Short Bio
Immigration Attorney Specializing in Entertainment (CA & NY) // Super Lawyers Rising Stars // Tier 1
Legal Expertise
I focus my practice on immigration matters for extraordinary individuals in motion picture and television, arts, and business, working closely with top production studios, talent and modeling agencies, and multi-national companies. I have experience representing clients in a wide range of industries, including entertainment, music, arts, gaming, tech, healthcare, food and beverage, automotive, fashion, and athletics. I have successfully worked with Tech PERM clients in Silicon Valley, L-1 and E-2 executives, and EB-1, O-1, and P-1 entertainment professionals. Furthermore, I have counseled numerous clients in court and at immigration interviews.
Representative Matters
■ Successfully expedited adjudication of nonimmigrant petitions, consultations, and visa process for 10+ talent and production team members with complex travel plans to work on multinational, multi-million dollar production.
■ Handled the preparation of urgent O-1/O-2 petitions and counseled related studios, talent/management agencies, and production teams to secure emergency visas to attend important press and publicity events for major, multi-million dollar network production.
■ Obtained numerous visas for executives, artists, and support personnel to work on high-profile videogame projects.
■ Proved eligibility and received approval for young professionals (actors, directors, etc.) to work on entertainment and commercial productions after preparing winning responses to lengthy requests for evidence.
■ Advised high-level executives and in-house counsel on labor and employment issues for foreign nationals, such as work authorization, I-9 compliance issues, etc.
■ Successfully responded to numerous lengthy RFEs/NOIDs and received approvals for business immigration clients (O-1, EB-1, L-1, E-2, H-1B, etc.).
■ Won Immigration Court cases for reviews of prior denials.
■ Had numerous I-290B motions granted reopening denials.
■ Proved nunc pro tunc and reinstatement cases on behalf of clients.
■ Received favorable outcomes for I-212 and I-601 waivers for inadmissibility findings.
■ Responded successfully to audits for PERM cases.