Best Lawyers in America for Immigration Law

Phil earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1975 and earned his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1978. He has practiced immigration law exclusively since 1985, including all aspects of business and family immigration, as well as deportation and removal defense. In recent years, he has focused primarily on representing individuals placed in removal proceedings. He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1985 and served ...

Erik Anderson directs Goel & Anderson's Immigrant Visa Practice, overseeing the development of case strategies to address the recruitment and transfer of human resources in the United States and overseas. In this role he provides strategic immigration planning to clients in the information technology, telecommunications, biotech, insurance and finance, healthcare, maritime, food and beverage and entertainment industries. He also directs the firm's nonimmigrant and immigrant (EB-5) investo...

Mercedes Badia-Tavas provides legal and business guidance to clients on a broad range of immigration law cases, with focus on Fortune 500 and small companies alike. Mercedes supports her firm’s offices and clients across various states on immigration employment transfers and up-to-date compliance. As an immigrant herself, Mercedes finds particular fulfillment in helping companies and individuals immigrate to the United States and participate in the American dream through startups and bu...

Davis Bae is the managing partner of the Seattle office and is co-chair of the firm's Global Immigration practice group. His practice focuses on providing effective immigration solutions for companies in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States. His clients are leaders in fields such as software, design, construction, manufacturing, utilities, fine arts, sports, international trade, and engineering. Davis is a frequent speaker before business and employer associations, including...

A seasoned and creative problem-solver, Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak, Esq., concentrates her national healthcare practice representing clients in complex business transactions including private equity transactions, mergers, and strategic partnerships, HIPAA privacy and security compliance matters, ownership and compensation arrangements, employment and partnership negotiations, medical staff matters, and fraud and abuse issues including compliance with the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. ...

Scott M. Borene , Managing Attorney and President of the firm, was born in Minneapolis. He attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a National Merit Scholar. After his graduation from Harvard, he attended William Mitchell Law School in Minnesota. Since establishing his law practice in 1979, he has had more than 30 years of immigration law practice experience. From 1997 to 2003, Scott Borene served as elected Director and Member of the Board of Governors of the American Immig...

Misty Wilson Borkowski is a Partner in Hall Booth Smith, P.C.’s Little Rock office with an immigration practice, which focuses on employment-based immigration matters, both temporary visas, as well as permanent residency. Her practice focuses on H-2A Visas, DOL Audits, E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader/Investor Visas, L-1A/L-1B Intracompany-Transferee Visas, and H-1B Visas. She also represents employers and physicians in the J-1 Visa Waiver process, whether as a Conrad 30 Waiver or through the Delt...

A Board-Certified Specialist in Immigration Law, Ms. Bradshaw was named in the 2004 Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” as the top employment attorney in North Carolina. She has been nationally recognized by inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America” for both Immigration Law and Employment Law, and by "Chambers & Partners" and "Super Lawyers" as a leading immigration attorney. She has also been listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Amer...

Tamara Serwer Caldas heads the firm's Pro Bono Program and leads the firm’s attorneys in providing pro bono legal services to low-income clients, community groups and nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Caldas served as Deputy Director of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF) since 2011. She worked with AVLF in a number of capacities since joining in September 2005, including serving as Managing Attorney since 2007. At AVLF, she developed civil pro bono pro...

Jocelyn has extensive experience representing companies and individuals with their immigration and global mobility needs. Her practice focuses on providing efficient and effective immigration and global mobility solutions to companies throughout the United States. She represents a broad variety of companies and individuals with all types of business-related nonimmigrant petitions (especially H, L, E, O, P and TN petitions), applications for labor certification, employment-based immigrant peti...

Joan-Elisse Carpentier provides legal representation in all areas of immigration and nationality law affecting individuals, corporations and other businesses. She has worked on evaluations of immigration practices of corporations, development of corporate policies and procedures for handling immigration matters and obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant visas, as well as citizenship and expatriation. Joan-Elisse assists businesses with I-9 compliance programs and provides representation during...

