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Fragomen Attorneys Recognized in the 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America™

August 22, 2022

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Fragomen attorneys are recognized in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America™, including Partner Michael Boshnaick who is honored as Lawyer of the Year 2023 in Los Angeles. Further, 54 Fragomen attorneys are recognized by the organization for their exceptional abilities in immigration law, and 59 others are acknowledged in the Ones to Watch category.

Best Lawyers awards are compiled through exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas.

Lawyer of the Year: Michael Boshnaick (Los Angeles, CA)

Current Recognized Lawyers:

  • Jonathan Adams (Matawan, NJ)
  • Emily Allen (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Carmita Alonso (New York, NY)
  • Sapna Annicelli (Boston, MA)
  • Isha Atassi (New York, NY)
  • Rachel Beardsley (New York, NY)
  • Chad Blocker (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Daniel Brown (Washington, DC)
  • Robert Casazza (New York, NY)
  • Amy Cococcia (New York, NY)
  • Bo Cooper (Washington, DC)
  • David Duong (Dallas, TX)
  • Cheryl Escario (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Amy Fallon (New York, NY)
  • Scott FitzGerald (Boston, MA)
  • Austin Fragomen (New York, NY)
  • Enrique Gonzalez (Miami, FL)
  • Howard Gordon (New York, NY)
  • Sophia Goring-Piard (San Francisco, CA)
  • Andrew Greenfield (Washington, DC)
  • Carl Hampe (Washington, DC)
  • Janora Hawkins (Atlanta, GA)
  • Janet Henner (New York, NY)
  • Archana Iyer (New York, NY)
  • Michelle Jacobson (Chicago, IL)
  • Lance Kaplan (Matawan, NJ)
  • Parisa Karaahmet (New York, NY)
  • Adam Ketcher (New York, NY)
  • Lisa Koenig (New York, NY)
  • Cynthia Lange (San Francisco, CA)
  • Karin Lestelle (New York, NY)
  • George Lester (Boston, MA)
  • Raquel Liberman (New York, NY)
  • Catherine Macris (Boston, MA)
  • Kevin Miner (Atlanta, GA)
  • Yael Mizrahi (New York, NY)
  • Francesca Moschetta (New York, NY)
  • Priscilla Muhlenkamp (Washington, DC)
  • Kristi Nevarez (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • James Pack (Irvine, CA)
  • Daniel Schwarz (New York, NY)
  • Patrick Shen (Washington, DC)
  • Kyle Sherman (Atlanta, GA)
  • Charlotte Smith (New York, NY)
  • Barbara Stone (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Kristi Taylor (Dallas, TX)
  • Paige Taylor (Dallas, TX)
  • Hugh Thistlethwaite (New York, NY)
  • Nicole Tsolakidis (New York, NY)
  • Michael Turansick (Chicago, IL)
  • Karine Wenger (San Diego, CA)
  • Jennifer Wexler (New York, NY)
  • Mitch Wexler (Irvine, CA)
  • Karen Winarsky (Atlanta, GA)
  • Ellen Yost (New York, NY)

Ones to Watch:

  • Janan Al-Henaid Abolgar (Atlanta, GA)
  • Sarah Allen (New York, NY)
  • Michael Almonte (New York, NY)
  • Anthony Arena (Boston, MA)
  • Negin Avaregan (San Francisco, CA)
  • Jordi Bayer (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Logan Bowser (Dallas, TX)
  • Alexandra Branzburg (Boston, MA)
  • Belma Burkic (New York, NY)
  • Veronica Bush (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Samuel Chow (New York, NY)
  • Rolando Cortez (Dallas, TX)
  • Jena Decker-Xu (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Nishita Desai (New York, NY)
  • Elona Dunehew (San Diego, CA)
  • Monica Ghiglia (San Diego, CA)
  • Daniel Hahn (Irvine, CA)
  • Michael Harris (Detroit, MI)
  • Amanda Hayes (Boston, MA)
  • Mayu Hirao (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Amy Ho (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Mikhail Izrailev (New York, NY)
  • Lisa Jones (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Aileen Kim (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Kyle Klass (Washington, DC)
  • Sarah Kommineni (Boston, MA)
  • Shafiqa Kureshi (Irvine, CA)
  • Lorie Lam (New York, NY)
  • Rebecca Leavitt (Boston, MA)
  • Bill Lundin (Boston, MA)
  • Sara Mailander (Boston, MA)
  • Olivia Minnis (Miami, FL)
  • Allison Mizushima (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Gregory Noce (New York, NY)
  • Stephania Norris (Miami, FL)
  • Conrad Yukio Ohashi (New York, NY)
  • Meghan O'Malley (New York, NY)
  • Minisha Patel (Miami, FL)
  • Jennifer Patterson (Washington, DC)
  • Ivo Pierotich (Boston, MA)
  • Brooke Pyo (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • William Ralston (Matawan, NJ)
  • Brent Rees (Dallas, TX)
  • Kelly Renaud (Boston, MA)
  • Jenna Robinson (Irvine, CA)
  • Delia Romero (Boston, MA)
  • Andrea Rush (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Justin Russo (Atlanta, GA)
  • Justin Rymer (New York, NY)
  • Parminder Sandhu (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Margaret Laufman Saselu (New York, NY)
  • Marina Semenova (Matawan, NJ)
  • Michael Smith (Washington, DC)
  • Lauren Stulmaker (New York, NY)
  • Curtis Sullivan (Boston, MA)
  • Melissa Vasquez (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Sharmila Vialva (New York, NY)
  • Clarissa Wong (San Francisco, CA)
  • Jin Zhu (Silicon Valley, CA)

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