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Juliette Topacio Sarmiento
Benicia, CA Immigration Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Immigration, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
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Benjamin Hall
Benicia, CA Immigration Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Immigration and Criminal Defense
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Geri N. Kahn
Benicia, CA Immigration Attorney with 34 years of experience
Immigration and Social Security Disability
U of San Francisco School of Law
I practice both Immigration and Nationality Law and Social Security Disability law.
As to the Immigration field, I represent people in removal (deportation) proceedings. I also assist small businesses in obtaining professional visas such as H-1Bs or L-1s for their employees. I represent applicants for political asylum, and religious workers and individuals at all stages of the naturalization process. Finally, I help people who wish to bring their family members to the United States.
In the Social Security field, I represent disabled individuals at administrative hearings and in federal court.
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Oksana Tsykova
Martinez, CA Immigration Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Immigration and Criminal Defense
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Hermin Adella Dowe
San Pablo, CA Immigration Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Immigration and Bankruptcy
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Karen Alicia Davis
Richmond, CA Immigration Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Immigration, Bankruptcy and Divorce
Georgetown University Law Center
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Linda Levy
Berkeley, CA Immigration Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Immigration
Hastings College of Law
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Otis Landerholm
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
Otis greatly enjoys learning languages. He speaks both Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. He believes that with increasing globalization, people need to get to know one another; a good way to start is to learn each other's language.
Before practicing law, Otis lived in countries as diverse as Spain, Argentina, Japan, China and Ecuador. He received two bachelor's degrees (in Philosophy and Linguistics) from Washington State University, and he later received his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. While at Golden Gate, Otis received various honors and awards and placed among the top of...
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Sweta Khandelwal
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Immigration
UCLA School of Law and Faculty of Law, Delhi University
Sweta has been practicing law for more than 10 years and has represented clients across multiple nationalities. Sweta has been recognized as amongst the "Top 40 under 40" immigration attorneys in CA by the American Society of Legal Advocates. An immigrant herself, Sweta came to the US as a dependent on a H-4 Visa, transferred to a student (F-1) visa, interned under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) Program, worked on a H-1B Visa, and is finally self-employed while obtaining her Permanent Residency. Sweta has navigated her way through the complex web of US immigration laws and...
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Christopher A. Kerosky
Vallejo, CA Immigration Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Immigration and Business
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
CHRISTOPHER A. KEROSKY has practiced law for over 35 years and has been recognized as one of the top immigration lawyers in Northern California for 14 years by “Super Lawyers”, most recently in 2024.
He graduated from University of California, Berkeley Law School and was a former counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
Since 2013, Christopher serves as a Member of the Human Rights Commission for Sonoma County, appointed by the County Board of Supervisors to represent the 5th District. As part of his work with the Commission, Christopher helped found My American Dreams, a...
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Jonathan Charles Dunten
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 20 years of experience
Immigration and Criminal Defense
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
I am licensed to practice law before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, California State Courts, the Federal District Court for Northern California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
I received my undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara with honors and my Juris Doctor from Golden Gate University School of Law, including certificates of specialization with distinction in international and business law.
I formerly served as a media liaison for the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and was a professor of immigration and criminal...
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Amie D. Miller
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Immigration
McGeorge School of Law, Stetson University College of Law and University of Florida
I have dedicated my career to championing immigrants like you! We know that immigration is a stressful process and we do everything we can to take that stress off your plate and prepare strong, tailored and persuasive immigration filings for our clients.
We have advocated for immigrants for years and we have seen it all. We have a deep understanding of the law, the system, the players and the process. We know each matter is fundamentally important for each client: whether it is family unification, citizenship, career or safety, and we craft our filings to advocate specifically for each person...
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Fariba Faiz
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 26 years of experience
Immigration and International
Southwestern University School of Law
Fariba is the founder of Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC, based out of San Francisco, California. Attorney Faiz is an experienced immigration attorney with a proven track record of successfully petitioning in the realm of investment immigration (E-1/E-2 visas and direct and regional center EB-5 projects), family-based immigration, and employment-based immigration. Fariba works with multinational firms and their employees and immigrant investors in partnership to transfer, intra-company, foreign personnel and their families to the United States. She partners with employers and employees in various industries including information technology, pharmaceuticals, biotech, finance and banking sector, hospitals and healthcare providers, architectural design...
