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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Immigration
Representative Clients
AGC Automotive America's R&D, Inc.
Next Dimension, Inc.
VDS Farms, LLC
Janel Hydro, Inc.
Prominent Assignments
Specializes in a full range of immigration matters, including H-1B, H-2B, E, F, J, K, L-1A and B, Labor Certification and "green card" applications and citizenship matters
Provide counsel to closely held and family businesses in the areas of corporate, international and business planning
Assisted clients in Europe, South America, Canada, Mexico, the Middle East and Asia as well as those located in the United States
Researches investment opportunities in the U.S., forms corporations and other business entities, arranges international joint-ventures, develops long-term plans to coordinate the business goals of clients with available immigration benefits, and assist clients in the preparation of visa petitions and supporting documentation
Coordinates reverse-trade missions for Chinese businesses seeking investment opportunities in the United States
Education
J.D., University of Detroit Mercy Law School, 1988
B.A., Journalism, Michigan State University, 1985
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1988
Professional and Community Involvement
Member, State Bar of Michigan
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Bloomfield Township Zoning Board of Appeals
Member, Governmental Affairs Committee, Automation Alley
Member, Oakland Business Roundtable
Member, Asia Committee, Detroit Regional Chamber
Publications and Presentations
Presenter, BNP Media's "Best of Success" Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (September, 2007)
Addressed Chinese Business and Government Groups in Shanghai, Guiyang, Anshun and Zunyi regarding visas available through investing in the United States (July, 2007)
Presenter, Immigration Law Update, Birmingham, Michigan, October 2006
Editor, Illinois ICLE Immigration Law Book 2006
Presenter, Employment Law Update-Changes in US Immigration Law, November 2005
Presenter, Illinois Agricultural Law Seminar: H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers, September 2005
Author, "Visas for Foreign Registered Nurses Now Available," Michigan Medical Law Report (Fall 2005)
Presenter, Immigration Law Update, Peoria, Illinois, May 2005
Presenter, Immigration Law Update, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, March 2005
Appeared on FOX-2 TV, Detroit, regarding proposed Immigration Reforms (2004).
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