Advocate Naresh Kalra Founder, NRI Legal Services USA
Every matter that comes through this firm — a property partition in Punjab, a frozen NRO account, a builder who has stopped answering calls — is built on the practice Naresh Kalra set up specifically to serve NRIs and Indian-Americans managing India-side legal issues from thousands of miles away. With more than 20 years in practice and a focus built specifically around clients who cannot travel to India, he is among India's most experienced NRI-focused legal practitioners — leading a bench of eight advocates and specialists spanning the Delhi High Court, the Punjab & Haryana High Court, and the Supreme Court of India, so no single matter depends on one person's calendar.
Naresh Kalra, MCA · LLB
Naresh Kalra holds an MCA and an LLB and has practiced law for more than 20 years across civil, criminal, corporate, and cross-border matters. His work has included expert consulting for the Enforcement Directorate on IT and PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court e-filing systems, and consulting engagements with federal courts in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. He specializes in blockchain and cyber law, IPO-related matters, and cross-border legal disputes — a combination of experience that is directly relevant to NRI and Indian-American clients whose lives, assets, and families now span multiple jurisdictions.
He leads the Law Offices of Naresh Kalra & Associates, a Chandigarh/Mohali-based practice with offices in Chandigarh, Mohali, and New Delhi, and founded NRI Legal Services USA as its dedicated NRI-facing division after noticing a recurring pattern: an increasing share of the firm's calls were coming from Houston at midnight, London on a lunch break, or Dubai between work shifts — all from people trying to protect a piece of property, a parent's estate, or a family relationship back in India while living and working abroad.
Why This Firm Focuses Specifically on NRIs in the USA
Most Indian law firms treat an NRI client the same way they'd treat a resident client, with the same forms, the same expected in-person appearances, and the same assumption that someone can just "come down to the office" if a document needs an original signature. That assumption breaks down completely for someone holding a full-time job in California or Texas, subject to US visa or employment constraints that make an unplanned trip to India expensive or simply impossible. Naresh built this practice around the opposite assumption: that the client will not be able to travel for most of the matter, and every process — Power of Attorney execution, apostille and consulate attestation, video-conference hearings, remote document review — is structured from the outset to work without it.
That focus also shapes who ends up on your file. A property partition in Punjab is routed to the team member with Punjab & Haryana High Court standing; a matter that could reach the Supreme Court sits with the firm's Advocate-on-Record; day-to-day coordination across US time zones runs through a dedicated overseas-client point of contact. Naresh's own background in blockchain, cyber law, and IPO matters also means the firm can handle less common but increasingly common NRI situations — a crypto-asset dispute, a cybercrime or identity-fraud complaint, or a startup investment gone wrong — without referring the client elsewhere.
Credentials & Professional Background
Naresh Kalra holds an MCA (Master of Computer Applications) and an LLB, an unusual combination that has shaped much of his specialization. His technology background led directly into expert consulting work for the Enforcement Directorate on IT and PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court e-filing systems — infrastructure work that gave him a working knowledge of how India's financial-crime enforcement apparatus actually operates, which is directly useful when an NRI client's matter touches FEMA compliance, RBI show-cause notices, or a fraud complaint. He has also taken on consulting engagements with federal courts in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya, giving him direct, practical exposure to cross-border legal coordination that most India-based advocates never encounter.
He leads the Law Offices of Naresh Kalra & Associates, a Chandigarh/Mohali-based practice with offices in Chandigarh, Mohali, and New Delhi, and founded NRI Legal Services USA as its dedicated NRI-facing division. His areas of focus include property and succession law, Power of Attorney execution for NRIs, blockchain and cyber law, IPO-related corporate matters, and cross-border litigation — a combination that lets the firm handle both the routine India-side matters every NRI eventually faces (property, inheritance, taxation) and the less common ones (a crypto-asset dispute, a cross-border cybercrime complaint) that most general-practice firms would have to turn away.
How He Works With NRI Clients From the USA
Naresh built this practice around a simple operating assumption: the client will not be able to travel to India for most of the matter, so every process has to be designed to work without that trip. A free video consultation is the starting point for every new matter, so a client in California or New Jersey can describe the situation and get a realistic read on options before committing to anything. Document review, Power of Attorney drafting, and case-strategy discussions happen remotely; execution runs through apostille and consulate attestation rather than requiring an in-person appearance in India; and hearings that can be conducted by video conference are, wherever the court permits it. A dedicated overseas-client point of contact coordinates updates across US time zones, so clients aren't left guessing what's happening on a case moving forward thousands of miles away.
Naresh remains personally involved in setting strategy on the firm's matters and stays directly engaged with clients on complex or high-value cases, while day-to-day case management is handled by the specific advocate on the bench with the right jurisdictional standing and subject-matter depth — a structure built so that the quality of the advice a client receives doesn't depend on which single person happens to be available that week.