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Joseph
J. Shepherd
Joseph J. Shepherd
is an Associate in the firm’s
Santa Monica office. He represents
corporations, institutions, individuals
and employers in a variety of entertainment,
employment, investment and family-based
immigration matters. He has significant
experience advising U.S. employers
in H-1B/LCA compliance issues, including
those involving changes in corporate
structure and government work-site
inspections and investigations. He
has authored an article on the subject
titled “Preventative Lawyering:
Navigating H-1B,” published
in the American Immigration Lawyers
Association's New Members Division
Newsletter. Mr. Shepherd also has
substantial experience preparing immigrant
and nonimmigrant visa petitions for
artists, musicians, scientists and
business persons of extraordinary
ability, internationally-recognized
athletes, intracompany transferees,
advanced degree professionals, specialty
occupation workers, treaty investors,
NAFTA professionals and other business
visitors.
Mr. Shepherd received his J.D. from
Brooklyn Law School in 2009 and his
B.A. in International Relations and
Economics from Tulane University in
2004. As a law student, Mr. Shepherd
interned for the U.S. Attorney’s
Office, Eastern District of New York
Immigration Unit litigating immigration
matters in federal court. He also
interned for Immigration Equality,
a national organization fighting for
equality under U.S. immigration law
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and HIV positive individuals in addition
to participating in his law school’s
asylum law clinic, the Safe Harbor
Project.
Mr. Shepherd is an active member of
the American Immigration Lawyers Association,
the American Bar Association, the
Los Angeles County Lawyers Association,
and is a member of the Board of Governors
of the Lesbian & Gay Lawyers Association
of Los Angeles. Mr. Shepherd is licensed
in Massachusetts and practices exclusively
in Immigration and Nationality Law.
Mr. Shepherd can be contacted at jshepherd@wolfsdorf.com.
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