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Elona joined Fragomen in 2015 and is a Senior Associate in the firm’s San Diego office. She represents corporate and individual clients across a broad range of complex U.S. immigration matters, with an emphasis on employment- and family-based immigration. Elona also leads the San Diego office’s Sports and Entertainment practice, working closely with athletes, entertainers and related organizations on tailored immigrant and nonimmigrant visa strategies aligned with their professional goals.

Elona’s practice focuses on employment-based immigration matters, including EB-1 immigrant petitions in the extraordinary ability and outstanding researcher categories, National Interest Waivers (NIW) and O-1 petitions. She also handles complex Requests for Evidence and advises clients on nonimmigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status applications and naturalization matters. In addition, Elona has significant experience handling family-based immigrant visa matters, guiding clients and their families through the permanent residence process with care and strategic insight.

Elona's committment to immigration law is deeply personal. She immigrated to the United States from Albania at the age of 13 and has firsthand insight into the challenges of relocating and integrating into a new country. This experience informs her empathetic, client-centered approach and fuels her dedication to helping individuals and families navigate the immigration process successfully.

During law school and throughout her career, Elona worked with various legal organizations in San Diego as well as a family-based immigration practice in San Francisco. Thorugh these experiences, she discovered that immigration law offered the most meaningful opportunity to combine technical legal advocacy with tangible, life-changing impact for her clients.

Elona speaks Albanian and English and is conversational in Spanish.

During law school and throughout her career, Elona worked with various legal organizations in San Diego as well as a family-based immigration practice in San Francisco. Thorugh these experiences, she discovered that immigration law offered the most meaningful opportunity to combine technical legal advocacy with tangible, life-changing impact for her clients.

Elona speaks Albanian and English and is conversational in Spanish.

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  • California Western School of Law, J.D., 2011
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., cum laude, 2008

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Bar Admissions: California

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

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Named to Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2023 to 2026

Pro Bono Honor Society, California Western School of Law

Dean’s List, California Western School of Law, (Spring 2010 & Spring 2011)

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Member, Lawyers Club of San Diego

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