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Fragomen has again been named “Firm of the Year” in the corporate immigration category by Who’s Who Legal (WWL). This is the 12th consecutive year that Fragomen has won this award. 

WWL recognizes Fragomen as “a truly global immigration law practice” and lists 36 of its lawyers in a recent article that focuses on the firm’s services, attorneys, and its offices in key business destinations worldwide.

WWL acknowledges firms that have an exceptional contingent of leaders, who are well known for their abilities to advise on complex transactional and contentious employment matters, or for their abilities to counsel on the myriad of legal, regulatory and policy matters related to corporate immigration.

Attorneys named to WWL this year include:

Austin T. Fragomen Jr

Partner and Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee, New York, New York, USA

Juan Carlos Aguilar Noble

Partner, Mexico City, Mexico

Lawrence D. Bastone

Of Counsel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Daniel Brown

Partner, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA

Mark Buchanan

Partner, Singapore, Singapore

Daryl R. Buffenstein

Partner, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Bo Cooper

Partner, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA

Bonnie K. Gibson

Senior Counsel, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Jane Goddard

Global Client Relationship Director, Matawan, New Jersey, USA

Andrew B. Greenfield

Managing Partner, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA

Lance Kaplan

Managing Partner of the firm's International Practice Group, Matawan, New Jersey, USA

Ethan E. Kaufman

Partner, New York, New York, USA

Steven M. Ladik

Partner Houston and Dallas, Texas, USA

Cynthia J. Lange

Managing Partner, Santa Clara, California, USA

Peter Loewy

Senior Counsel, Santa Clara, California, USA

 Rodney Malpert

Partner, Silicon Valley, California, USA

Deborah Marlowe

Partner, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Kevin Miner

Partner, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Dirk Nuyts

Partner, Zurich, Switzerland

Brenda Jean Oliver

Of Counsel, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA

Alex Paterson

Co-Managing Partner, Perth and Sydney, Australia

Michael D. Patrick

Partner, New York, New York, USA

Caron Pope

Managing Partner, London, England, UK

Gwendolyn M. Robosson

Partner, Matawan, New Jersey, USA

Rodrigo Salgado Moreno

Partner, Mexico City, Mexico

Kyle D. Sherman

Partner, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Charlotte Slocombe

Partner, London, England, UK

Federico Solis

Partner, San José, Costa Rica

Kristi Taylor

Partner, Dallas, Texas, USA

Paige L. Taylor

Partner, Dallas and Houston, Texas, USA

Michael F. Turansick

Partner, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Walsh

Regional Managing Partner, Sydney, Australia

Mitchell Wexler

Partner, Irvine and Los Angeles, California, USA

Karen Winarsky

Partner, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Becky Xia

Partner, Shanghai and Beijing, China

Ellen G. Yost

Partner, New York, New York, USA

Daryl R. Buffenstein

Partner, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Federico Solis

Partner, San José, Costa Rica

 

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