Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that Jane Yue Zhang has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney in the Real Estate, Business Transactions, and Immigration Practice Groups. Prior to joining Bousquet Holstein, Jane practiced immigration law and served as in-house counsel of a commercial real estate development company in Syracuse. She is a proud graduate Read More »
Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that Rebecca R. Cohen has joined the firm's Immigration and Business Practice Groups. She practices business and family immigration law, with a focus on O-1 extraordinary ability artist and athlete visas, and EB-1 green card petitions. She also concentrates her practice on dual citizenship matters. Prior to joining Bousquet Holstein, Read More »
In last month's alert, we discussed a popular question among many employer-sponsors, namely how many expert letters should be submitted to support a petition. Here is the link to that alert: http://bhlawpllc.com/publication/expert-letters-how-many-letters-are-enough-for-an-o-1-petition/ In this alert, we are addressing the format of how these letters should be written. The government gives some insights in the regulations about Read More »
Non-Essential Travel is Suspended On March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security announced agreements with Canada and Mexico to restrict unnecessary travel across the borders shared with each country. Each agreement became effective on March 21, 2020 and remains in effect for 30 days (and may be extended). Unnecessary travel includes tourism or recreation, but the agreements do Read More »
By: L. Micha Ordway, Jr. Esq. Background In October 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S4394A into law and enacted significant changes (Amendments) to one of New York's whistleblower protection statutes, Labor Law § 740. Although Senate Bill S4394A was signed on October 28, 2021, it does not become effective until January 26, 2022. Read More »
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") recently updated the USCIS Policy Manual to explain how officers should determine whether a potential O-1B beneficiary should be evaluated as someone with extraordinary ability in the arts ("O-1B Arts") or extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry ("O-1B MPTV"). While the visa category is the same, Read More »
On October 31, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a final rule aimed to preserve and strengthen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The implementation of the final rule means that DACA is now based on a formal regulation, rather than just a policy memorandum. The DACA program has allowed over Read More »
Aaron Records is an attorney in the firm’s Brownfields Practice Group and assists clients with an assortment of tax and business matters. Aaron extensively guides clients and their accountants in preparing and filing tax credit claims through the Brownfield Credit Program (BCP), and can thoroughly defend claims through the New York State Department of Taxation Read More »
Experience Laura practices in the firm's Ithaca office and is an experienced litigator who has exclusively focused her career on the practice of matrimonial and family law. Laura regularly appears in New York State Supreme Courts and Family Courts to zealously advocate for clients in all areas of domestic relations and family law including divorce, Read More »
“We place the interests of our client as the highest priority in what we do, subject only to our own standards, integrity, and ethical standards.” Litigation is a tool to achieve an outcome. Well managed it addresses facts and applies law. It is not an outcome and, like war, is often the measure of failed Read More »