H. Ronald Klasko, one of the country’s top immigration lawyers and founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners LLP, recently participated in the “Lazy Days of Summer” Interactive CLE Series presented by Catholic Legal Services on Friday, August 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Ron moderated the session “A-Z, E-2 to EB-5” and discussed considerations for contemplating prospective E to EB-5 petitions, nuances in direct EB-5 filings, EB-5 legislative initiatives, problem consulates/cases and considerations for USCIS v. consular processing, among other topics. Ron also participated as a panelist on “Alternatives to the H Visa and Ways Around the H Cap” and covered H1B1, E3, TN, H3 and J and considerations, whether it makes sense to file for PERM and forget the H-1B, ethical considerations for filing a number of H-1B petitions for the same client on behalf of different sponsors, as well as other topics on ethics.

Mr. Klasko is a former national President and three-term General Counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Mr. Klasko is a former national President and three-term General Counsel of AILA. For the last 20 years, Mr. Klasko has been included in the highly regarded Best Lawyers in America and is named one of the country’s top immigration lawyers by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Human Resource Executive. A frequent lecturer and prolific author on immigration law topics, Mr. Klasko was the second immigration lawyer ever honored by AILA with the Founders Award–an award given to the individual or group who has had the most important impact on immigration law. A graduate of Lehigh University (B.A. 1971), Mr. Klasko received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1974).

Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP has offices in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago, and provides top-tier legal services to EB-5 investors, regional centers, and developers. Its EB-5 team is one of the largest and most respected in the country, and its Compliance team is the first of its kind. The firm has been selected as one of the top five business immigration law firms in the United States by the prestigious Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers and Partners) for the past ten years. For more information on the firm’s EB-5 practice, please visit: eb5immigration.com.