Elizabeth concentrates on employment-based immigration, including nonimmigrant visas for professionals (including H-1B, L1, O , P, TN, E, and R visas), labor certifications, and I-140 petitions (EB-1 Outstanding Researcher, Extraordinary Ability, National Interest Waiver, EB2, and EB3) . She is also experienced in family-based immigration, naturalization, adjustment of status, nonimmigrant petitions, and consular processing.

Elizabeth was formerly with two of the largest and most prestigious immigration law firms in the United States.  Elizabeth has represented Fortune 100 and 500 high technology companies.  She is a former Staff Attorney with an immigrant rights organization in Los Angeles, with the responsibility of providing immigration services, spearheaded a domestic violence project for battered immigrants, and ran a successful naturalization campaign for several ethnic immigrant communities. In addition to her broad range of professional experience, Elizabeth also understands the immigration process from a personal perspective, as she was born in India and became a naturalized U.S. Citizen.

Professional Memberships

Current

- Member, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations (PCFR)

- Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

- Member, Arizona Asian Pacific American Bar Association

- Co-chair of the Immigration Section of the Arizona State Bar 2007-2009

- Executive Council Member, Immigration Section of the Arizona State Bar

- Treasurer, South Asian Bar Association of Arizona 2009

- AILA member, Arizona, Northern California, & Oregon

Previous

- Board Member, South Asian Help Line and Referral Agency, “SAHARA,” which assists South Asians in need of social services and legal assistance.

Publications and Lectures

Organizer and Master of Ceremonies for the Annual Arizona Immigration Bench and Bar Luncheon, a gathering of Immigration Law Judges and local bar members (2007 and 2008).

Presenter and Moderator 2009 Arizona State Bar Convention Immigration Section CLE, “ Immigration Considerations and Strategies Due to Corporate Restructuring”.

Published Article Arizona Attorney Magazine August 2009, “ Your Immigration Section”.

Organized a CLE Course through the Arizona State Bar on Immigration Black Letter Law entitled, “How to Wield Primary Sources like the Light Saber of Doom Against DHS,” (May 2008).

“Know Your Rights,” brochures and practice manual for legal professionals published by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (ALPAC), in conjunction with the Department of Justice through a VAWA Grant.

“Know Your Rights” was also created, aired and distributed as an instructional video on Naturalization by ALPAC and the Asian News Network in Los Angeles (2002 and 2003).

Awards

Mayor’s Public Service Award, City of Monterey Park (February 2004).

Recipient of the South Asian Network Community Ally Award in recognition for the instructional video, “U.S. Citizenship: A Guide to the Naturalization Process,” (June 2002).

Recipient of the South Asian Network Community Ally Award in recognition for direct legal assistance to South Asian victims of domestic abuse (June 2002).