Fragomen U.S. attorneys recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
October 1, 2020

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The Best Lawyers in America© has recognized 38 Fragomen U.S. attorneys as “Ones to Watch” in the field of immigration law.
The “Ones to Watch” awards are recognitions for outstanding professional excellence given to attorneys who are early in their careers. 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:
Nazish Ali (Associate, Addison, TX)
Logan Bowser (Associate, Dallas, TX)
Rolando Cortez (Associate, Dallas, TX)
Brent Rees (Senior Associate, Dallas, TX)
Janan Al-Henaid Abolgar (Associate, Atlanta, GA)
Amanda Hayes (Senior Associate, Boston, MA)
Sarah Kommineni (Senior Associate, Boston, MA)
Bill Lundin (Associate, Boston, MA)
Daniel Ruemenapp (Associate, Boston, MA)
Mariah Wilson (Senior Associate, Boston, MA)
Daniel Hahn (Associate, Irvine, CA)
Shafiqa Kureshi (Associate, Irvine, CA)
Jenna Robinson (Associate, Irvine, CA)
Jordi Bayer (Senior Associate, Los Angeles, CA)
Amy Ho (Associate, Los Angeles, CA)
Shelly Song (Associate, Los Angeles, CA)
Melissa Vasquez (Associate, Los Angeles, CA)
William Ralston (Senior Associate, Matawan, NJ)
Marina Semenova (Senior Associate, Matawan, NJ)
Stephania Bertoni Norris (Associate, Miami, FL)
Minisha Patel (Associate, Miami, FL)
Samuel Chow (Senior Associate, New York, NY)
Mikhail Izrailev (Senior Associate, New York, NY)
Lorie Lam (Associate, New York, NY)
Elena Scripnicov Rolls (Associate, New York, NY)
Lauren Stulmaker (Senior Associate, New York, NY)
Liat Zudkewich (Associate, New York, NY)
Veronica Bush (Senior Associate, Phoenix, AZ)
Monica Sherman Ghiglia (Senior Associate, San Diego, CA)
Negin Avaregan (Senior Associate, San Francisco, CA)
Clarissa Wong (Senior Associate, San Francisco, CA)
Lisa Baker Jones (Senior Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
Aileen Kim (Senior Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
Jennifer Lin (Senior Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
Brooke Alison Pyo (Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
Andrea Rush (Senior Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
Waleed Salaheldin (Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
Jin Zhu (Associate, Santa Clara, CA)
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