Manuela Morais is the Principal and Managing Partner of the Law Offices of Manuela Morais, LLC, a minority and women owned law firm. The firm specializes exclusively in the area of United States immigration and nationality law. She represents corporations, their employees, and individuals before federal governmental agencies, including the United State Citizenship and Immigration Service, the United States Department of Labor, and the United States Department of State. Her clientele range from small, start-up operations to multi-national corporations. Manuela has represented corporations in the automotive, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, service, and technology industries. She has also counseled corporations on immigration compliance matters, and has expertise in working with Human Resources personnel to implement company-wide immigration policies for US employees and global transfers.

Manuela graduated from Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, in 1993, and earned her J.D. at the Widener University School of Law in 1999.She is licensed as a practicing attorney in the State of New Jersey and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Burlington County Bar Association.

Prior to founding her own law firm, Manuela was Of-Counsel and responsible for the management of the Immigration Practice at Blank Rome LLP. Before Blank Rome, she was employed as an Associate in the Immigration Practice at Pepper Hamilton LLP. She also gained immigration law experience serving as a Congressional Aide to The Honorable Robert E. Andrews of New Jersey.