Shiva develops creative strategies for navigating the complex U.S. immigration system.  She advises businesses on hiring key personnel, structuring global entities to facilitate talent mobility, and addressing immigration compliance issues.  She creates immigration solutions for immigrant investors and entrepreneurs, as well as other specialized foreign nationals such as athletes and entertainers, religious workers, and expats.  She represents clients across a range of industries including staffing, technology, healthcare, independent schools, and start-ups.

Shiva currently serves as Secretary of the Boston Bar Association. She is also a member of the BBA’s Executive Committee, and serves as a Trustee of the charitable arm of the BBA, the Boston Bar Foundation. Shiva is chair of McLane Middleton’s Immigration Law Practice Group, Managing Director of the firm’s Boston office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. In addition, she is also a chair of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.  Shiva is a long-time member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Previous to McLane Middleton, Shiva established and directed Karimi & Associates, PC for fourteen years. She has served as chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Immigration Law Committee, co-chair of the BBA’s Immigration Law Section, and was a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Immigration Law Steering Committee. She also served as a Council member of the Boston Bar Association and contributed to the authorship of the BBA’s Immigration Principles. She was a board member of the Lawyers Weekly Board of Editors, and Suffolk University Law School’s Law Alumni Board.

Shiva earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and is currently admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Northeastern University.