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Cheryl Escario
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Languages
- English
- Visayan
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
2755 Orchard Pkwy
San Jose CA 95134
United States
Cheryl elevates her clients’ immigration policies through a unique mixture of creativity, efficiency and seasoned leadership. She is especially proud of helping her Silicon Valley-based clients create and expand their immigration programs—including building several programs from a handful of employees to several thousand foreign nationals.
She leads a team of dedicated immigration professionals, many of whom have worked with her at Fragomen for two decades. Together, they have developed a holistic approach to designing and maintaining immigration policies by centering them within the context of her clients’ recruitment and retention efforts. They build programs that span the entire lifecycle of an employee’s experience, from on-campus recruitment to long-term residence in the United States, engaging and securing the best foreign talent for their clients.
Cheryl’s strategic sense is prized by clients, whose efforts to retain foreign talent are in tension with government policies that often shift dramatically between and within administrations. Her 23 years of experience allow her to anticipate changes that lurk around the corners of agency rule-making—and to quickly and creatively adapt client programs to make the most of these shifting priorities. Once the goals and strategic boundaries of a client’s program have been determined, Cheryl works tirelessly to perfect overall workflow, setting the highest standards of efficiency and transparency.
Education
- Western State University College of Law, J.D., 1998
- University of California, Irvine, B.A.
More from Cheryl
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Florida
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2023 to 2027
American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Research and Writing
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member, Santa Clara Valley AILA Chapter
Previous Member, American Bar Association
Experience
Represented numerous multinational companies in a wide range of industries in securing E-2 treaty investor status.
Prepared numerous Extraordinary Ability Alien petitions (Arts, Science and Business) and Outstanding Researcher petitions.
Represented a start-up school in gaining approval for attendance by nonimmigrant students.
Publications and lectures
Speaker and Lecturer, Quarterly and/or yearly seminars and high-level training sessions and immigration seminars for Silicon Valley clients, 1999 to 2023 (present).
Speaker, ACIP Immigration Seminar, Northern California, February 2007.
Speaker, Fragomen’s Annual Regional Immigration Seminar, San Francisco, California, April 2006.
Speaker, ACIP Basics Seminar, Northern California, October 2005.
Speaker, Fragomen’s Annual Regional Immigration Seminar, Orange County, California, October 2004.
Speaker, Fragomen’s Annual Regional Immigration Seminar (Update: Managing Change), Orange County, California, November 2003.
Cheryl’s insights
August 20, 2026 | Awards
November 5, 2025 | Seminar
August 21, 2025 | Awards
