Attorneys — Yevoli & Malayev, PLLC

Wendy Yevoli

Co-founder & Partner

Wendy Yevoli is the co-founder and partner at Yevoli & Malayev, PLLC, where she focuses on immigration and criminal defense. She earned her B.S.M. from Tulane University and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, and is licensed in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C.

Wendy began her career as a prosecutor at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, handling a wide range of criminal cases. She later served in the Refugee and Immigration Rights Clinic at Catholic Charities of New York, advocating for asylum seekers and vulnerable immigrants.

Her background in both criminal and immigration law allows her to represent clients facing deportation because of criminal charges — a crossover that decides the outcome in many removal cases. Wendy is deeply committed to helping individuals and families navigate the immigration system and reach their path to U.S. citizenship.

New York
Florida
Washington, D.C.
Tulane University, B.S.M.
University of Miami School of Law, J.D.

Stella Malayev

Co-founder & Partner

Stella Malayev is a co-founder and partner at Yevoli & Malayev, PLLC. She earned her B.S. in Legal Studies and her J.D. from St. John’s University and is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. Stella is fluent in Russian.

Before founding the firm, Stella worked as an associate at a private immigration practice, representing clients in removal proceedings, in appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and before USCIS. She has successfully defended hundreds of asylum seekers facing deportation.

During law school she participated in the Refugee and Immigration Rights Clinic, where she litigated a political asylum case before the Executive Office for Immigration Review in New York in collaboration with Catholic Charities. Stella is known for her deep commitment to her clients and continues to handle complex immigration matters at the firm.

New York
New Jersey
Fluent in Russian
St. John’s University, B.S. & J.D.

Lili Wang

Attorney

Lili Wang is an immigration attorney at Yevoli & Malayev, PLLC, where she defends immigrants facing removal and helps individuals and families navigate U.S. immigration law. Fluent in Mandarin, Lili brings cultural and linguistic insight to her work and offers compassionate, strategic representation to clients from diverse backgrounds.

Lili earned both her J.D. and LL.M. from St. John’s University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New York. Before joining the firm she served as a law clerk at the New York Immigration Court and at Suffolk County Criminal Court, gaining experience in judicial proceedings and in the practical application of immigration and criminal law.

Her primary focus is asylum and removal defense, where she works to make sure each client’s account is heard in full. Lili believes immigration law is not just about forms and legal codes — it is about protecting people, their dignity and their right to a future.

New York
Fluent in Mandarin
St. John’s University School of Law, J.D. & LL.M.

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