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WR Immigration’s California practice is a leading U.S. immigration group handling high-volume corporate immigration programs and complex, high-stakes matters. The team advises multinational companies, high-growth technology and AI businesses, healthcare systems, life sciences companies, universities, and global entertainment organizations.

The practice is known for global mobility strategy, immigration compliance, and workforce planning, including support for M&A, corporate restructuring, and enterprise-wide immigration programs. It regularly manages large-scale H-1B cap seasons, PERM programs, and multinational executive pathways, alongside sophisticated extraordinary ability and research-based petitions.

Recent work highlights include designing scalable immigration programs for leading AI companies, advising on cross-border mobility and compliance during corporate transactions, supporting healthcare and research institutions with critical talent shortages, and delivering complex consular and crisis-response strategies.

Key specializations include corporate immigration, global mobility, compliance and audit defense, extraordinary ability immigration, and immigration strategy for highly regulated and innovation-driven industries.

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Immigration - California

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What the Team is Known For

Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP has a thriving California immigration team that advises a varied client base from its offices in LA, Oakland, San Francisco and Santa Monica. The firm handles both US immigration and global immigration and is particularly recognized for its representation of clients in the entertainment and healthcare industries. Its capabilities include assisting with immigration audits, consular processing and EB-5 investor visas.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bernard Wolfsdorf
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Bernard Wolfsdorf
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Eminent Practitioners

Bernard Wolfsdorf is based in Santa Monica and acts as managing partner of Wolfsdorf Rosenthal. He is adept at handling business immigration matters for his global client base.

Bernard is a smart practitioner.

Charina Garcia
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Charina Garcia
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Band 4

Charina Garcia has a broad practice covering both employment and family-based immigration matters. She is well regarded for her work, innovating the industry, and is the strategy and innovation partner for the firm.

Charina is an asset to our team. She is willing to help and is always attentive to our needs.

Charina caters to the specific needs of the company with a great level of professionalism.

She is very experienced in immigration law.

David R Fullmer
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David R Fullmer
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Band 4

David Fullmer handles matters such as non-immigrant and immigrant visas, including I-9 compliance.

He takes the time and makes himself available to help us understand the issues.

David is very responsive and has good client handling skills.

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Bernard Wolfsdorf
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Bernard Wolfsdorf
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Eminent Practitioners
Charina Garcia
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Charina Garcia
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Band 4
David R Fullmer
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David R Fullmer
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Band 4

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