Immigration Lawyers in Philadelphia, the Berkshires & the Hudson Valley
Best and Associates is a full-service group of immigration lawyers in Philadelphia, the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley.
We are a small law firm dedicated to personalized service and high-caliber advocacy to resolve your matter successfully, efficiently, and at a reasonable price.
We help our clients achieve their goals and manage life’s transitions, whether those involve sought-after professional opportunities or the sometimes unforeseen issues that may threaten one’s immigration status. Change is our specialty—change in your work, change in your family, and change in your life.
We work with corporate clients and institutions seeking quality employees or investors in a global economy as well as with individuals considering work within the United States. Our immigration lawyers carefully apprise their clients of all possible options, guide them through the complex requirements of our nation’s immigration system, and ensure their case’s timely progress. With us, you will never miss an opportunity to petition for top-notch talent from abroad or apply for that dreamed-of position in the U.S.
We help families already in the United States remain together by fighting against deportation and assist them in bringing in their loved ones from abroad, whether it be through relative visa petitions or international adoptions. Our focus on families also extends to securing relief for unaccompanied minors, who are among the most vulnerable participants in our immigration system. Finally, we are proud to be experts in international human rights and humanitarian relief, and have years of experience working with refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of domestic violence and violent crime.
Most importantly, we are dedicated to our clients and winning their cases. Our work is our passion and our clients’ well-being is our priority. For this reason, we only practice immigration law. Each immigration attorney is fully versed in the current laws and we keep abreast of immigration reform topics that will shape future U.S. policy. So we are always ready for the changes affecting you and your family.
We love what we do. We think that you will too.
Joseph E. Best, Esq.
Director
Joseph Best is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. He focuses his immigration practice on employment-based and family-based immigrant visas. He does many waivers of inadmissibility before USCIS and the Immigration Court. He also provides effective removal defense representation before courts from Philadelphia, Newark, New York, Hartford and Boston. Joseph has successfully served clients from over 100 different countries in a broad array of complex legal matters.
Joseph is a 2008 graduate of Villanova University School of Law. Joseph was one of three public interest scholarship recipients. He received the American Law Institute / American Bar Association award for student leadership and scholarship, as well as the Dorothy Day award for public service. Joseph completed previous graduate and undergraduate studies abroad in Belgium and France as a recipient of a Rotary International fellowship. He obtained a Master’s Degree in political thought from New York University, Institute of French Studies funded fully by the NYU Presidential Fellowship Program.
As a longtime entrepreneur, Joseph has a varied professional history outside the practice of law. Joseph has worked previously as a community AIDS activist in epidemiological research administration, in French antique importation, in real estate sales of historic properties and in business management consulting. He calls upon both his advocacy experience and his business acumen in resolving his clients’ unique legal issues.
As a committed advocate for immigrants, Joseph formed Best & Associates, LLP in 2011 in order to provide clients with a broad scope of services and expertise. He is passionate about the benefits that a sound national immigration system brings to American society. He speaks and writes widely on the subject of the continued social, economic, and political dynamism that immigration brings to America.
Best & Associates LLP is committed to the public interest. We strive in accordance with a political and social vision in which the world’s best, brightest and most deserving individuals can legally find a secure and productive home in America. Resolving our clients’ complex immigration related matters is not so much demanding or painstaking as it is invigorating to us, the practitioners. It’s the truth when we say it:
We love what we do. We think you will too!
Kadijah Turay-Sengova, Esq.
Associate Attorney
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Kadijah Turay-Sengova, Esq. joined Best & Associates, LLP after working for a large health insurer for over 20 years. Her practice area includes family-based petitions, humanitarian and asylum cases. She has conducted presentations and seminars for the immigrant community on legal issues and available resources. She has additional training and experience in counseling psychology and is skilled in conflict resolution and advising clients in crisis. Kadijah is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
She formerly served as the Secretary of the PBA Minority Bar Committee’s (MBC) Community Outreach Subcommittee 2009 to 2014. In May of 2012 at the meeting of its House of Delegates, the PBA honored Kadijah with its Special Achievement Award for her role in the You and the Law programs. She was named the MBC rising star in July of 2012.
Kadijah is the co-Founder and former chairperson of Freedelphians, Inc. and Collective Sierra Leoneans. Both organizations were developed to celebrate the culture and heritage of Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Kadijah is an active member of Mt. Zion United African Church in Philadelphia, Pa, where she is currently serving as both Board member and youth leader.
Kadijah has a Bachelor of Science Degree, Psychology, from Morgan State University, a Master of Education, Counseling Psychology, Temple University, and a Juris Doctor, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware.
