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Leslie Davis is the Founder and CEO of Immigration Solutions located in Long Beach, California. With some 20 years in the immigration community, Leslie has been affiliated with some of Southern California’s most prestigious immigration law firms. 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, universities and research institutions - just about every business and occupation you could imagine.
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. You may contact our office to schedule a one-time, risk free consultation to discuss the specifics of your case, at no further obligation.
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 publishes a monthly e-newsletter 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, this publication can readily assist those employers trying to sift through all the latest changes that impact foreign labor.
Ms. Davis serves as the Chair of the Immigration Section of the Orange County Paralegals Association and is a member of the Orange County Chapter of Women 4 Success.
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Thomas J. Joy is a graduate of Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California and the College of Business Administration of Loyola University, Los Angeles, California. He has been licensed to practice law in California since 1976. His practice is limited to immigration and nationality law and concentrates on temporary and permanent business and employment related visas for healthcare personnel, professionals, executives, managers, athletes, entertainers and skilled workers - 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, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Law Section.
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.
Mr. Joy has been in practice with some of the most well known and renowned immigration law firms in the world; namely, Hirson Wexler Perl (1997-2004), Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP (2004-2005) and Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, APLC.
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James P. Gagel, a former Fulbright Scholar in Latin America, has practiced immigration law for 20 years, representing clients across the U.S. and throughout the world, with a focus on corporate immigration law. He represents American and foreign businesses in obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Mr. Gagel also provides family immigration services of all types, and handles asylum and refugee cases before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Courts. Mr. Gagel maintains offices in Coral Gables, FL (http://www.visas-america.com/) and previously lived and worked for several years in Latin America.
He has held both General Counsel and high-level executive positions at corporations with international operations.Mr. Gagel previously lived and worked for several years in Latin America. He has held both General Counsel and high-level executive positions at corporations with international operations.
Mr. Gagel received his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School in 1982 and his B.A. in Political Science from Duke University in 1977. Mr. Gagel previously lived and worked for several years in Latin America. He has held both General Counsel and high-level executive positions at corporations with international operations.
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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 and now heads her own law firm, O'Brien & Associates, specializing in business immigration law.
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.
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Sergio R. Karas, B.A., LL.B., is a Canadian Barrister and Solicitor and a Certified Specialist in Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Mr. Karas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and helped hundreds of people successfully establish themselves in Canada. He has been involved with many widely reported, high profile cases. Mr. Karas represents individuals and multinational corporations to achieve their immigration objectives and implement successful relocation strategies.
As part of his ongoing campaign to educate the public on immigration issues, Mr. Karas contributes to the press providing current information about Canada's immigration law and policies. His articles are published in several languages in national and international journals, and he provides immigration policy insight and commentary to Canada’s national press. He is a regular guest on local, national and international radio and television programs, and hosted his own show “Immigration and You” in ITV and Vision of Asia broadcasted bi-weekly for six years in New York and New Jersey. Mr. Karas is contributing writer on immigration issues for Canadian HR Reporter, a publication for Human Resources managers. He also teaches immigration law at Sheridan College in Toronto.
Mr. Karas is an honors graduate in Political Science from York University and obtained his Law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. He speaks fluent English, French and Spanish and has a working knowledge of Italian, Portuguese and German. Mr. Karas is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), where he currently holds the position of Vice-Chair of the Ontario Citizenship and Immigration Section, the International Bar Association (IBA), where he is Co-Chair of the Immigration and Nationality Committee, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He is listed in “Who’s Who in Corporate Immigration Law” as a leading immigration legal practitioner.
Mr. Karas' law firm, Karas & Associates (http://www.karas.ca/), headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is dedicated to the successful settlement of qualified immigrants including professionals, self-employed, entrepreneurs, and investors, and to assisting corporations to implement successful migration strategies for managerial, executive and technical personnel. It also represents family class immigrants and sponsored relatives. It assists clients with US Consular processing and NAFTA petitions. Karas & Associates is a multilingual law firm and provides services to its international clientele in Canada and worldwide, through VISALAW International, a global alliance of immigration lawyers.
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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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