Immigration Challenges in Family Law: Understanding Visas, Immigration Legal Status and Remedies for Maintaining Family Unity

Ms. Adams is an Attorney at Global Immigration Legal Team, bringing her extensive immigration legal experience from her work with the Executive Office for Immigration Review in New Orleans and Philadelphia to her current position. Prior to moving into private practice, she worked at the immigration courts in New Orleans (2017-2019) and Philadelphia (2019-2022), drafting complex decisions for the immigration judges in a variety of areas of removal defense. Since 2022, Ms. Adams has assisted clients in all facets of removal defense and family-based immigration, achieving asylum grants at both the USCIS asylum office and before immigration courts around the country, cancellations of removal grants before the immigration court, approval of family-based green card applications, and the successful termination and dismissal of removal proceedings for Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) convicted of certain crimes. She focuses on advising individual clients on [aspects of U.S. immigration law and policy]. Ms. Adams helps clients develop strategies and secure approvals in a wide variety of immigration matters, including asylum, cancellation of removal and other removal defense applications for both detained and non-detained clients, adjustment of status before USCIS and the immigration court, waivers of unlawful presence, certain criminal convictions, or instances of fraud or misrepresentation. She also specializes in crimmigration, advising clients on the effect of certain criminal convictions on their immigration status, and routinely works with criminal attorneys to craft an outcome that can mitigate immigration consequences. This includes motions to terminate or dismiss removal proceedings that are based on certain criminal convictions.

Mr. Piver is a founding Partner of Global Immigration Legal Team, LLC, bringing his extensive immigration legal experience from his immigration legal practice, Law Offices of David E. Piver, to his current role in expanding the firm. Since 1994, he has assisted companies and individuals in accomplishing a wide range of business and personal immigration-related objectives. Mr. Piver's practice focuses on advising corporate and individual clients on all aspects of U.S. immigration law and policy. He assists clients in developing strategies and securing approvals of the following case types: H-1B, L-1, L-1B, E-1, E-2, O-1, PERM, EB-1, 2 and 3, and TN. Mr. Piver works primarily with IT Consulting, technology, manufacturing, finance, and entertainment industries. He has extensive experience obtaining labor certification approval from the U.S. Department of Labor and approving permanent residency (“Green Card”) petitions filed with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. In addition, Mr. Piver and his team assist corporations with inter-company transfers of executives, managers, and other essential personnel (L-1A/L-1B Visas).

Mr. Ryan is an experienced immigration attorney and litigator successfully representing clients in front of the Immigration Court, USCIS, and ICE offices around the country. He assists clients in navigating complex legal situations and has specific expertise in working with and freeing detained clients. Mr. Ryan's clients have been granted legal status in a multitude of cases including Asylum, Cancellation of removal, Adjustment of status, Special immigrant juvenile status, and Protection under the Convention Against Torture. He is also the firm’s U visa expert and has excellent relationships with law enforcement agencies across the country. Additionally, Mr. Ryan has been highly successful in obtaining hardship waivers for clients with inadmissibility issues.