Nora Busra Turan
Partner
About Merit Law LLP
A Turkish-speaking U.S. law firm for immigration, business and international law, with its principal office in Houston, Texas.
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Who we are
Merit Law LLP is a U.S. law firm for companies, investors and families who work between the United States and Türkiye. Clients can work with the firm in English or Turkish.
The firm is a Texas limited liability partnership with its principal office in Houston.
- Legal name
- Merit Law, LLP
- Entity
- Texas limited liability partnership
- Registered
- Texas, February 2024; also registered in Virginia and New Jersey (2024)
- Principal office
- 11011 Richmond Ave, Suite 840, Houston, TX 77042
- Languages
- English and Turkish; this website is also in Simplified Chinese
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What we do
Immigration, business, international law and estate planning, including Turkish-law matters handled with colleagues qualified in Türkiye.
- ImmigrationWork visas, investor visas, green cards, citizenship and deportation defense.
- Business LawForming a U.S. company, contracts and partnership agreements, trademarks.
- International LawTurkish law from the U.S., extradition and INTERPOL, sanctions and human-rights cases.
- Estate PlanningWills and estate planning for families, including those with property or heirs abroad.
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Who handles your matter
U.S.-law matters are handled by the firm's U.S.-licensed attorneys: Nora Busra Turan (Texas, New York, Maryland), the responsible attorney for this website, and Beyza Candelen (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania). Turkish-law matters are handled by colleagues who are members of the Istanbul Bar.
Murat Erdoğan
Partner
Murat Akkoç
Partner
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Offices
Houston, Texas
11011 Richmond Ave, Suite 840, Houston, TX 77042Fairfax, Virginia
4000 Legato Rd, Suite 1100, Fairfax, VA 22033New York, New York
880 Third Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022Clifton, New Jersey
99 1st Street, Clifton, NJ 07011
Merit Law, LLP's registered address with the Texas Secretary of State is 802 Suncatcher Cir, Richmond, TX 77406.
An office listing does not mean that every attorney is licensed in, or present at, that location.
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Network firms
On cross-border matters Merit Law LLP collaborates with Guthrie Law (Ontario, Canada) and MXRA (Thessaloniki, Greece). They are independent law firms and are not part of Merit Law LLP.
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Talk to the firm
Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., office local time. We reply in English, Turkish and Chinese.