Angelo A. Paparelli

Paparelli & Partners LLP
Suite 200
4 Park Plaza
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: (949) 955-5555
Fax: (949) 955-5599
Email: Angelo.Paparelli@abil.com
Web: www.entertheusa.com

Additional Office:
515 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 599-5755
Fax: (212) 808-5598

Profile:

Angelo A. Paparelli is the Managing Partner of Paparelli & Partners LLP, a 13-lawyer firm practicing exclusively in the field of U.S. immigration and nationality law, with offices in New York, NY and Irvine, CA. He has been named the “world’s leading authority for corporate immigration legal expertise” by The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration (5th Ed.), chosen by www.LawDragon.com as among the “500 leading lawyers” in America, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America (1995-2006) and www.SuperLawyers.com (2004- 2006) for his immigration law experience. An expert witness in immigration law and a prolific writer, he is frequently interviewed nationwide on immigration topics. He has held a variety of immigration leadership positions on national bar associations, including past service as Chairman, Immigration and Nationality Committee, ABA Section of International Law and Practice, and his current post as President of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers. He holds a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, and is an active member of the National Speakers Association, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Legal Marketing Association. He serves on two nonprofit advisory boards, the American Immigration Law Foundation and Children First.

Listed as top U.S. Immigration lawyer in Chambers Global 2007

Practice Areas:

Angelo’s immigration practice areas include legislative advocacy and immigration messaging; compliance audits; counsel and due diligence in mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring; immigration-related corporate policy formulation; permanent residence and citizenship; visas for executives, managers, scientists, scholars, investors, professionals, students and visitors; PERM labor certifications; employment-based immigrant visa petitions; global visas and consular practice; family-based immigration; federal court litigation under the Administrative Procedures Act; waivers, white-collar immigration, asylum and removal defense.

Education:

• Wayne State University, J.D., 1976
• University of Michigan, B.A., 1971

Admissions:

• New York, 2005
• California, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
• Michigan, 1976

Professional Activities:

• Certified Specialist, Immigration and Nationality Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
• President, Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL)
• Member, Board of Trustees, American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF)
• Member, Board of Trustees, Children First, a Merage Foundation
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • Past Member, Board of Governors
  • Past Chair, E Visa Investors and Traders Committee
  • Past Chair, Southern California Chapter
• Member, American Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Immigration and Nationality Committee, Section of International Law and Practice
• Bryan Cave LLP
  • Former Partner, Resident Manager, Orange County Office, and Co-Leader Immigration Practice Group
• Former Law Clerk to Judge Dorothy C. Riley, Michigan Court of Appeals

Articles/Papers:

• Co-Author, ABA International Lawyer’s Deskbook, Chapter on Immigration, 2nd Ed., 2004
• Blogger: www.nationofimmigrators.com – a public policy blog on America’s dysfunctional immigration system