Angelo A. Paparelli

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

Additional Office:
One Century Plaza , Suite 3300
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 277-7200
Fax: (310) 201-5219

Additional Office:
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 218-5500
Fax: (212) 218-5526

Profile:

Angelo Paparelli, past President of ABIL, is a partner in the Business Immigration Group of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a full-service firm with ten offices throughout the U.S. and in Brussels, Belgium. He practices in Southern California and New York. Mr. Paparelli is known for providing creative solutions to complex and straightforward immigration law problems, especially involving mergers and acquisitions, labor certifications and the H-1B visa category. He is frequently quoted in leading national publications on immigration law. Named the world’s leading corporate immigration lawyer (2008, 2006 & 2005, International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers) and a first-tier business immigration lawyer (2008, Chambers USA). Mr. Paparelli co-authors the New York Law Journal’s “Immigration” column, writes a blog (www.nationofimmigrators.com), and serves as an expert witness/consultant on immigration to law firms and businesses. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, and is admitted to the state bars of California, Michigan and New York.

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