With more than two decades of experience in U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law, Maria “Marisa” Casablanca represents corporate clients and individuals in obtaining immigration assistance and benefits. She is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by The Florida Bar, and was a member of The Florida Bar’s Certification Committee for Immigration and Nationality Law. She has also served on national liaison committees with USCIS and the Department of State. Clients ...

Brian P. Casson is the founder and Managing Partner of the Northern Virginia Immigration Law Firm, PLLC in Falls Church, VA. Mr. Casson's fearless advocacy and legal acumen have earned him the respect of clients and colleagues alike. He is recognized as a leading immigration attorney in the DC Metropolitan Area and has been both appointed and elected to serve in leadership roles with the DC Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA) from 2017 to present, currently serving...

Socheat Chea is a graduate of Emory University and was awarded a Juris Doctor at Boston College Law School in 1991. At the helm of our Law Offices, Mr. Chea is nationally recognized for his expertise and leadership. His colleagues hold him in high esteem and his accolades include: Selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Selected by Atlanta Magazine as one of The Fifty Five Most Influential Foreign Born Atlantans Super Lawyer in Atlanta Magazine (2007, 2008, 2...

Boston-area immigration attorney Sarah M. Coleman is a partner with immigration law firm Parker Gallini LLP . She has extensive experience in immigraiton matters and works closely with in-house counsel, human resources and talent acquisition professionals, foreign nationals, managers, and compliance officers. She advises clients on organization-wide issues including: immigration compliance consequences of business reorganizations immigration policy development. She is a member of the Boston B...

John Combs represents employers in matters relating to their international workforce. His practice focuses on employment based U.S. inbound immigration solutions including temporary worker petitions and permanent residency (“green card”), applications, and related tax and export control issues.

Melissa A. Dearing is a Partner in the firm’s Immigration Practice Group, where she assists employers in seeking non-immigrant and immigrant status. Melissa has extensive experience with H-1Bs and the PERM-based green card process, particularly with respect to information technology professionals, engineers and pharmacists, among other professionals. She also represents foreign nationals regarding family immigration matters and assists employers with I-9 and other immigration compliance...

Leslie Diaz earned a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida, and a Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 2000. Leslie served as a Staff Attorney for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where she learned firsthand how the federal courts analyze and decide immigration issues. She has been practicing immigration law since 2005. Leslie practices immigration law exclusively, specializing in removal defense, family-based immigration, and federal and ap...

Larry is a nationally recognized immigration attorney with over 20 years of experience, specializing in guiding corporate and individual clients through the intricate and evolving immigration landscape. Committed to providing high-touch service, quality, and value, Larry remains relentlessly dedicated to continuous learning, growth, and collaboration with his clients. At the forefront of legal innovation, Larry has always integrated technology into his practice, enhancing efficiency and outco...

Lauren Eagan Founder & CEO Lauren Eagan is the Founder and CEO of Eagan Immigration. Ms. Eagan’s practice encompasses all areas of immigration law, but her primary focus is finding solutions in cases other attorneys have deemed hopeless. In even the most difficult cases, she uses a combination of creativity and strategy to find solutions others thought were impossible, helping thousands of undocumented immigrants obtain legal status. She is fluent in Spanish and English and has work...

George Ernst is a Partner in our Little Rock office whose practice specializes in immigration, international business, and labor and employment matters. Also proficient in German, he has over a decade of experience representing multi-national corporations across various industries. His practice focuses on advising clients in highly complex matters relating to the employment of foreign nationals under the EB-5 program for international investors, EB-1 and EB-2 visas for employment-based immigr...

Fariba Faiz is a distinguished immigration law attorney, renowned for her unparalleled expertise in handling a diverse range of cases, including corporate H-1B, L-1, O-1, E-2 visas, as well as EB-1, NIW, and PERM cases. With a career spanning over two decades, her journey began when she became a member of the CA State Bar in June 1998, and since then, she has carved a niche for herself as a prominent figure in the field. Her exceptional achievements reached a zenith in 2024 when she was honor...