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James Cai
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 25 years of experience
580 California St
12th fl
San Francisco, CA 94104
Free ConsultationImmigration, Business, IP and Real Estate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
James Cai founded SAC Attorneys, LLP after serving as in-house legal counsel for Yahoo! Inc. His practice focuses on corporate law, immigration, employment and estate planning. Mr. Cai believes in relationship lawyering and has a client-driven practice. He practices law the old fashioned way - giving each client this full attention with prompt responses, thorough research and analysis, aggressive representation and careful attention to details, in both transactional and litigation matters. As a result, most of his clients are repeat and long term clients, including individuals, small businesses, non-profit organizations and public companies. Before founding SAC Attorneys, LLP,...
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Liliana Gallelli
Vallejo, CA Immigration Lawyer
Immigration, Business and Criminal Defense
Liliana Gallelli is an attorney since 2004 and has specialized in immigration, business and post-conviction law matters. She has represented hundreds of clients before immigration agencies, immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, federal district courts, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her work involves applications for business visas (L1s, E2s, H1bs, among others), family petitions, removal proceedings/deportation, asylum, and U visas, among others. She speaks Spanish fluently and conversational Portuguese, Italian and French.
Ms. Gallelli also represents clients in business law including:
Business Formation (LLC’s, S and C Corporations)
Sales Agreements
Partnerships
Applications for Alcohol License
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Angela D. Warren
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Immigration
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
With decades of immigration and business immigration experience, Angela Warren has helped hundreds of individuals, families and businesses navigate US immigration issues and procure legal US visas.
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Jesse Adam Lloyd
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 23 years of experience
Immigration
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Jesse Lloyd is a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and has helped certify new specialists as a member California State Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Council. He is a past chair of the Alameda County Bar Association Immigration Section, American Immigration Lawyers Association national ICE liaison committee, and Northern California Chapter. He has appeared on numerous television, web, and radio stories regarding immigration matters.
Jesse focuses on family-based immigration, removal defense, naturalization, asylum, and the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
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Wilson Purves
Walnut Creek, CA Immigration Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Immigration and Business
University of Buenos Aires School of Law
Wilson Purves's practice focuses on Family-based Immigration, Deportation Defense, and Business Immigration to the United States.
Mr. Purves has significant expertise in advocating for clients facing deportation proceedings nationwide and aiding individuals and families in achieving favorable results in residency, citizenship matters, and humanitarian relief.
Moreover, Mr. Purves leverages his expertise in business immigration to serve a diverse clientele. With a client portfolio ranging from start-ups to industry giants, Mr. Purves brings expertise across diverse sectors including wineries, restaurants, manufacturing, academia, medical, technology, athletics, arts, fashion, artificial intelligence, and entertainment.
Licensed by the California State Bar, Wilson Purves has been recognized...
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Claribel Palacios Maduena
Alameda, CA Immigration Attorney with 14 years of experience
Immigration
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Ms. Madueña is an expert immigration lawyer in the Bay Area handling a wide range of immigration matters, including complex cases with criminal issues. The bulk of her practice focuses on family-based immigration and removal defense. She has successfully argued for the release of clients in immigration detention, and has obtained Adjustment of Status, Asylum, and Cancellation of Removal for her clients against the government in Immigration Court. Ms. Madueña has also obtained Lawful Permanent Residency, Asylum, Naturalization, NACARA, and Waivers before the immigration office. Notably, when she was a first-year associate, Ms. Madueña presented a complex criminal and...
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Prerna Lal
Berkeley, CA Immigration Attorney with 10 years of experience
Immigration and Tax
The George Washington University Law School
A monumental civil rights advocate, Attorney Prerna Lal pioneered a robust network of highly-organized and diverse undocumented youth with digital engagement capacity, and fought against the deportations of immigrant community members. This model of organizing spurred immigration organizations across the country to fight against deportations, and laid the groundwork for the Obama Administration’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)” program. For this, Attorney Lal received awards and recognition in the community, including the Changemaker of the Year award from the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). ABC News has listed Lal as among the “Top 20 Immigration Experts to Follow...
