Avi Friedman

About Avi Friedman

U.S. immigration attorney with substantial experience in consular processing/assisting…

Experience

1. Partner

   WR Immigration

   Jul 1997 — Present · CA

   Avi Friedman was named both the 2014 & 2016 Los Angeles Immigration Law \"Lawyer of the Year\" by U.S. News-Best Lawyers®. He was also listed in the 2015 Who\'s Who Legal rankings for his excellent in-person attorney/client representation at U.S. consular posts in Canada and Mexico. Avi is serving his fifth term on the AILA Department of State Liaison Committee (20••••16 and 20••••10) and is also the current AILA Canada Chapter Liaison to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. He served eleven terms as the Consular Affairs Liaison for the Southern California Chapter of AILA. He has authored numerous articles for AILA including: several chapters for the \"Visa Processing Guide\"; Third-Country National (TCN) and Consular Processing of Non-immigrant Visa Applications in Mexico and Canada: Practice Advisory; Nonimmigrant Waivers of Inadmissibility under INA 212(d)(3);\"DOs\" and \"DON\'Ts\" for Attorneys Representing Visa Applicants (and for Consular Officers, too!); Nonimmigrant Visa Processing In Canada or Mexico Remains The Best Option for Third Country Nationals; and NIV Consular Processing - Truth and Consequences. Avi continues to assist applicants with non-immigrant visa applications at U.S. consular posts worldwide. He focuses on in-person attorney/client representation at U.S. consular posts in Canada and Mexico. He also handles family-based immigrant petitions, naturalization applications, investor visa applications, and J-1 Waivers and immigrant and non-immigrant petitions for international medical graduate physicians.Avi is listed in Who\'s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers as an \"outstanding\" lawyer, an \"expert on consular issues\" and a \"highly rated inclusion\" to the Wolfsdorf firm. In the 2010 California Edition of the Who\'s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, Avi was described as \"an active speaker within AILA and has cultivated \'a superb reputation\' among peers and clients.\" Avi was also listed in The Southern California Super Lawyers from 20••••14.

Education

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

  J.D.

  1992 — 1995

• UCLA

  B.A., Political Science

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Legal Research
• Litigation
• Legal Assistance
• Hearings
• Consular Processing
• Appeals
• Adjustment of Status
• Asylum
• Naturalization
• Legal Issues
• U.s. Immigration
• Immigration Law
• Labor Certification
• Legal Writing
• I-9 Compliance
• E-2
• O-1
• Citizenship
• Immigration Issues
• Courts
• Tcn Visa Processing in Canada & Mexico
• Employment-Based Immigration
• Visas
• Legal Advice
• L-1
• H-1b
• Global Immigration