Anu Peshawaria (born 5 September 1961) is an Indian American US Immigration lawyer/ Attorney , Author, Activist , Philanthropist having founded several non profits & a Wimbledon Tennis player from the United States.
Anu Peshawaria (born 5 September 1961) is an Indian American US Immigration lawyer/ Attorney , Author, Activist , Philanthropist having founded several non profits & a Wimbledon Tennis player from the United States. Her legal work focuses on immigrant rights, domestic violence, women's rights, and children's rights, and she has practiced immigration law before the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of Washington, and Supreme Court of India.
She was awarded an Award of Excellence in the year 2012 by California's Secretary for upholding immigration rights & in 2014 by King County , Washington for ending domestic violence. She was the First legal advisor appointed by Govt of india to the US Embassy in Washington DC. She was also Former India’s No 1 Womens tennis Champion. She has been granted Extraordinary ability status in the United States. She founded “Seva Legal Aid” to help victims of hate crimes &domestic abuse. [1] She also won major International tennis tournaments around the world including playing for India at Wimbledon in 1979.
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