Shiva counsels businesses on acquiring and retaining talent and key employees from outside the United States.  Global businesses and small local businesses alike require workers from abroad, and Shiva develops creative strategies for navigating the complex U.S. immigration system.  She also advises employers in immigration compliance matters and assists employers in responding to audits and investigations. She has represented clients across a range of industries including high technology, manufacturing, government, independent schools, non-profits, service businesses and families.

Previous to McLane Middleton, Shiva established and directed Karimi & Associates, PC for 14 years (2000-2014). She served as chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Immigration Law Committee (2002-2007 and 2016 – 2019), and was a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Immigration Law Steering Committee (2006-2007). She is a Council member of the Boston Bar Association, board member of the Lawyer’s Weekly Board of Editors, and also a long-time member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Shiva earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School (1998), and is currently admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Northeastern University.

Shiva is a frequent speaker on both immigration and real estate related matters for judges, attorneys and non-attorneys, and has given presentations at the Boston Municipal Court Department Judge’s Conference, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston College Law School, and the Iranian Association of Boston, among others.