The founder of Farzaneh Law Firm, PC, Mr. Amir Farzaneh focuses his practice on Immigration Law and Immigration issues. Mr. Amir Farzaneh is an accomplished immigration lawyer with more than 16 years of experience in immigration law.Fluent in Farsi, Farzaneh is a frequent speaker on Immigration Law issues. In addition, he is the author of: “Your Approach Toward Immigration Law Affects Your Organization’s Performance,” Performance Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 3; “Emerging Tre...

Mills Fleming chairs HunterMaclean’s health care practice group . Mills is a past president of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. His practice concentrates on the general representation of health care systems, specialized regulatory support to health care entities and specialized projects involving compliance planning, qui tam/FCA investigations, health care industry restructuring, tax-exempt entities and intermediate san...

Avi Friedman, a Partner with the firm, served six terms (2007-2010 & 2014-2017) on the AILA Department of State Liaison Committee. He served his ninth term as the Consular Affairs Liaison for the Southern California Chapter of AILA. He has authored numerous articles for AILA including: several chapters for the “Visa Processing Guide;” Third-Country National (TCN) and Consular Processing of Non-immigrant Visa Applications in Mexico and Canada: Practice Advisory; Nonimmigrant Wa...

David R. Fullmer joined Wolfsdorf Rosenthal as a partner in 2017. He is a top rated immigration lawyer and former LA County Bar Immigration Section Chair. Mr. Fullmer has practiced exclusively in the area of immigration law for over twenty years. His main goal is to provide leading edge immigration legal services. He strives to educate the parties at the nuts and bolts level on their compliance obligations. He also believes that effective communication combined with service and education is t...

Minnie Fu is a principal in the Washington, D.C. Region office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the International Employment practice group. Her practice focuses on assisting employers in obtaining employment-related visas and advising employers on compliance with U.S. immigration laws and regulations. Minnie has 30 years of experience in employment-based immigration matters, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters, developing corporate immigration policies and procedures for ...

John’s entire legal career has been devoted to U.S. immigration and nationality law. His practice covers all facets of employment- based immigration, as well as family immigration and naturalization. He has in-depth experience providing strategic advice and counsel to both small entrepreneurial businesses and to multinational corporations. An AV-rated immigration attorney for more than a decade, John is also nationally recognized for his expertise in representing distinguished professor...

Elizabeth L.A. Garvish is the Founder and Managing Member of Garvish Immigration Law Group, LLC. Elizabeth is the granddaughter of Hungarian immigrants and grew up with a love for languages and culture. These passions landed her in her very first job as an attorney at an immigration firm in Houston, Texas. As an immigration lawyer, Elizabeth had found her purpose. After years of immigration practice experience with small boutique firms, big law and nonprofits, Elizabeth founded Garvish Immigr...

Leslie founded the Giron Kirby Law Group with the goal of providing personalized, effective, and efficient representation to businesses and individuals in relation to their immigration needs. She has dedicated her career to the practice of immigration law and is committed to providing her clients with the highest quality representation available. Prior to starting her own law firm, Leslie was an attorney at one of the nation’s largest immigration law firms, where she represented busines...

Maria Glinsmann leads the Nonimmigrant Visa Practice in the law firm of Glinsmann & Glinsmann, Chartered. Her practice is focused exclusively on U.S. Immigration, citizenship and consular issues. Many leading technology and service companies seek Maria’s immigration experience. They value her understanding of business practices to ensure their staffing objectives. She helps industry leaders, scientists and innovators to achieve extraordinary ability, national interest and outstandin...

Matthew Glinsmann leads the employment-based residency – PERM Labor Certification team at Glinsmann Immigration. His practice includes representation of large and small corporations, families, and extraordinary ability individuals. Leading technology and service companies select Matthew as a trusted immigration partner because of his immigration experience and reputation. His deep understanding of business practices allows him to design immigration solutions that result in the highest r...

Vic Goel is Managing Partner of Goel & Anderson, LLC. His practice involves strategic guidance and compliance management for U.S. and multinational corporations with large-scale immigration programs. He is an active speaker and writer on immigration law and has been interviewed on immigration issues by the NBC Nightly News, The Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Law, ComputerWorld, the Times of India and India Abroad, among others. In addition to being a long...