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Robert P. Gaffney
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 44 years of experience
(415) 989-1998
601 Montgomery Street
Suite 1114
San Francisco, CA 94111
Immigration
UC San Francisco School of Law (formerly U.C. Hastings)
A California State Bar Certified Specialist in immigration and nationality law, has over 25 years of experience counseling a wide range of corporate and individual clients in areas of employment-related, investment, and family-based visa and immigration matters. He has developed significant expertise and a strong practice focus representing alien entrepreneurs under the EB-5 visa program and counseling U.S. businesses in the development of investment opportunities designed to qualify foreign direct investors for immigrant status under the EB5 provisions. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and is the author of "Country Specific Issues and Challenges in Representing EB-5 Petitioners...
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Andrei Romanenko
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 12 years of experience
Immigration
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Christine Victoria Troy
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 24 years of experience
Immigration
University of California Hastings College of Law
Founded in 2000, The Law Office of Christine Troy provides high quality legal services to all clients. Christine Troy is an experienced attorney, practicing exclusively in the area of Immigration and Naturalization Law, with a special emphasis on green cards through employment and marriage/family and work visas. Ms. Troy provides personalized and responsive service to each of her clients to ensure each client is satisfied with the quality of legal work and attention received.
Ms Troy was admitted to the California State Bar in December 1999. She is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and the Federal Ninth Circuit...
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Derek Deake Lim
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Immigration, Business, Estate Planning and Family
New College of California
Experienced, dedicated and affordable immigration attorney servings the Immigration community for near 20 years. Record of winning case on asylum, VAWA claim, naturalization with criminal background, waivers, and complex family based immigrant visa petitions.
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Gabriel D. Jack
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 23 years of experience
Immigration
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
I have been practicing immigration law since 2001. I represent a great number of clients in family-based immigration, the majority of whom have recently married a US citizen, as well as employment based immigration. I prepare the petition and file it, obtain work permits, prepare my clients for the USCIS (formerly INS) interview, appear with them at the interview, and follow up with USCIS to issue the decision to grant Permanent Residence (Green Card). We prepare petitions for foreign investors and key employees with E2 Visas, L1A and L1B Visas, as well as H-1B Visas.
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Harry G. Lewis
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 32 years of experience
48 Gold St 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
Immigration, Business and Employment
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Harry G. Lewis is an accomplished Employment, Immigration and Business Law attorney with extensive trial experience. He represents private and public companies, non-profits, public agencies and individuals throughout California.
Harry partners with clients to find creative strategies that address their complex legal needs. He has an uncompromising dedication to excellence, providing attentive service and skilled advocacy, always focused on achieving the best possible results.
Harry received his B.A. from the University of Virginia. In 1991, he earned his J.D. from William & Mary Law School. Harry is active in the community, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Marin Humane...
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Marcela Knaup
Walnut Creek, CA Immigration Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of San Francisco School of Law, University of Salamanca, Spain and Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina
We are dedicated to the practice of Immigration and Naturalization Law exclusively, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Te: 925-407-2149 Services include: Family immigration law: marriage and fiance visas, family petitions, waivers of unlawful presence, green cards. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Original Applications and Renewals) Business Immigration law: visas to work and/or invest (HB, TN, E investor visas, employment-based green cards. Visas for athletes and entertainers. LGBT Immigration law: visas and petitions for same sex couples. Citizenship and Naturalization. Languages: English, Spanish Marcela Knaup is a bilingual Spanish-English attorney. www.knauplegal.com Marcela@knauplegal.com Te: ...
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Peter Duong
San Francisco , CA Immigration Attorney with 26 years of experience
(415) 231-5143
300 Montgomery Street
Room 660
San Francisco , CA 94104
Immigration
Stanford Univ Law School
Mr. Duong is the owner of the Law Offices of Peter Duong. He holds a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, where he was president of the Moot Court Board and received the Hilmer Oehlman Memorial Prize and the Ira Driscoll Prize. Prior to law school, Mr. Duong received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the College of William and Mary. He brings to every case more than fifteens years of legal experience. Mr. Duong’s practice focuses on all areas of immigration law including cutting edge and complex cases involving individuals with criminal convictions and same-sex marriage cases....
