Mikhail Usher, Esq.
Mikhail Usher founded Usher Law Group in 2013 and has represented immigrants for more than fifteen years. He handles cases before USCIS, the immigration courts and the federal courts, and he reviews every substantive page on this site.
Current as of October 2026. We re-check this page every quarter and after any change in the law.
Mr. Usher came to immigration practice as a trial lawyer. At St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami he competed on the school's national champion mock trial team and served as a Student Bar Association senator. He clerked for Judge Amy Steele Donner in Dade County, Florida, then spent three years at a Brooklyn firm where he built its criminal division, before opening Usher Law Group in Sheepshead Bay in 2013.
That background shapes how the firm handles abuse cases. A survivor's immigration case often sits next to a criminal case, a protective order or a family court case, and a lawyer who has defended criminal cases reads a record differently from one who has not. If there has been an arrest on either side, read arrested or charged first.
As managing attorney he is responsible for the firm's VAWA work: self-petitions on Form I-360, the green card application that follows, the abuse waiver for a conditional resident, and VAWA claims raised in immigration court. Where a survivor also has a criminal or family case, the immigration filing is planned around it, so that what is said in one case does not undercut the other.
He speaks English, Russian and Spanish.
Bar admissions
- New Jersey, 2011
- New York, 2012
- Florida, 2013
Federal courts and agencies
- Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- District of New Jersey
- Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- First, Second and Third Circuits
- Board of Immigration Appeals and the immigration courts (EOIR)
Education
- J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami
- B.A., Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Recognition
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro, 2019 and 2020
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars, New York Metro, 2015 through 2018
- Avvo Clients' Choice Award, 2024
- Avvo rating 9.7, as displayed September 17, 2026
Memberships
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New York County Lawyers Association
Languages
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
Admission years are as listed on Mr. Usher's Avvo profile. Recognition by Super Lawyers and Avvo is conferred by those publishers under their own methodologies, is not a designation by any court or bar, and does not predict the outcome of any matter. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
What he handles on this site's subject
- The VAWA self-petition, for spouses of citizens, spouses of green card holders, children and parents.
- The green card after VAWA, and the waivers it can take.
- The I-751 abuse waiver for a conditional resident.
- VAWA in immigration court, including VAWA cancellation and motions to reopen.
- What the law keeps private, and how the firm handles contact with you.
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