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Theodore J. Roper’s practice focuses on corporate, contract and commercial law. He is an established advisor on a wide range of legal matters concerning Japanese corporations from mergers and acquisitions, to employment related laws and immigration law. Mr. Roper serves as a general counsel to various Japanese corporations. Mr. Roper frequently speaks on topics such as sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, and immigration  He has written articles for and been featured in publications such as International Legal Strategy, Bridge USA, Tee Up Magazine, UJP News for Japanese Executives, and Japanese Business News.. Mr. Roper was recognized in the Southern California Super Lawyers magazine in 2007, a designation bestowed on only the top 5% of lawyers in this region.

Stephen Chen is a Certified Family Law Specialist ("CFLS"), has been selected as a top rated Family Law attorney in Los Angeles, California and is a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2018 through 2023.  Furthermore, Stephen was recognized as a top 100 Super Lawyers Rising Star across all areas of law for 2021 through 2023. Additionally, Stephen was selected as a Super Lawyer for 2024 and 2025.. During his time practicing Family Law, Stephen's primary goal has always been to achieve the best possible results for his clients while also being as cost efficient as possible in his approach.. Stephen graduated from Loyola Law School, where he found his passion for Family Law.  Prior to law school, Stephen attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where he graduated with a B.A. in Political Science.

Sara Caplan is a highly experienced criminal defense attorney (over 30 years). She also handles many immigration matters. She was for 11 years Of Counsel to Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro; and was co-counsel with Robert Shapiro for over 20 years. Ms. Caplan is a trial attorney, specializing in criminal defense (state and federal; adult and juvenile); professional administrative hearings (e.g., medical, dental, nursing, and real estate boards) and many types of immigration matters (administrative and court proceedings). She has also been appointed to the ICDA Bar Panel to represent indigent criminal defendants in Los Angeles County when appointed by the court due to conflicts with the public defender's office. She is very proficient in handling sex crimes, domestic violence and Title IX proceedings at colleges and universities. She is very successful in flushing out false claims and allegations, avoiding lifetime sex offender registration and jail, and avoiding expulsion from school.. Post 9/11, Immigration procedures have been drastically impeded, especially when criminal convictions or arrests are involved. Criminal matters have a major impact on one's immigration ability and status. Ms. Caplan specializes in representing individuals in such matters with extremely favorable outcomes.. Ms. Caplan has been involved in many complex, multi-defendant, and high-profile cases, which have proceeded administratively and in state and federal courts. She has always handled a high volume of cases and has extensive courtroom experience. Many cases have involved very complicated white-collar criminal fraud schemes, scientific evidence such as DNA, ballistics, toxicology, latent prints, forensic computer evidence and toxic environmental waste matters, as well as psychiatric mental health and sociological issues. She maintains excellent relationships with many judges, prosecutors and private attorneys throughout the State of Calfornia.. Ms. Caplan has handled many types of immigration matters, including alien petitions for temporary and permanent residency (based on marriage, labor, special ability, asylum and Torture Convention claims, etc.) and adjustments (through the Service and in Immigration Court). She has successfully litigated several Immigration court cases, mainly asylum and withholding of removal cases for immigrants originating in the republics of the former Soviet Union and Indonesia. She has done many merits hearings before many of the Immigration judges in the Los Angeles Immigration Court, as well as handling appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Roland Tong focuses his practice in all areas of intellectual property. He has prepared, filed, and prosecuted numerous utility, continuation, and design patent applications as well as federal trademark applications. He regularly conducts telephonic interviews with USPTO Examiners, prepares claim amendments and office action responses, renders invalidity or infringement opinions, and performs patentability and infringement studies. Mr. Tong has substantial experience in litigating unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and patent, trademark, copyright, and trade dress infringement cases.He has served as General Counsel and In-house IP Counsel for industry leading companies. In these capacities, Mr. Tong built their IP portfolios, conducted brainstorming sessions with their inventors, designed and implemented IP review systems for their products so that IP infringement risks are minimized, and prepared various types of IP agreements. Mr. Tong's clients come from a broad range of industries, including gaming device, medical device, printer cartridge remanufacturing, video games, and golf equipment design and manufacturing. For two consecutive years, Mr. Tong has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars in 2011 and 2012. Only 5% of the practicing attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction.

