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Fragomen Attorneys Recognized in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America™

August 19, 2024

Fragomen Attorneys Recognized in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America™

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The 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America™ recognizes 56 Fragomen attorneys for their contributions to and exceptional abilities in the practice of immigration law. An additional 75 of the firm’s attorneys have been included in the 5th edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

The Best Lawyers in America™ awards are compiled through exhaustive peer-review surveys in which more than 3.2 million evaluations were collected for the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America and over 1.2 million for the fifth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

The 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes the top lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America gives recognition to lawyers in earlier career stages for their outstanding professional excellence.

Current Recognized Lawyers:

  • Kevin Aiston (New York, NY)
  • Emily Allen (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Carmita Alonso (New York, NY)
  • Sapna Annicelli (Boston, MA)
  • Chad Blocker (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Michael Boshnaick (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Daniel S. Brown (Washington, DC)
  • Robert Casazza (New York, NY)
  • Blake Chisam (Washington, DC)
  • Amy C. Cococcia (New York, NY)
  • Bo Cooper (Washington, DC)
  • David Duong (Dallas, TX)
  • Haseena Enu (Dallas, TX and Houston, TX)
  • Cheryl Escario (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Chad Ellsworth (New York, NY and San Francisco, CA)
  • Amy Fallon (New York, NY)
  • Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. (Miami, FL)
  • Ryan Freel (Houston, TX)
  • Enrique Gonzalez (Miami, FL)
  • Howard W. Gordon (New York, NY and Washington, DC)
  • Sophia Goring-Piard (San Francisco, CA)
  • Andrew Greenfield (Washington, DC)
  • David Grunblatt (New York, NY)
  • Carl W. Hampe (Washington, DC)
  • Janora L. Hawkins (Atlanta, GA)
  • Janet Henner (New York, NY)
  • Michelle Jacobson (Chicago, IL)
  • Lance Kaplan (Miami, FL)
  • Parisa Karaahmet (New York, NY)
  • Adam Ketcher (New York, NY)
  • S. Isabella Kim (Silicon Valley, CA) - Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law 
  • Lisa Koenig (New York, NY)
  • Cynthia Juarez Lange (San Francisco, CA and Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Raquel Liberman (New York, NY)
  • Catherine A. Macris (Boston, MA)
  • Sara M. Mailander (Boston, MA)
  • Kevin Miner (Atlanta, GA)
  • Valarie H. McPherson (New York, NY)
  • Yael Mizrahi (New York, NY)
  • Francesca Moschetta (New York, NY)
  • Kristi Nevarez (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Sarah K. Peterson (Minneapolis, MN)
  • James Pack (Irvine, CA)
  • Patrick Shen (Washington, DC)
  • Kyle Sherman (Atlanta, GA)
  • Charlotte Smith (New York, NY)
  • Susan Steger (Dallas, TX)
  • Paige Taylor (Dallas, TX and Houston, TX)
  • Kristi Taylor (Dallas, TX)
  • Michael F. Turansick (Chicago, IL)
  • Nicole Tsolakidis (New York, NY)
  • Karine Wenger (San Diego, CA)
  • Mitch Wexler (Irvine, CA)
  • Jennifer B. Wexler (New York, NY)
  • Karen Winarsky (Atlanta, GA)
  • Ellen Yost (New York, NY)

Ones to Watch:

  • Janan Al-Henaid Abolgar (Atlanta, GA)
  • Sarah Allen (New York, NY)
  • Carolyn Alvarez (New York, NY)
  • Anthony Arena (Boston, MA)
  • Negin Avaregan (San Diego, CA)
  • Christopher William Basaman (Matawan, NJ)
  • Jordi S. Bayer (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Caroline Betancourth (San Diego, CA)
  • Jennifer Branda (Washington, DC)
  • Alexandra Branzburg (Boston, MA)
  • Veronica Bush (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Mark A.M. Catam (San Francisco, CA)
  • Christine Cha-Sartori (Houston, TX)
  • Lynn Cho (Silicon Valley, CA) - Labor and Employment Law - Management
  • Samuel Chow (New York, NY)
  • Rolando Cortez (Dallas, TX)
  • Jena Decker-Xu (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Nishita Desai (New York NY)
  • Elona Dunehew (San Diego, CA)
  • Anne Cooper Fox (Chicago, IL)
  • Maria Delia Romero Guzman (Boston, MA)
  • Daniel Hahn (Irvine, CA)
  • Michael Harris (Detroit, MI)
  • Amanda Hayes (Boston, MA)
  • Mayu Hirao (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Amy Ho (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Alexandra Holland (Atlanta, GA)
  • Christopher Huang (Irvine, CA)
  • Andrea Beatriz Huerta-Rodriguez (Miami, FL)
  • Whitney Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
  • Mikhail Izrailev (New York, NY)
  • Tommy Jones (Washington, DC)
  • Sydney Josephson (Atlanta, GA)
  • Molly Kenney (Boston, MA)
  • Joyce Kim (New York, NY)
  • Aileen Kim (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Sarah Kommineni (Boston, MA)
  • Shafiqa B. Kureshi (Irvine, CA)
  • Lorie Lam (New York, NY)
  • Rebecca Leavitt (Boston, MA)
  • Michelle Francisco Lumasag (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Bill Lundin (San Francisco, CA)
  • Olivia LaSalle Minnis (Miami, FL)
  • Allison Mizushima (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Stephania Bertoni Norris (Miami, FL)
  • Meghan O'Malley (New York, NY)
  • Jennifer Patterson (Washington, DC)
  • Cheri Peterson-Ross (Chicago, IL)
  • Ivo Pierotich (Boston, MA)
  • Brooke Alison Pyo (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • K. Edward Raleigh (Washington, DC)
  • William Ralston (Matawan, NJ)
  • Brent Rees (Dallas, TX)
  • Kelly Renaud (Boston, MA)
  • Jenna Robinson (Irvine, CA)
  • Elena Scripnicov Rolls (New York, NY)
  • Da'Niel Rowan (Silicon Valley, NY)
  • Andrea Rush (Silicon Valley, NY)
  • Justin Russo (Atlanta, GA)
  • Justin Rymer (New York, NY)
  • Kristal Y. Sanchez-Valdez (San Francisco, CA)
  • Parminder Sandhu (Silicon Valley, CA)
  • Margaret Laufman Saselu (New York, NY)
  • Marina Semenova (Matawan, NJ)
  • Michael Smith (Washigton, DC)
  • Ruth Spillane (San Diego, CA)
  • Lauren Stulmaker (New York, NY)
  • Curtis Sullivan (Boston, MA)
  • Lauren Twist (San Francisco, CA)
  • Melissa Vasquez-Myers (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Sharmila Vialva (New York, NY)
  • Elizabeth Cleveland Wakefield (Houston, TX)
  • Stephanie D. Weaver (Washington, DC)
  • Clarissa Conde Wong (San Francisco, CA)
  • Jin Zhu (Silicon Valley, CA)

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Kevin-Aiston

Kevin Aiston

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T:+1 312 499 2812

emily_allen

Emily Allen

Partner

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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[email protected]

T:+1 310 979 6883

carmita_alonso

Carmita Alonso

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New York, NY, United States

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