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About David Telfer
David Melik Telfer is a UCLA Law School graduate who has been practicing law since 2008. Mr. Telfer earned his undergraduate degree in Romance Languages from the University of North Carolina where he graduated magna cum laude and with highest honors. During undergrad, Mr. Telfer studied at the University of Seville in Seville, Spain as well as the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Telfer also studied at the University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil during law school. Mr. Telfer worked at a prestigious LA based entertainment firm before setting out on his own on a series of entrepreneurial and consulting projects including founding and operating one of Los Angeles’s largest Mixed Martial Art (MMA) gyms and consulting for import/export companies in Latin America. He also founded a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu clothing brand that supports gyms for underprivileged children in Latin America. Mr. Telfer truly enjoys working directly with clients to resolve family and business immigration matters as well as legal issues facing entrepreneurs and small businesses. Mr. Telfer speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese and conversational French. David Melik Telfer advoga desde 2008. Reside em Los Angeles e trabalha no ecritório de Beverly Hills. Formado com louvor e Magna Cum Laude em Linguagem Romântica pela Universidade da Carolina do Norte, David também possui formação em Direito pela UCLA (Universidade da California, Los Angeles). Na UCLA, David se especializou em Direito Internacional, estudou por um semestre na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, em Florianópolis no Brasil, além de ter estudado e morado em diversas cidades e países ao redor do mundo, incluindo São Paulo no Brasil, Sevilha na Espanha e Cidade do Panamá no Panamá. Após graduação na UCLA, David trabalhou num grande escritório de advocacia de Los Angeles, sediado em Century City. Além disso, trabalhou em vários projetos de empreendedorismo e consultoria, tais como a fundação e operação de uma das maiores academias de MMA (Mixed Martial Art) de Los Angeles e consultoria para uma companhia de importação e exportação da América Latina. David é o criador da marca É Nóis de uniformes de Jiu Jitsu. Através dela, David fornece equipamentos e fundos para crianças carentes da América Latina praticarem artes marciais. David tem o prazer de trabalhar diretamente com os clientes, solucionando casos de imigração relacionados à família e negócios assim como processos legais para empresários e pequenas empresas. David possui conhecimento da língua francesa e fluência em Português e Espanhol. David Melik Telfer cuenta con 7 años de experiencia en temas de derecho y negocios. El Señor Telfer vive en Los Angeles y trabaja desde nuestro escritorio en Beverly Hills. Se graduó magna cum laude con honores más altos de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte con un diploma en Lenguas Romances en 2003 y se graduó de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de California en Los Angeles (UCLA) en 2008. En UCLA, Señor Telfer se dedicó a derecho internacional y estudió un semestre en Florianópolis, Brasil en la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina. Señor Telfer también ha vivido y/o estudiado en varios países en todo el mundo incluyendo Sao Paulo, Brasil; Florianópolis, Brasil; Sevilla, España; and la Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. Después de graduarse de la Escuela de Derecho de UCLA, trabajaba en un gran bufete de abogados, en Century City, Los Angeles. Posteriormente, se dedicó a varios proyectos empresariales incluyendo fundando y manejando uno de los gimnasios más grandes de Artes Marciales Mixtas (MMA) en Los Angeles y trabajando como consultor empresarial para empresas de importación/exportación en América Latina. Además, creó una marca de ropa de Jiu JItsu Brasileño que provee equipamiento y dinero para niños desfavorecidos en América Latina. A Señor Telfer, le gusta mucho trabajar con clientes directamente para resolver cuestiones de derecho de inmigración de familia, inmigración empresarial y otros asuntos que enfrenten empresarios pequeños. Señor Telfer habla Español y Portugués con fluidez y tiene conocimientos de francés.
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immigration attorney — CaliforniaHello, my friend has his biometrics appointment soon and wants to be prepared. Does anyone know of any immigration lawyers who could help file the G-28 form? He is in the process of filling out this form himself, but would like some direction and leads on Good immigration lawyers to…
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immigration attorney — CaliforniaLocation: California I’ll be joining the Navy soon, and I want to help my mom eventually become a U.S. citizen. Would I be able to sponsor her after graduating from boot camp? If she needs to get a green card first, I’d like to understand how that process works. Does…
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immigration attorney — CaliforniaI am a non-US citizen, who, 12+ years ago was living in California, and attending a 1 year university exchange as part of my undergraduate degree back home. One Friday night, my friend and I visited the Las Vegas strip. My friend was visiting from my home country and it…
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Immigration Advice for Green Card Holding Father Aug 28, 2026immigration attorney — CaliforniaLocation: Orange County, California ,USA Hi all, My Green card holder father was detained by local authorities in California at the airport before he was gonna board an international flight last week. He was sent to Orange County where he was held due to an old warrant recently reopned from…
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Want to divorce after obtaining green card 203(b)(1)(A) self petition. Will spouse lose rights? Aug 10, 2026immigration attorney — California- Location: California - Principal petitioner: EB1a visa holder - Spouse: Green card as derivative beneficiary - Time since green card received: 292 days - Current status: Both actively hold green cards - No criminal records. - Married for 8.5 years I posted this in \r\immigration too. Any references pointing…
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“…he really knows his stuff! I am so lucky to have found him and he will always be my f…”Read on Avvo
“David is incredibly bright. His knowledge in obtaining work/immigrant visas for musicians is second to none. Obviously, he is very knowledgeable in other areas of immigration law. He is a very straight-forward and caring attorney. I am inspired by his latest endeavors, which include filing federal lawsuits against USCIS. No matter the type of immigration case, you are in good hands with David.”
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