Best Lawyers in America for Immigration Law
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Alexandre A. Afanassiev is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Immigration Law. Alexandre A., who practices law in Houston, Texas, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alexandre A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Garrett Steck is a member of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's corporate and employment practice groups where he represents international and domestic clients with regard to the cross-border movement of goods and personnel. His practice facilitates the movement of key executives, management, technical and skilled workers and their family members into the U.S. by obtaining and maintaining temporary and permanent visas for specialty occupation workers, NAFTA professionals, intra-company transferees, in...
Jared C. Leung is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Immigration Law. Jared C., who practices law in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jared C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
David Harston founded Footbridge Law LLC in 2025 to pursue his joint passions of immigration law and mediation/conflict resolution. David has been practicing immigration law since 1999 and specializes in the areas of employment and family-based immigration as well as humanitarian visa options. In 2009, David co-founded Elkind Alterman Harston PC (now Palmer Polaski PC) and served as the firm’s Managing Partner for eight years. During his 15 years at EAH, David helped the firm to manage ...
Roxanne H. Levine is a partner in Tarter Krinsky & Drogin’s Immigration Group. She guides clients in complex citizenship matters including renunciation of residence and relinquishment of citizenship issues. Roxanne has over 25 years of experience representing major multinational financial institutions, corporations, universities, cultural institutions, energy companies and the hospitality industry as well as entrepreneurs, artists, performers and entertainers. Roxanne advises corpor...
MAILE M. HIROTA is the Manager of Hirota & Associates, LLLC, concentrating in business and family-based immigration law, including family visas, business and investor visas, deportation & removal defense, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship matters. Ms. Hirota has been selected by her peers as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of immigration law each year since 2008. She has been named the Best Lawyers’ Honolulu Immigration Law “Lawyer of t...
Melissa A. Dearing is a partner with Rivkin Radler LLP, based in Jacksonville, Florida, and a member of the firm’s Immigration Practice Group. She advises employers on navigating nonimmigrant and immigrant visa processes in support of their workforce needs, with a focus on compliance and strategic planning. Her practice includes representing employers in Employment Law – Management matters related to workforce mobility, as well as Litigation – Labor and Employment issues tha...
Sean G. Hanagan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Immigration Law. Sean G., who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sean G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Monica Lira Bravo is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and serves as the owner and managing attorney of Lira Bravo Law, PLLC. She has been recognized as a Rising Star in Immigration Law by Texas Super Lawyers Magazine and was named to D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas from 2016 to 2021. In 2020, she was included in the Dallas Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list. Her practice focuses on family-based visa petitions, citiz...
José R. Pérez, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Immigration Law. José R., who practices law in Houston, Texas, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which José R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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.
Rosanna Berardi is a nationally recognized immigration attorney and the Managing Partner of Berardi Immigration Law, a Buffalo-based firm dedicated exclusively to U.S. and Canadian immigration matters. For more than two decades, Rosanna has guided multinational corporations, healthcare systems, technology companies, professional athletes, and individuals through the complexities of cross-border immigration law, building a practice known as much for its strategic precision as for its deeply pe...
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