James P. Gagel, a former Fulbright Scholar in Latin America, has practiced immigration law for 20 years, representing clients across the U.S. and throughout the world, with a focus on corporate immigration law. He represents American and foreign businesses in obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Mr. Gagel also provides family immigration services of all types, and handles asylum and refugee cases before the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Courts. Mr. Gagel has lived and worked for several years in Latin America, and has held both General Counsel and high-level executive positions at corporations with international operations.

Mr. Gagel received his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School in 1982 and his B.A. in Political Science from Duke University in 1977. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Inter-American Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the New York Bar, the District of Colombia Bar, and the New Jersey Bar. He is fluent in Spanish. Send him an email.

Gina Pinzon is a business immigration paralegal with expertise in employment based visas and residence, including petitions for multinational managers and executives, and individuals with international acclaim in the arts and business. She is formerly a Financial and Marketing Analyst for V&P Economic Consultants in Colombia, a firm specializing in U.S. investments. She is a licensed real estate broker, and holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Rosario University in Colombia. She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Michael Guignard is an immigration paralegal with expertise in employment-based visas and residence, including visas for Treaty Traders and Treaty Investors under U.S. bilateral investment treaties. He is formerly of Hunton & Williams, a law firm of 850 attorneys worldwide. He also served as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department in Costa Rica, Japan, Canada and Italy. He holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Social Science from Syracuse University in New York, and a B.A. in Government from Bowdoin College in Maine. He is fluent in Spanish, French and Italian.

Sergio Sverdlik practiced business law in Buenos Aires Argentina for 13 years prior to coming to the U.S. in 2002, where he has devoted himself to business immigration matters, with special expertise in Lawful Permanent Residence through the Labor Certification process, as well as visas for members of the professions and entrepreneurs establishing new businesses in the U.S.  He holds a law Degree from Universidad de Abogacía de Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Karina Alvarado is an immigration paralegal with expertise in Lawful Permanent Residence through family relationships, as well as fiancée visas, battered spouse petitions, political asylum, deportation based on immigration violations and criminal offenses, waivers filed with U.S. embassies abroad, and citizenship applications. Ms. Alvarado previously worked as an immigration paralegal legal in Miami, and was also a case manager for Domestic Violence Probation within the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Miami Dade County. She holds a B.S. degree in Psychology from Florida International University and an Associates degree in Legal Assisting from Miami Dade College. She is fluent in Spanish and English.