Forty Fragomen U.S. attorneys have been recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of immigration law. Fragomen was also named the "top listed" firm (the firm with the most lawyers listed in the immigration law practice area) in the U.S.
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Best Lawyers’ methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
Below are the Fragomen attorneys selected by their peers for inclusion:
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. (Chairman, Executive Committee, New York, NY)
Jonathan C. Adams (Partner, New York, NY)
Carmita Alonso (Partner, New York, NY)
Michael Boshnaick (Partner, Los Angeles, CA)
Daryl Buffenstein (Senior Counsel, Atlanta, GA)
Robert Casazza (Partner, New York, NY)
Kelly D. Cobb (Partner, Houston, TX)
Amy C. Cococcia (Partner, New York, NY)
Bo Cooper (Partner, Washington, DC)
Amy Fallon (Partner, New York, NY)
Scott J. FitzGerald (Partner, Boston, MA)
Enrique Gonzalez III (Partner, Miami, FL)
Sophia M. Goring-Piard (Of Counsel, New York, NY)
Andrew B. Greenfield (Partner, Washington, DC)
Carl W. Hampe (Partner, Washington, DC)
Paull Hejinian (Partner, San Francisco, CA)
Janet L. Henner (Partner, New York, NY)
Lance Kaplan (Partner, Matawan, NJ)
Parisa K. Karaahmet (Partner, New York, NY)
Ethan E. Kaufman (Partner, New York, NY)
Lisa Koenig (Partner, New York, NY)
Cynthia Lange (Partner, Silicon Valley, CA)
Catherine A. Macris (Partner, Boston, MA)
Deborah Marlowe (Partner, Atlanta, GA)
Kevin Miner (Partner, Atlanta, GA)
Francesca Moschetta (Partner, New York, NY)
James Pack (Partner, Irvine, CA)
Patrick J. Quane (Senior Counsel, New York, NY)
Noreen Quirk (Partner, New York, NY)
Gwendolyn M. Robosson (Partner, Matawan, NJ)
Jay C. Ruby (Of Counsel, Atlanta, GA)
Kyle Sherman (Partner, Atlanta, GA)
Marlene Z. Stanger (Of Counsel, San Diego, CA)
Kristi Taylor (Partner, Dallas, TX)
Paige L. Taylor (Partner, Dallas, TX)
Michael F. Turansick (Partner, Chicago, IL)
Freddi M. Weintraub (Partner, New York, NY)
Karine Faure Wenger (Partner, San Diego, CA)
Mitchell L. Wexler (Partner, Irvine, CA)
Karen Winarsky (Partner, Atlanta, GA)
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