Areas of Practice Emphasis

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)