About Us
Tzvetelina (Lina) Boynovska
Attorney at Law
- PRACTICE AREAS
- Immigration Law
- Family Law
- Real Estate
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Lina Boynovska is an accomplished lawyer with over 13 years of experience in immigration law, including immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications, green cards based on employment or family petitions, deportation cases, consular processing and naturalization. In the last seven years she has expanded her practice to commercial and residential real estate transactions and family law.
Lina represents both corporations and individuals. Representative clients include Zebra Technologies, Peoples Bank, Bulgarian rock group Stonehenge, Boban Markovic Orchestra etc. Recently, she helped a renowned Russian figure skater receive a green card and citizenship in the US. In other significant cases she obtained immigrant visas for a physical chemistry researcher (national interest waiver), manager of a British-Italian-US company (multinational manager) and a distinguished Bulgarian artist (extraordinary abilities).
Prior to establishing her own law firm in 1999, Lina mastered the intricacies of immigration law while working as an associate with prominent Chicago immigration attorneys.
BACKGROUND
Born in Bulgaria, Lina received a Baccalaureate degree from the Law Department of Sofia University Kliment Ohridski in 1992 and completed a judicial clerkship with Judge Fankova at the Ruse District Court. Upon immigrating to the USA she completed a Juris Doctor degree at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
Lina is admitted to practice in Illinois (1997) and District of Columbia (1999). She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and American Southeast Europe Chamber of Commerce (AmSECC).
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Bulgarian and Russian. Conversant in Macedonian.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND AWARDS
- President of Bulgarian American Association in Chicago(2003-2010)
- Currently serving on the Board of Directors
- Recipient of:
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- Distinguished Service Award of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (1997)
- First Annual Award for Public Service of Bulgaria Sega Weekly Newspaper (2007)
- Medal “Ivan Vazov” of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad for public service to the Bulgarian community in Chicago (2010)
Albena Daskalova
Paralegal
Born in Ruse, Bulgaria. She has two Baccalaureate degrees from Bulgaria: in Electronics and in Finance. Albena started to work for Law Offices of Tzvetelina Boynovska, P.C. as a legal secretary in 2003. In 2008 she graduated with honors from the Paralegal program of Roosevelt University, Chicago. Fluent in Bulgarian and Russian. Conversant in Macedonian and Serbian.
