Nadia Zaiem
Attorney at Law

Nadia Zaiem has represented clients in family law, immigration, and civil litigation matters. 

Nadia’s family law practice encompasses all aspects of divorce, dissolution of marriage, and legal separation.  Nadia has worked divorces involving business valuations, division of retirement assets, duration of marriage disputes, financial misconduct, support calculations for high earning individuals, and property division disputes. She is experienced in both litigation and collaborative divorce. 

Nadia’s immigration law practice focuses on obtaining lawful permanent residence (Green Cards) for immigrants.  Whether the immigrant's Green Card application is family or employment based, Nadia has significant knowhow with the process.  Nadia is also experienced in naturalization and citizenship applications, non-immigrant work visas, and other immigration services such as asylum, extensions of stay, changes of nonimmigrant status, and J-1 waivers. 

Nadia's civil litigation practice focuses on business disputes.  Nadia has significant litigation experience in contract matters and in enforcing creditor's rights over fraudulently transferred assets. 

When she is not working, Nadia is active in the community, including serving on the board of the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland, a nonprofit organization that works to educate and empower voters, including by registering and encouraging new citizens to vote. In her free time, Nadia also enjoys reading, hiking, and spending time with family and friends. 

Contact Nadia at 216.456.0103, or at nzaiem@raslanpla.com. 

Education

• J.D. - Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2013 

• B.A. - Case Western Reserve University, B.A., 2010

  • Political Science and Spanish

Bar Admissions

• Ohio 

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio 

• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals  

Published Cases 

• Allan v. Allan, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County Nos. 110177, 110179, 2022-Ohio-1488 

• Tabbaa v. Lexpro, LLC, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County Nos. 109690 and 109691, 2020-Ohio-5514 

• T.A. v. R.A., 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County No. 107166, 2019-Ohio-3179 

• Allan v. Allan, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County No. 107142, 2019-Ohio-2111 

• Al-Mubarak v. Chraibi, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County No. 101392, 2015-Ohio-1018 

Professional Associations

• Ohio State Bar Association 

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association 

• West Shore Bar Association 

• American Immigration Lawyers Association 

• Arab American Bar Association of Ohio