Jerry L. Erickson is the managing partner and senior immigration attorney at Szabo Zelnick & Erickson PC. He attended George Mason University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business in 1981. He then obtained his JD in 1984 from George Mason University School of Law. After graduating from law school, he was selected for a judicial clerkship for the judges of the Circuit Court of Prince William County. He joined Szabo Zelnick & Erickson PC in 1987 and has been a partner since 1989. His immigration practice focuses primarily on corporate immigration for both large and small organizations. In particular, he assists employers and individual clients in obtaining temporary working visas, permanent resident status, and US citizenship. He provides counsel and guidance on a broad range of US/global immigration issues, including both inbound and outbound corporate immigration issues, and he provides guidance on I-9 compliance issues and processes. The Prince William County Bar Association previously elected Mr. Erickson to serve as one of its members on the Judicial Selection Committee, responsible for interviewing perspective judicial candidates for appointment to the bench. He has spoken to various legal groups in Virginia to address issues related to ethics, professionalism, and immigration. He has also had the opportunity to speak to the Western Immigration Networking Group and various groups at George Mason University School of Law. He is a frequent author on immigration-related topics. Mr. Erickson is currently a member of several associations and groups, including the Virginia State Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the International Business Committee, the Virginia State Bar International Practice Section, and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
Hilde Holland is a partner with Wuersch & Gering LLP. Her practice encompasses business- and family-related nonimmigrant and immigration, as well as naturalization matters for multinational corporations and individuals throughout the United States. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner at Biedermann, Hoenig, Massamillo & Ruff PC, where she practiced commercial litigation and US immigration matters for many years. Ms. Holland is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the association’s New York Chapter, the New York State Bar Association, and the German-American Chamber of Commerce. She is the recommended immigration counsel for the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. She has written numerous articles on US immigration law.
Martin W. Lester is a partner with Fleet Spencer & Kilpatrick PA. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he served as executive editor of the Yale Journal of International Law and as a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, magna cum laude, where he concentrated in international relations and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His immigration practice includes business immigration, family-based immigration, and removal defense. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Gregory B. Minter is a shareholder in the law firm of Fitzgerald Schorr Barmettler & Brennan PC LLO. He has been practicing immigration law for over forty-five years and is a longstanding member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, having served as vice chair of the H-2A and H-2B Committee and as a past member of the Religious Visa Committee, the Business Visa Advocacy Committee, and the Distance Learning Committee. He was a founding member of the Iowa-Nebraska Chapter and was its first secretary. Mr. Minter received his BSBA from the University of Omaha and his JD from Creighton University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in the state of Nebraska, the US Supreme Court, and US Court of Military Appeals. He was an adjunct professor of law at Creighton University School of Law from 1969 to 2004 and at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law for six years. He was chair of the Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on the Revision of the Nebraska Nonprofit Act and a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on the Revision of the Nebraska Business Corporation Act. He received the Outstanding Legal Education Award from the Nebraska State Bar Foundation in 1996. Mr. Minter has been president of Nebraska Continuing Legal Education Inc., and he has served as a member of the Nebraska Judicial Education Committee of the Nebraska Judicial College of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He has served as a member of the House of Delegates of the Nebraska State Bar Association for eighteen years and has been a member of the editorial board for The Nebraska Lawyer for many years. He has served as chair and faculty member of many seminars on immigration, securities, and corporate law. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Great Plains Super Lawyers, in both cases for immigration law.
Kevin M. Mosher is a managing shareholder of Wessels Sherman Joerg Liszka Laverty Seneczko PC, and he directs the firm's Immigration Practice Group. He represents companies in the areas of labor, employment, and immigration law.
Deborah J. Notkin is a partner in the firm of Barst & Mukamal LLP and maintains a large international immigration and nationality practice. During her twenty years in practice, she has acquired a nationally recognized expertise in business immigration matters. She is the lead attorney for the firm’s PERM Unit and maintains a corporate client base spanning all business immigration matters. She has worked on numerous liaison committees with the various government agencies involved in immigration matters, and she has spoken on panels with representatives from the US Department of Labor, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Legacy INS, Customs and Border Patrol, and the Department of State Visa Office. Ms. Notkin is a recent past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and she serves on its Board of Governors. Within the association, she has held numerous leadership positions. She is a frequent lecturer and presenter, in addition to being a frequent author. She has also appeared on many television and radio programs and remains a resource and commentator for MSNBC, CNBC, and Fox News regarding immigration legislation and issues. Ms. Notkin is listed in Best Lawyers in America, the International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, and Chambers USA as recommended immigration counsel. New York Super Lawyers has listed her as one of the top immigration attorneys in New York and one of the overall top women attorneys in New York City.
Joel Pfeffer is a partner of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is chair of the firm's Corporate and Business Law Group and a member of the International and Immigration Law Group. He works primarily in the areas of immigration, nationality, and corporate law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his practice of immigration law. Mr. Pfeffer is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has been a speaker at its national conference. He is past chairman of the association's Pittsburgh Chapter and served on the association's National Religious Workers Committee. He has extensive experience handling immigration and naturalization matters on behalf of both foreign and US-based companies, universities and colleges, as well as individuals. He has obtained labor certification, temporary visas, and permanent resident status for numerous foreign applicants. He has also worked with his foreign immigration contacts to facilitate the needs of US citizens and permanent residents seeking work authorization outside the United States.
Thomas R. Ruge is a director of Lewis & Kappes. He has represented businesses and individuals in all immigration matters and proceedings for more than thirty-four years. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1976, and he is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals, the US Court of Claims, and the US District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. He earned a BA in philosophy from Indiana University at Bloomington and his JD from Valparaiso University. Mr. Ruge has authored many articles and has made many seminar presentations on immigration issues. He is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Association of Immigration Attorneys, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, for which he has served as chairman of the Indiana Chapter. He has been appointed to represent the Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis, and he has served as adjunct professor of immigration law at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. He has received many awards, including being named a “Super Lawyer” from 2004 to 2008, and he has earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubble.
Andrew M. Wilson is a partner with Serotte Reich Wilson LLP. He graduated from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, received his BA from the University of New Hampshire, and received his JD from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. Mr. Wilson is listed in Best Lawyers in America for immigration law, in International Who's Who for corporate immigration law, and in International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. In addition, he serves as a panel member on the Society for Human Resource Management's Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Special Expertise Panel. He is a frequent author on his areas of expertise.
