With over 34 years of legal experience, attorney Santiago J. Padilla has been representing individuals and businesses in a wide array of legal matters, including employment matters, employment-based immigration matters, and business and real estate acquisitions. Mr. Padilla commenced practicing law in 1990 with Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, one of the largest law firms in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Padilla's practice at that time focused on labor and employment matters, which involved litigation in the state and federal courts. Mr. Padilla also has experience in commercial transactions, having represented several large U.S. and foreign companies in cross-border and domestic transactions, including business acquisitions, government privatizations, joint ventures and commercial financing transactions. Indeed, Mr. Padilla is a legal professional who has the benefit of having worked on complex commercial litigation matters and on sophisticated commercial transactions.

For example, over the last 10 years, Mr. Padilla has litigated hundreds of cases in the state and federal courts and has acted as closing and escrow agent for hundreds of residential and commercial real estate transactions in Miami and South Florida. In addition, in the last decade alone, Mr. Padilla has handled hundreds of immigration matters, including employment-based visas, investor visas and permanent residency applications.

Having previously worked for major law firms based in New York, Atlanta, and Miami, Mr. Padilla now practices in his own firm in Miami, Florida. Mr. Padilla's team includes experienced paralegals who speak several foreign languages, including Spanish and Portuguese.

Mr. Padilla is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the American Land Title Association, and Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, which provides title insurance policies through Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.