wang, Strategic Alliance in Business Development and Operations in China

Liz brings nearly three decades of experience in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship to her role at Azarmehr Law Group. After graduating from medical school, she began her career in the pharmaceutical industry, serving as a Regional Sales Director for Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, where she led commercial teams and managed key accounts across multiple therapeutic areas. She later co-founded a direct-to-consumer apparel brand with her husband, overseeing end-to-end operations including product development, supply chain management, multi-channel sales, and customer experience. Under her leadership, the company successfully raised outside investment, went public in China, and expanded into overseas markets, including the United States via Amazon.

To help more families who share her educational philosophy, Liz founded “176 Li Jie,” an active content platform across WeChat, RedNote, TickTalk, and Zhihu, where she educates Chinese-speaking entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals about U.S. immigration pathways, with a core focus on EB-1A Extraordinary Ability, EB-1C Multinational Manager or Executive, and National Interest Waiver (NIW) petitions. Her audience consists primarily of high-net-worth individuals and emerging business owners who are actively evaluating their options for relocating to or building careers in the United States.

As ALG’s Strategic Alliance in Business Development and Operations in China, Liz leads the China team in driving the firm’s market development, client engagement, and front-end case preparation in the Chinese-speaking market. Her team works closely with ALG’s attorneys to provide children’s education planning, initial eligibility assessment, and materials organization prior to formal legal representation. Her dual background in multinational corporations and entrepreneurship allows her to serve as an effective cultural and commercial bridge, helping ALG connect with qualified Chinese clients who may benefit from the firm’s expertise in employment-based immigration.

Liz’s office is located at 108, 38F, CTF Finance Centre, No. 6 Zhujiang East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, within walking distance from the U.S. Consulate General, Guangzhou.