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San Diego, California, United States | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

• Manage development of legal strategies for a wide variety of corporate clients with immigration issues including oversight and preparation of business and family based nonimmigrant & immigrant visa petitions (H-1, L-1, TN, E, O, J, permanent residence process, green card applications, NATZ, etc.) • Lead and coordinate project management and organization initiatives for time-sensitive, high-volume filing periods (H-1B cap subject filings, adjustment retrogressions, etc.) • Contribute to presentations and publications on trends in compliance and immigration strategies• Represent clients in initial appearances and appeals at EOIR master and individual hearings, and USCIS green card interviews (employment- and marriage-based), asylum interviews, and preparation for consular visa processing

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

BUSINESS IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE• Prepare business immigration visa petitions (H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, TN, E, etc.)• Draft documentation and prepare corporate clients for consular visa processing • Assist corporate clients throughout each stage of the PERM process, including guidance on recruitment, preparation of prevailing wage requests (ETA 9141s), and Applications for Permanent Employment Certification (ETA 9089s) • Prepare Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers (I-140s) and Applications to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (I-485s) for corporate clients and their family members• Draft detailed company statements in support of nonimmigrant visa petitions • Conduct legal research on immigration law and prepare legal opinions advising clients on a broad range of immigration issues • Draft responses to Requests for Evidence on corporate immigration matters• Evaluate immigration law matters surrounding compliance with various government agencies, such as public access file management and successor-in-interest filings• Respond to written and telephonic correspondence from various corporate clients • Maintain, update, and track expiration dates using LawLogix FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE • Conduct legal intake to evaluate immigration solutions for potential new family-based clients• Identify, research, and develop legal strategies to complex matters for nonimmigrants with and without documentation of status• Draft and prepare family-based immigration filings (I-130, I-485, K-1, I-601A Waivers, Asylum, etc.) • Represent family-based clients at asylum interviews, EOIR master and individual hearings, etc. • Assist family-based clients in preparing for consular visa processing, USCIS interviews, etc. • Draft naturalization filings for family-based clients, including those with past criminal issues• Respond to client communications via email and telephone, in English and in Spanish

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Top contributor to International Resource Management Program’s legal strategy team, leading development of organizational and operational improvement manuals for immigration processes• Oversaw accurate and efficient drafting of statements, forms, correspondence, and Requests for Evidence while acting as primary point of contact with nonimmigrant applicants • Ensured matters were prepared in compliance with filing procedures of various related government agencies, notifying Program Manager and team members of concerns as they arose• Prepared and drafted business immigration visa petitions, with emphasis on green card processes• Collected and reviewed supporting documentation for nonimmigrant visa petitions• Liaised with clients and internal stakeholders with respect to immigration-related benefits• Responsible for nonimmigrant business immigration visa petitions (H-1B, TN, L-1A, E-3)• Oversaw compliance efforts with respect to public access files and audit file document retention • Prepared immigrant petitions and permanent residency processes (PERM, I-140, I-485)• Oversaw and coordinated entire PERM process, including drafting job requirements, recruitment advertisements, prevailing wage requests, ETA 9089s, and PERM Audit responses• Prepared I-140 petitions and applications for permanent residency• Maintained and updated files, including expiration and maxout dates, using LawLogix

Los Angeles, California

• Served as a volunteer summer law clerk to immigration judges and advisor attorneys • Primarily responsible legal research and writing assignments relating to immigration law• Drafted judicial opinions and legal memoranda on complex immigration issues addressing removability or admissibility to the United States by foreign nationals • Contributed legal research and analysis to internal report detailing differences in California and Federal drug sentencing issues, drawing on thorough understanding of immigration law and its connection with constitutional, and federal and state criminal law • Conducted research to compile in report presented at U.S. Custom and Border Protection meetings at the International Border in San Diego, California and Lancaster Detention Facility

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: President of Hablando del Derecho, Spanish speaking law students society; Pro Bono Society Inductee.

Bachelor Of Arts, English, Spanish, Criminology And Law Studies

Activities and Societies: Gamma Sigma Sigma-National Community Service Sorority, Alpha Phi International Fraternity, Sigma Delta Pi.