I am a California State Bar Board Certified Legal Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law.  I have almost 30 years of legal experience. I founded this 100% immigration law practice in San Jose in 2013.  Because of our laser focus in this ever-changing legal field, we are deeply experienced and have a diversed immigration law practice, including employment immigration, family immigration, and citizenship through naturalization. Some of our cases include representing US-based companies in hiring highly skilled foreign workers through employment immigration and permanent work visas, including PERM processing, I-140 petitions under EB-1, EB-2, I-129 petitions for H-1B and L-1 visas, and other treaty visas such as TN visas.

Our attorneys have litigation background and we will take on the government head on without hesitation in any RFE, NOID, Motion to Reopen/Reconsiderstion and federal litigation.

Our most fulfilling achievement is being able to unite families through family immigration visas or green cards. 

Education

Alison received her undergraduate degree from University of California in San Diego, in 1988.  After working a few years at a law firm in San Francisco, Alison attended the University of San Francisco School of Law and obtained her Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1994 And passed the bar the same year  

Professional Qualifications and Other Experience

Alison has been a member in good standing of the California State Bar since 1994. She has been admitted to the Northern and Eastern U.S. Federal District Courts of California. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), a national organization of lawyers who practice and teach immigration law and who are dedicated to promoting justice, advocating for fair and reasonable immigration policies and law, and providing quality immigration and nationality legal services.

While in law school, Alison was active with the university’s Criminal Law Clinic, tutored other students through the university’s Academic Support Program, and taught general law education to 8th grade students through the university’s Street Law Program. In her last year, Alison was a student judicial extern for the Honorable Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar at the California Court of Appeal. Justice Werdegar is now on the California Supreme Court bench.

Alison is a California State Bar certified legal specialist in immigration and nationality law.