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Michele Franchett is a partner at Stone Grzegorek & Gonzalez LLP.  She is admitted to the California Bar, and is a Certified Specialist in the practice of Immigration and Nationality Law.  She has over twenty years of experience in the field, and holdes the highest, preeminent "AV" rating from Martindale Hubbell.  Her current practice is focused on investor and entrepreneurial immigration, with particular emphasis on EB-5 capital group representation. She provides counsel to a number of regional centers seeking to obtain or amend regional center designations and exemplar petition approvals. Ms. Franchett serves on the EB-5 committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”), the Public Policy Committee of Invest In the USA (“IIUSA”),  and is a former chair of the AILA Southern California Chapter.  Having started working in the area of U.S. immigration in 1986, Ms. Franchett has since accumulated experience encompassing virtually every area of business-based immigration. She has represented multinational corporations, research hospitals, universities, investors, entrepreneurs, academicians, artists, and entrepreneurs from around the globe.  Ms. Franchett has also represented clients applying for visas at U.S. Consulates in Toronto, Halifax, and Ciudad Juarez, and at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. In more recent years she traveled to China to provide EB-5 training for licensed immigration consultants.

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Marina Manoukian is Head of Family Law at ADLI Law Group. Her practice primarily focuses on Civil Litigation, Business, Construction Law, and Family Law. With over 22 years of experience in the legal profession, Mrs. Manoukian utilizes her trial experience and negotiation skills to advise and counsel clients including individuals and corporations in Business matters including transactional work as well as litigation and negotiation. She also brings her extensive experience in Construction and Family Law.. Prior to joining ADLI Law Group, Mrs. Manoukian was a Partner at O’Rourke, Fong & Manoukian. During such time, she was first chair in many bench and jury trials, as well as arbitrations and mediations.. Mrs. Manoukian graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science and obtained her Juris Doctor degree at Loyola Law School. Mrs. Manoukian is committed to helping clients and providing them efficient and effective courtroom representation to resolve complex construction disputes, real estate and development disputes, and business disputes. In addition to business and construction law, Mrs. Manoukian practices family law that she built before her partnership at O’Rourke & Fong. Fluent in Armenian and English, Marina assists individuals seeking a divorce, assists clients in reaching agreement or going to court for marriage dissolution, division of marital assets, child custody, and child and spousal support.

I am a passionate advocate on behalf of my Employment Law clients. I have 28+ years experience and hold an AV-Preeeminent rating, the highest rating issued by Martindale-Hubbell. For several years, including 2020-21, I have been recognized as a SuperLawyer in Employment Law by Law & Politics Magazine.. I am an active member of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, where I serve as the Labor & Employment Section Head. I regularly organize Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs to educate lawyers in the community on employment law issues and developments. I also belong to the the William L. Gordon Inn of Court and I am an Associate Member of the Santa Barbara Contractors Association.. I volunteer in various local philanthropic organizations, including VNA Health (formerly, Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care), where I serve on the Board of Trustees, Ethics and Audit Committees, as well as on the Animal Welfare Committee of the Santa Barbara Zoo. I formerly served on the Board of Trustees of Child Abuse Listening and Mediation (CALM).. When not practicing employment law, I play tennis in the Montecito Mafia and as a member the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. I am also passionate about music (I play drums and piano), cooking and chess. I enjoy spending time with my family and pets and following my daughter's accomplishments as a rising hunter jumper equestrian.

I am a litigator and managing partner of Simkin & Associates, Inc.  I am licensed to practice law in California, New York, and the District of Columbia.  Our firm focuses on real estate and business law.  We prosecute and defend breach of contract, fraud, negligence, and misrepresentation cases.  Our typical cases involve property owners, businesses, trustees, and realtors concerning purchase agreements, leases, contracts, and all other matters of residential and commercial property and business disputes.  We also handle employment and probate and trust litigation.  Michael Simkin has proudly is one of the Southern Californina lawyers identified as a Superlawyer!. We guide our clients through the legal maze from beginning to end including jury trials, appeals, and collection of money judgments.  We provide our clients with creative solutions, personal attention and cost effective services.

I am a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law with 18 years of experience in the field.  I practice immigration law exclusively, including deportation defense for lawful permanent residents, cancellation of removal for nonresidents, fraud waivers, and applications for asylum. I handle complex matters involving family-based petitions, unlawful presence waivers, citizenship and naturalization matters.. In addition to my practice before the USCIS and Immigration Courts,  I have extensive experience litigating immigration cases before various U.S. District Courts, Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. I am admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Fourth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Central and Eastern Districts of California and the District of Columbia.. I am an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Executive Committee for the Immigration Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), and a member of the advisory committee for the Los Angeles Office of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).

