Meet the founder
Legalixa Immigration Law Firm was formed with the goal of building a world-class law firm singularly focused on serving the needs of foreign clients.
Selcuk Akkas, the firm’s founding partner, launched Legalixa to provide clients with skilled legal counseling utilizing a flexible billing structure based on their individual situations and objectives. With offices located in Istanbul, Turkey, our firm is well-positioned to meet the diverse demands of global immigration practice.
Mr. Akkas started to work for Eczacibasi Ilaç Pazarlama, the largest pharmaceutical company in Turkey, in 1994. He gained experience in business law and in intellectual and industrial property rights law here. He resigned in 1998 to move to the USA to improve his legal English and to study master’s degree. He lived in Houston, Texas from 1998 to 2006, studied legal English courses, and graduated with a master’s degree in American and international law at Lone Star College. He returned to Turkey in 2006 and started to practice immigration law.
In addition to the above-mentioned master’s degree, he worked as an intern at various American companies, University of Houston and Karadag Law Office in Houston to gain first-hand experience in US immigration law and international law.
