Julie Pearl

Pearl Law Group
315 Montgomery Street
Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 771-7500
Fax: (415) 771-5009
Email: Julie.Pearl@abil.com
Web: www.immigrationlaw.com

Profile:

Former Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, Julie founded the firm's San Francisco office in 1995, and her team of 20+ professionals covers all aspects of business immigration. Her late partner, Alan Nelson, headed the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service under Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. Pioneering new approaches in immigration service delivery to corporate clients, her firm has been listed by Inc Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America (2003) and by the San Francisco Business Times as the #1 Woman-Owned Law Firm in the Bay Area (2003 - present).

Julie has won a Cisco Systems Growing with Technology Award (Customer Service Category, 2004) and was profiled in book: The Moral Advantage, Getting Ahead in Business by Doing the Right Thing" (Stanford University Project on Good Works, 2004) for applying the "Golden Rule" to her clients' needs. She has served as Co-Chair and Faculty of the Business Immigration Institute as well as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association's Immigration Subcommittee. She has spoken on immigration topics to dozens of human resources, legal, accounting, and other business and professional organizations.

She is also named in The International Who’s Who of Business Immigration Lawyers, Who’s Who in American Law, Chambers Global: ‘The World’s Leading Lawyers’, Who’s Who of American Women, and Dragon 2000’s List of the Top 1% of American Lawyers and Judges. Her awards include an American Jurisprudence Award in Negotiation, a Rotary International Graduate Fellowship Award and the American Bar Association's Client Counseling Competition (where she ranked #2 in the U.S.). She has lived in five countries and speaks three languages.

Practice Areas:

• Global Mobility Law-immigration and related topics; International business guidance

Education:

• University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1987 (jointly with Harvard)
• Harvard University, M.P.A., 1986
• Stanford University, B.A., 1982

Admissions:

• California Bar Association
• Supreme Court of California
• United States Court of International Trade

Professional Activities:

• Founding Member, Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL)
• Past Vice Chair, American Bar Association Immigration Subcommittee
• Past Co-Chair, Faculty of the Business Immigration Institute

Articles/Papers:

Julie has published articles and chapters in various media, from international business magazines to legal publications, including:

• American Immigration Lawyers Association (various media)
• American Lawyer Media (various magazines)
• British-American Business Council
• Immigration Lawyers on the Web (Immigration Daily)
• Lexis (PERM Book)
• Practicing Law Institute (Immigration Training)

Topics have ranged from business immigration law matters and practice management, to using technology for better customer service.