ALCANTARA LAW FOUNDER BECOMES BUSINESS BROKER
Alcántara Law, LLC, will celebrate its third anniversary in December. It provides clients with comprehensive EB-5 and E-2 services. Founder and principal attorney Isabel Alcantara recently became a licensed business broker and joined Global Business Brokers, based in Miami, FL, to help foreign investors locate business opportunities in the U.S.
HOMEFED PARTICIPATES IN HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE
HomeFed Corporation and their Cota Vera project hope to raise more than $1,000 in the San Diego Food Bank’s Virtual Food Drive this holiday season. Participants can go shopping in a virtual grocery store to raise money for the hungry. The food bank serves around 400,000 people per month.
GREENCARD FUND SPONSORS MISSION TRIP TO INDIA
Green Card Fund and its sister company, NewGen Advisory, announced they will sponsor two participants for a week-long healthcare camp excursion to India. Participants will help distribute more than $400,000 in donated healthcare supplies and participate in rural healthcare clinics.
BRADLEY PARTNER BECOMES LIFE FELLOW AT DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION
Shae Armstrong, a securities attorney and partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, in Texas was admitted as a Life Fellow with the Dallas Bar Foundation’s philanthropic efforts. Fellows are perpetual sponsors for scholarships, clinics, special events, issue advocacy, and other charitable grants of the bar association.
DAVID HIRSON NAMES NEW PARTNER
David Hirson & Partners LLP has named Claudia Rea Jimenez as a partner. In her role, she assists corporate and individual clients in immigration law. She is also a licensed attorney in Mexico. Before Hirson, she worked for STERN, Fogle, and Pelton + Balducci law firms.
FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION HAS NEW EDITOR
U.S. immigration attorney and federal litigator Brian Green has became columns editor of the Federal Bar Association’s Editorial Board.
CONGRESSWOMAN SALAZAR DISCUSSES EB-5
American Immigrant Investor Alliance (AIIA) president Ishaan Khanna and EB-5 attorneys Irina Rostova, Esq., Cynthia V. Gomez (Saul Ewing LLP), Ronald Fieldstone (Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP), and Rogelio Carrasquillo (Carrasquillo Law Group, PC) met with Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar to discuss her efforts on immigration reform and her goals for the next administration. Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A., organized the event.
GALATI LEADS CLAIM AGAINST USCIS OVER I-829 DELAYS
The Galati Law Firm represents 15 families in mandamus in Tennessee against USCIS over delays in I-829 petitions. Greg Siskind and Siskind Susser Immigration Lawyers are providing local counsel.
KLASKO AWARDS STAFF
Klasko Immigration Law Partners has awarded several of its staff members. Administrative Supervisor Carmen Del Valle received the Lisa Felix Award, which recognizes a KILP staff member who embodies the spirit of late KILP employee Lisa Felix, who radiated “unconditional, unwavering, and selfless kindness even in difficult times.” Supervisory Paralegal Sam Coyle received the annual Rich Rulon Award, for performing “above and beyond at their position and demonstrates a deep commitment to the KILP mission”.
LCR PROMOTES STAFF
LCR Capital Partners has promoted Shilpa Menon to managing director of Commercial for India, the Middle East, and APAC. Menon will drive business development in these regions while contributing to LCR’s future offerings and investor growth. LCR Capital Partners is a private investment and advisory services firm headquartered in Westport, CT.
ROBERT GAFFNEY LAW HIRES NEW ATTORNEY
Law Offices of Robert P. Gaffney promoted Jina Park to an attorney position from legal assistant. She is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley and University of Minnesota Law School. Her practice areas include employment, investment and family-based immigration law. Before Gaffney, she interned with The Advocates for Human Rights researching asylum matters and with Standpoint, formerly known as the Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project.
NEW MEMBER OF EB5AN’S INVESTOR RELATIONS TEAM
EB5AN has welcomed Dairung Chiang to their Investor Relations team. In her role, she will support clients in business immigration matters. Before EB5AN, she served in EB-5 Compliance and Business Development at Driftwood Capital and as Executive Vice President at Joorney Business Plans.
RIMON ADDS NEW PARTNER
Rimon global law firm added international tax and trusts and estates partner Patrick McCormick to the firm in Philadelphia. In this role, he counsels business and individual clients on U.S. international tax rules. Before Rimon, McCormick was a had his own firm, McCormick Tax P.C. He also has experience at law firms including Offit Kurman and Culhane Meadows.
JTC’S DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES TO SUPPORT EB-5 TEAM
JTC Group, a global professional services provider, announced that its current Director of Sustainability Services Edward Smith, Ph.D., will be expanding his work with the company by joining the firm’s EB-5 team. He will contribute his extensive background in sustainability, impact investing, public-private partnerships to JTC’s offerings for EB-5 Regional Centers and investors.
CYRUS MEHTA BUYS CLAUDIA SLOVINSKY LAW FIRM
New York immigration boutique Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners LLC bought Claudia Slovinsky & Associates PLLC upon Slovinsky’s retirement after 40 years of practice. Cyrus Mehta offers a wide range of representation in business and humanitarian immigration cases.
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