About Us

Background

The Law Offices of Samuel G. McTyre is a well established firm based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with a major focus in commercial and immigration law practice representing corporations and individuals in the United States and throughout the world.

It is our belief that the practice of law remains a service and the personal relationship that must exist between a lawyer and his client is central to the effective provision of that service.

The firm aims to provide an efficient and friendly service to the highest standards. This aim demands not only professional excellence from our lawyers, but an understanding of each client's individual needs and the application of our skills to meet those needs. We therefore, expect our lawyers to have an intimate knowledge of our clients' businesses and commercial context in which those businesses operate.

Mission

S.G. McTyre, P.C. offers services in U.S. immigration law and is dedicated to the global free movement of professionals and businessmen.

Biography of Samuel G. McTyre

Born in La Paz, Bolivia while his father was on a foreign service tour there, McTyre was educated in American schools in Latin America.  He graduated from  high school in 1970 at the Holy Cross School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Fairfield University, a Jesuit liberal arts college in Connecticut, awarded McTyre a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1974. While at Fairfield, McTyre was managing editor of the university's weekly newspaper.

George Mason University School of Law  awarded him the degree of Juris Doctor in 1982. While in law school he served in the Student Bar Association, the International Law Society and was a member of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. In early 1983 he was admitted to the practice of law, by the District of Columbia Bar.

Pre Legal Experience (1974 - 1978): University of Southern California  graduate school admissions, credit evaluations and financial aid. Holladay Corporation; construction contract tracking and tradesman scheduling. Aetna Life and Casualty; loss adjustment, investigations and reporting and evidence gathering and preparation.

1978 - 1983: Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, LLP  civil litigation support. Gammon & Grange; federal communications and broadcast licensing. Inter-American Development Bank;  intern Legal Department; contract review; administrative grievances. Law Offices of Eugene L. Stewart international trade litigation, antidumping and countervailing duties claims.

Legal experience (1983 to the present): Upon admission to the District of Columbia Bar,  McTyre began practicing in the D.C. Courts. In July of 1983, he and a law school colleague, established the law partnership of McTyre & Ketchie, a general practice law firm; in 1996, he became a partner in McTyre & Owen, a general practice law firm providing legal services to the immigrant and diplomatic communities as well as to foreign entrepreneurs. S.G. McTyre, P.C. was established in July 2000. The firm serves as legal counsel to some of the top Hispanic business in the Washington Metropolitan area. McTyre has served as a board member and as legal counsel on countless boards (details available upon request). He is currently legal counsel to the staff association of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Highlights: administrative, corporate and international practice: McTyre's highest level of accomplishment and expertise has been in the area where administrative law, corporate law and international law of persons converge.

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