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ATTORNEY BIOS

Veronica M. Jeffers

 Ms. Jeffers is an Associate Attorney with Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP, in their Los Angeles office, where she handles corporate immigration matters for a variety of employer clients.

 Ms. Jeffers was awarded a J.D. by Harvard Law School, and is admitted to the California, Arizona (inactive), and Illinois (inactive) state bars. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Immigration Law Foundation, and an adjunct faculty member at Southwestern University Law School. She is also a member of the Illinois Bar Association, California Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) and Arizona Bar Association.

 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP (Fragomen) is the leading provider of corporate immigration services and solutions. For three years running, Fragomen has been recognized as the global "Corporate Immigration Law Firm of the Year" by Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.  In December 2007 Fragomen received the highest possible ranking in the Immigration category by the premier, independent, global legal guide Chambers Global 2008.

 Adam Green

Adam Green's extensive practice and involvement in Immigration Law spans two decades. Some of the highlights of his career include:

• Serving as a Foreign Student Advisor at Harvard University
• Managing a U.S. based immigration law firm in Rome, Italy
• Heading the immigration law section at a large Boston law firm
• Acting as the former Co-Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Committees for the State Department, United States Information Agency and the committee for foreign students
• Producing two videos on obtaining F visas and maintaining student status (These videos have been purchased by U.S consulates throughout the world)

 Adam is listed in the prestigious publication, "Best Lawyers in America." He has an "AV" rating (the highest possible) from Martindale-Hubbell, America's well-known attorney rating service.

 Additionally, he is a frequent lecturer at universities and for employer groups on obtaining work permits and permanent residence for foreign national employees. He has also been invited to speak at meetings of United States Consuls as well as at national meetings of immigration attorneys.

Catherine L. Haight

Catherine L. Haight has been practicing business and sports related immigration law in Los Angeles since 1989.  She currently heads her own growing boutique immigration law firm in Los Angeles.

Ms. Haight has been the invited speaker at numerous professional organization conferences and seminars on such subjects as labor certification, nonimmigrant visas, legal ethics, employer sanctions law, and the immigration consequences of business mergers and acquisitions.

She has written numerous journal articles and contributed to legal handbooks on the subject of immigration law.  Additionally, she has served as an Expert Witness regarding immigration law in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

She has been quoted in newspaper articles and featured on national television regarding immigration-related issues.

Ms. Haight is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and currently serves on the National AILA Liaison Committee to the Department of Labor (which oversees PERM labor certification applications and DOL-related H-1B and H-2B issues.)  Additionally she serves as the AILA Southern California Chapter co-liaison to the USCIS Los Angeles District Office. 

She is admitted to the State Bar of California and a member of the American Bar Association.

Tien-Li Loke Walsh

Ms. Walsh is a Senior Supervising Attorney with the Law Offices of Bernard P. Wolfsdorf in Los Angeles. She practices exclusively in the area of immigration and nationality law, with an emphasis on visas for investors, company transfers, professionals, executives, professors, researchers and entertainers. 

Ms. Loke Walsh currently serves on the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Department of State Liaison Committee and previously served two terms on the AILA/California Service Center Liaison Committee.  She received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law.  

 Ms. Loke Walsh has published extensively and is the author of numerous articles.  In addition, Ms. Loke Walsh has spoken at numerous national and regional immigration conferences including the Annual AILA California Chapters Conferences (2000-2003), the Annual AILA National Conference (2003), various Southern California Chapter meetings (1999, 2002), the Orange County Bar Association (2003), and more.