Meet Elisabeth

With over 20 years of specialized immigration practice, Elisabeth has successfully filed hundreds of O-1 and EB-1A visas for extraordinary ability in the arts, education, business and science, as well as hundreds of H-1B, L-1A and L-1B, OPT, and J visas. With more than two decades of experience handling all aspects of immigration law, she has successfully advocated on behalf of artist, business and family applications across the visa alphabet — before USCIS, at consulates around the world, in Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Elisabeth has been a member of numerous legal associations and served on various committees, including American Immigration of Lawyers Association; French Bar of New York; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York Women’s Bar Association; National Lawyers Guild; American Bar Association; New York County Bar Association; and Public Interest Bar Association.

She is admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Elisabeth is Of Counsel to Claudia Slovinsky & Associates, PLLC, a full service immigration and nationality law firm.

Consultation

Detailed consult: $250 (applied towards legal fees if retained)

Experience With

Family / Personal (Citizenship, Green Card, Marriage)
Employment (H-1B, L-1, TN, Green Card)
Extraordinary Ability (O, EB-1A)
Investor Visas (E-2, EB-5)

Fees

Retainer

Payment Structure

Credit Card
Cash
Check
PayPal
Chase Quick Pay

Client Service

Willing to work with clients remotely (email, skype, webex)
Accepts out of state clients

Memberships

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Education

J.D. City University New York School of Law, 1996
M.A. Boston University, 1988
B.A. University of Massachusetts, 1986

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