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Fragomen has again been named “Firm of the Year” in the corporate immigration category by Who’s Who Legal (Law Business Research Ltd). This is the 14th consecutive year that Fragomen has won this award. 

Who’s Who Legal recognizes Fragomen as an “immigration powerhouse” and lists 27 of its lawyers in the 2018 edition of Who’s Who in Corporate Immigration Law.

Firm awards are determined by the number of its members that feature in the publication as well as by the number of nominations its lawyers received during the research period.

Attorneys named to Who’s Who Legal this year include:

Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.

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

Juan Carlos Aguilar Noble

Partner, Mexico City, Mexico

Lisa Baker Jones

Associate, Silicon Valley, CA, USA

Daniel Brown

Partner, Washington, DC, USA

Daryl R. Buffenstein

Partner, Atlanta, GA, USA

Bo Cooper

Partner, Washington, DC, USA

Scott FitzGerald

Partner, Boston, MA, USA

Andrew B. Greenfield

Partner, Washington, DC, USA

Lance Kaplan

Partner, Matawan, NJ, USA

Ethan E. Kaufman

Partner, New York, NY, USA

Cynthia J. Lange

Partner, Silicon Valley, CA, USA

Rodney Malpert

Partner, Silicon Valley, CA, USA and Phoenix, AZ, USA

Deborah Marlowe

Partner, Atlanta, GA, USA

Kevin Miner

Partner, Atlanta, GA, USA

Brenda Jean Oliver

Of Counsel, Washington, DC, USA

Caron Pope

Partner, London, UK

Rodrigo Salgado Moreno

Partner, Mexico City, Mexico

Kyle D. Sherman

Partner, Atlanta, GA, USA

Charlotte Slocombe

Partner, London, UK

Federico Solis

Partner, San José, Costa Rica

Kristi Taylor

Partner, Dallas, TX, USA

Paige L. Taylor

Partner, Dallas, TX, USA

Michael F. Turansick

Partner, Chicago, IL, USA

Robert Walsh

Counsel, Sydney, Australia

Mitchell Wexler

Partner, Irvine and Los Angeles, CA, USA

Karen Winarsky

Partner, Atlanta, GA, USA

Ellen G. Yost

Partner, New York, NY, USA

In addition, Alex Paterson and Robert Walsh have been recognized in the Corporate Immigration chapter of Who’s Who Legal: Australia (2nd Edition) 2018.

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