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Gopal Shah
Berkeley, CA Immigration Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
We are a boutique Immigration Law Firm based in Berkeley, CA. We provide personalized and efficient U.S. Immigration legal services to Individuals, Families, Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Small Businesses throughout the United States.
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Scott Andrew Mossman
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 20 years of experience
Immigration
University of California, Davis, School of Law
I have practiced immigration and naturalization law exclusively since 2003. My practice emphasizes immigration and naturalization for applicants with criminal convictions, removal defense, and working with criminal defense counsel to minimize the immigration harm from convictions. I am licensed by the State Bar of California (license #227178) and received my juris doctorate degree in 2003 from the University of California, Davis, School of Law.
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Arezou Bakhtjou
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration and Criminal Defense
Law Office of Arezou Bakhtjou is located in Oakland, CA and helps clients in Richmond, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Hayward, San Leandro, Pleasanton, Martinez, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, and all Bay Area Counties including Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, and San Francisco County.? Memberships: Alameda County Bar Association ?Alameda County Bar Association Criminal Division (Board Member) Women Lawyers of Alameda County Alameda County Court Appointed Attorneys Program Alameda County Bar Association Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee Experience: County of Contra Costa Court Appointed Attorneys Program Placer County...
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Arash Yasrebi
Walnut Creek, CA Immigration Attorney
(925) 478-2255
2121 N California Blvd
Suite 290
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Ernest Michael Crawford
San Rafael, CA Immigration Attorney with 10 years of experience
Immigration
Santa Clara University School of Law
Mr. Crawford established The Crawford National Immigration Law Firm in 2019. He started this firm because he wanted to make a difference in the lives of his clients while providing them with tailored, convenient service.
Having grown up in the Southwest, and having lived in the incredibly diverse Bay Area, he has become familiar with the struggles faced by immigrants and their families and the positive effects that immigration has on our communities, both culturally and economically. He decided that he wanted to use his education and legal experience to help people and businesses by assisting them in navigating the...
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Brendan Hickey
San Fransco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(415) 942-9000
Pier 9, Suite 100
The Embarcadero
San Fransco, CA 94111
Immigration, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and White Collar Crime
Harvard Law School
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Woody Wu
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer
580 California St
12th fl
San Francisco, CA 94104
Free ConsultationImmigration, Business and Real Estate
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law and Peking University School of Law
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Asma Bashir
San Jose, CA Immigration Lawyer with 9 years of experience
San Jose, CA 95110
Free ConsultationImmigration, Business and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Paul Bertoni
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Immigration
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Paul's immigration practice includes: all temporary visas, naturalization, labor certification,
and permanent residence applications based on employment, family, achievement, or investment. He provides strategic advice on the immigration consequences of mergers and acquisitions, and also manages immigration processes for the restructuring of companies. His experienced multilingual team provides efficient and effective immigration services including processes all over the US and at consular posts around the world.
Paul holds degrees from Yale (B.A. in Political Science 1993) and UC Berkeley-Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D. 1997). He is admitted in New York and New Jersey, and may practice immigration law nationwide under federal...
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Jean-Yves Pierre Lendormy
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Immigration, Business and Real Estate
University of San Francisco School of Law
With nearly 40 years of experience, I am a skilled and knowledgeable Business, Immigration and Real Estate attorney. I represent individuals and businesses in California State and U.S. Federal Government Courts
Born in Paris, France, I am myself an immigrant, giving me a unique insight into immigration law matters. I am dedicated to zealous advocacy focused on the best possible outcomes.
Outside of the office I am a dedicated sailor, most notably skippering the winning boat in the Rolex Big Boat Series in 2007. Also involved in the world of chess, the U.S. Chess Federation has given me an expert rating. Additionally,...
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Davy S. Day
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 18 years of experience
Immigration
Santa Clara University School of Law
Davy is a Supervising Attorney at Pearl Law Group. He focuses his legal practice on U.S. corporate immigration law. Davy has experience assisting and consulting foreign nationals, including high-level multinational executives and managers, individuals of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, and professional workers, on matters relating to employment-based immigration and nonimmigrant status/visa.