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LESLIE DAVIS

Leslie Davis is the Founder and Managing Director of Immigration Solutions located in Long Beach, California. With some 20 years in the immigration community, Leslie has been affiliated with some of the most prestigious immigration law firms in the country. Throughout her career, she has brought people into the USA to live and work from all four corners of the world. She has worked extensively with businesses and individuals in the fields of healthcare, entertainment, sports, IT, engineering - just about every business sector and occupation you could imagine.

As a previous business owner of a human resources consulting and marketing firm, Leslie recruited, pre-screened and assessed mid to upper management level candidates (in all industries) for a clientele of Fortune 200 and 500 companies. This background has been extremely beneficial to her in her ability to relate to both the employer and the foreign national employee in the immigration hiring process.

Immigration Solutions has a depth of experience with complex business visas for investors, multinational managers, outstanding individuals in the areas of athletics, business, science and the arts, visa petitions on behalf of nurses, physical therapists and other allied healthcare professionals. We conveniently represent clients throughout the USA and abroad.

Immigration Solutions publishes a monthly e-newsletter, Blog and Podcast that brings the current issues of the day and their effect upon decision making in the global workplace to its clientele. With so many urgently pending matters being debated at the present time in Congress, Immigration Solutions media readily assists employers and foreign nationals in circumventing the complexities of immigration law.

 
ELLEN DE WITT
Ellen de Witt, CCIC, FCMI is a Certified Canada Immigration Consultant, licensed by the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants and is a Fellow of the Canadian Migration Institute. She is also a Commissioner of Oaths, as appointed by the Attorney General of the Province of Ontario.

Ellen holds an Immigration Consultant (honours) Diploma from Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and operates her practice out of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

She has been in the Immigration field since 1999 and is committed to assisting individuals in relocating to Canada. Although Ellen specializes in family re-unification applications and Federal Skilled Worker applications, she handles a wide scope of Canada Immigration issues including but not limited to work permits, study permits, Business Class applications (Investors & Entrepreneurs) and Canadian Citizenship applications, including derivative claims.

Ellen enjoys practicing Immigration as a Consultant in Windsor, Ontario, one of the most culturally diverse cities in Canada. She is an asset to her community putting in volunteer hours and sitting on two boards, as a Director, one political and one for disadvantaged youth in the Windsor area.
 
THOMAS J. JOY
Mr. Joy is a licensed immigration and nationality attorney and concentrates on temporary and permanent business and employment related visas for healthcare personnel, IT and engineering personnel, scientists, executives, managers, athletes, entertainers and skilled workers, as well as employer compliance issues - for companies that are multi-national and domestic, large and small. In addition, his practice includes family related cases, consular processing and citizenship. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Mr. Joy has been interviewed on television regarding current immigration issues, has published articles on various current immigration concerns, and has conducted seminars for corporations, law firms and professional organizations, both in and outside of the USA. He travels throughout the USA and the world representing clients at USCIS offices and US embassies and consulates. In addition, he advises and accompanies employers and recruiters on recruitment drives outside the USA.

 
DEIRDRE O'BRIEN
Deirdre O'Brien, a native of Tullow, County Carlow graduated in law from Trinity College Dublin, and practiced as a solicitor (attorney) in Ireland until 1994, when she relocated to New York City. Deirdre was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1996.

Deirdre has been featured in articles in the New York Law Journal, the Irish Times and the Irish Voice. She has also had an article published in the Irish Law Society Gazette on the topic of the relative merits of the unified legal profession in the U.S., over the two-tiered system, (solicitor and barrister), in Ireland and elsewhere. She acted as a consultant in the preparation of the book The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business, by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio, published in 2003 by Harper Collins. Deirdre was interviewed recently by Pat Kenny, for 'Morning Ireland' in connection with American immigration policies in the wake of the events of 9/11. In New York, Deirdre answered immigration related questions on an Irish weekend radio show, Voice of Eireann Radio. In June 2004, Deirdre was honored as "Ireland's Best" by the American Friends of James Joyce, at New York's Yale Club for her achievements in the U.S.

Organizations of which Deirdre is a member include the following: the Irish American Bar Association of New York; the American Immigration Lawyer's Association, the New York Bar Association, the Irish Law Society, and Trinity College Dublin Alumni Association.

 
DERRICK TABERSKI
Derrick is an active member of the Orange County Bar Association's Immigration and Family Law sections, as well as the Orange County Paralegal Association's Immigration section.

Derrick earned his J.D. from the University of Idaho. He holds a B.A. degree in Latin American Studies from the University of California, Riverside, and an M.A. in English Composition from Cal State San Bernardino.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Derrick was a teacher. He taught English as a second language at various schools in Southern California and co-authored an intercultural communication workbook. He also lived and worked for a year in Ansan, South Korea, teaching English at Hanyang University.

 
 
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