David R. Fullmer is a leading Business Immigration Lawyer. He was designated a “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics as published in Los Angeles Magazine. David is also featured in the International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers. His firm, Ivener & Fullmer is also noted in The Chambers & Partners Directory as one of a handfull of Band One immigration law firms in the State of California. Throughout his years of practice, David has advised numerous corporate executives, IT professionals, scientists, scholars and those in the entertainment film and television industry including actors, editors, cinematographers, directors and producers to obtain their required temporary work visas as well as green cards. Sought out by In-Counsel, HR Managers, corporate employers, and investors for his business immigration expertise, he is able to successfully evaluate and resolve complex and multi-faceted technical immigration issues. David also strives to provide impeccable customer service.

Attorney Ellen Lee has worked for the Law offices of Carl Shusterman for over 15 years and has been practicing immigration law since 1975.  She specializes in family based and marriage cases as well as naturalization matters. Over the years, Ms. Lee has successfully helped a vast amount of people obtain marriage visas, fiancée visas and assisted many permanent residents in becoming U.S citizens.. Ms. Lee has also served on the national Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), was the Chairperson of AILA, Southern California Chapter, and is active in various AILA activities.. Her hard work and commitment in immigration law, have helped her earn the highest rating (“AV”) in legal ability and ethics from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. She has also organized innovative seminars including a three-day conference in which various U.S. Consuls from posts in Asia, Canada and Mexico made presentations and answered questions. In addition she has also organized seminars on waivers of excludability and deportability and others which featured the U.S. Consul from Guangzhou, China and the Consul representing the People’s Republic of China.. Ms. Lee has also taken the role of Editor-in-Chief of a major AILA publication and has spoken at various AILA Conferences on the national, state and local levels.  Not to mention that she is a member of the national Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Law Foundation.. She testified before the President’s Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy; served on the Executive Committee of the Immigration Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; participates in numerous liaison committees with the Los Angeles District Office of USCIS; and is a volunteer legal advisor to the Chinatown Service Center.. Year after year, she has been voted as a Super Lawyer in Southern California by her colleagues in the bar.. Her fluency in various Chinese dialects has helped establish closer relationships with some of our clients, therefore making Mrs. Lee a wonderful asset to our office.

Attorney Carl Shusterman has over 40 years of experience as an immigration lawyer. He served as an attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) until 1982, when he entered the private practice of law.. For over a decade, he has been voted as one of the Best Lawyers in America and as a Super Lawyer by his colleagues in the bar.. Carl has been named as one of the top 15 corporate immigration attorneys in the U.S. by Human Resource Executive magazine. His hard work and dedication to immigration law have earned him the highest rating (“AV”) in legal ability and ethics from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. He has also served as a member of the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission for the State Bar. Carl is also listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers and the Chamber’s USA Guide for Leading Business Lawyers.. He has testified as an expert witness before the Senate Immigration Subcommittee in Washington, D.C.. Carl is a former Chairman of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Southern California Chapter and served as a member of Shusterman AILA’s national Board of Governors (1988-97). He has chaired numerous AILA Committees, spoken at dozens of AILA Conferences and has contributed a number of scholarly articles to AILA’s publications.. Carl is a frequent writer and lecturer on immigration law. His articles, letters to the editor and quotes have appeared in prestigious publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Canada’s Globe and Mail, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, National Law Journal, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Journal of the American Medical Association, Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic Monthly, Computer World, Information Week, Issues in Science and Technology, Variety, and numerous other publications. He has written for, and been quoted extensively in, leading periodicals specializing in immigration law including Interpreter Releases, Immigration Law and Procedure, Immigration Briefings, Inside Immigration, Immigration Journal and U.S. Immigrant Magazine. In addition, he has appeared on various television programs including NBC’s Today Show, CNN’s Headline News and on a wide variety of nationally syndicated radio shows.

Alan Diamante is the founding attorney at Diamante Law Group. A skilled Los Angeles immigration lawyer, he brings nearly 25 years of legal experience to the firm. Mr. Diamante has handled and taken part in numerous notable cases throughout his expansive legal career. Among these were several immigration cases that ultimately changed public opinion, DHS regulations, and federal immigration laws. In 2002, Mr. Diamante successfully defended a Salvadorian immigrant who was facing deportation largely due to his outspoken beliefs regarding corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division.At the firm, Mr. Diamante handles a broad range of immigration matters, ranging from employment- and family-based immigration to deportation defense to detention release to political asylum. He has helped immigrants seeking naturalization/citizenship, green cards, and safety in the United States. Above all else, Mr. Diamante is passionate about protecting the rights of all people, including immigrants and their families.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Naturalization attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.