Andrea-Li W. Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Serve as lead NIV attorney for the firm's largest client. Manage and train a team of senior paralegals, paralegals, legal assistant, and law clerks.• Advise clients on all major employment-based visa categories.• Prepare, review, and file employment-based petitions: H-1B, L-1, New Office L, Blanket L, TN, EB-2, EB-3 (including handling the PERM process). • Prepare, review, and file adjustment of status applications (I-485, I-765, I-131, I-864), and Naturalization.• Respond to RFE/NOID/NOIR for employment and family-based petitions.

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Prepare, review, and file employment-based petitions: H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, Blanket Ls, O-1A, EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 (including handling the PERM process). Respond to PERM audits.• Prepare, review, and file adjustment of status applications (I-485, I-765, I-131, I-944, I-864).• Respond to RFEs/NOIDs for employment and family-based petitions.

Vienna, Va

• Prepare, review and file: H-1B, EB-2, EB-3, I-130, I-360 (widow/SIJS), I-485, N-400, N-336, N-648, R-1 petitions and applications.• Assist in the PERM recruitment process (PWD requests and placement of ads), file PERMs and respond to audits.• Prepare, review and file I-212/I-601/I-601A waivers.• Represent clients facing removal proceedings before EOIR: requests for bond, cancellation of removal and asylum.• Accompany clients to family/employment based AOS and naturalization interviews, including double waivers.

Los Angeles, California

• Prepare, review, and file: H-2B, TN, O-1, P-1, P-3, B-1 and B-2. This included processing 70+ renewals of O-1 and P-1 petitions for internationally recognized singers, writers, producers, directors, actors, music groups, and models.• Secured O-1 and P-1 approval for cases, which presented particular challenges due to the nature of individual’s area of expertise and area of accomplishments. These individuals have ultimately come to the U.S. to fill leading roles in reality shows that have become the highest rated shows for the networks involved and movies.• Filed numerous I-130, I-129F, I-485 I-765, I-131, DS-260, DS-160 and N-400 petitions on behalf of families and internationally recognized artist and prepared clients for their interviews.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Represented children in immigration removal proceedings before the immigration court• Represented clients before USCIS and state court proceedings related to a child’s immigration case (i.e., Asylum, SIJS)

Tallahassee, Florida

• Prosecuted unlicensed activity cases primarily concerning the unlicensed practice(s) of construction, electrical contracting and violations of alcoholic beverages and Tobacco laws in the State of Florida.• Represented the Department at formal hearings before the Division of Administrative Hearings, as well as at informal hearings.

New Haven, Connecticut

• Represented immigrant workers in class actions against government entities and corporations• Drafted briefs and legal memoranda for federal court cases and organized press conferences for major case settlements.

Coral Gables, Florida

• Provided immigration counsel for numerous college and university clients as well as individual foreign nationals.• Processed work visas (H-1B, O-1, TN, EB-1, EB-2, EB-5) on behalf of professor, researchers, doctors, nurses, computer programmers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. • Obtained permanent residence for clients under the EB-1(A), EB-1(B) and National Interest Waiver categories.

Coral Gables, Florida

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: • President- Public Interest Law Association • President- LAWtinos • Secretary- Advocates for Immigrants.

Bachelor Of Science With Honors In The Major, Legal Studies, General

Activities and Societies: Honors: • Burnett Honors College Graduate • Recipient of the Order of Pegasus Activities: • Ambassador.