Chicago lawyers Peter Zneimer and Sofia Zneimer handle cases involving personal injury, immigration, and  business matters. Peter Zneimer is a trial lawyer with over  eighteen years of experience with numerous significant jury trial verdicts.  He represents plaintiffs who have been seriously injured as a result of accidents or negligence and litigates in both state and federal courts.  Sofia Zneimer has extensive immigration experience and represents clients in litigation and immigration matters. Sofia Zneimer has publications on immigration matters and has done numerous presentations on immigration issues. 

We recognize that our clients deserve swift justice and demand aggressive and competent lawyers. We will work on your behalf in strict compliance with the rules of professional responsibility and will handle your case ethically, efficiently, and confidentially.

While our personal injury clients are located in Illinois, our immigration clients are from around the world.  Our office is in the near north part of Chicago and is easy to reach by car or by public transportation. It is conveniently located at the intersection of Fullerton and Western in Chicago, only two blocks west from the Kennedy Expressway. We speak Spanish, Hindu, Urdu, Bulgarian, and Russian.

Our law firm also handles family immigration, business immigration, and appellate immigration matters.  The firm offers assistance to companies and individuals in navigating the complicated immigration process of applying for immigration benefits, including H-1B, H-2B, O-1, E-1, E-2, L-1A, L-1B and other non-immigrant work visas. We also prepare and file employment-based immigrant petitions, both through the PERM labor certification process as well as through a national interest waiver.

We will not hesitate to litigate against the Department of Homeland Security if we believe that our clients are entitled to an immigration benefit or have a legal basis to fight removal or deportation from the United States.  We litigate before the Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Appeals Office, and federal courts.  We know that the pain and separation caused by the deportation or removal of a loved one can destroy a family and can have an especially devastating effect on children.  We are fighting to fix the broken immigration system for our clients one case at a time.

In view of the human catastrophe and suffering caused by the earthquake in Haiti, Zneimer & Zneimer p.c. will offer pro bono immigration legal services to certain qualified Illinois residents who are Haitians or habitual residents of Haiti to apply for a Temporary Protected Status. For more information, go to our TPS page.  

The National Visa Center  provides Affidavit of Support Processing and Applicant Document collection for US Embassies and US Consulates.

Foreign students, find out if your degree is on the STEM list.

The National Center for Education Statistics published  the NCES CIP codes that have been designated by ICE as science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) degrees for the purpose of approving a 17-month STEM extension of optional practical training (OPT) under the provisions of 8 CFR 214.2(f)(10)(ii)(C). In order for F-1 students to qualify for this 17-month extension, the code for the student’s degree program must be on this list.