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Immigration

New Jersey

5 Years Ranked

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Provided by Abigail Walsh

USA

Practice Areas

Immigration and Global Mobility

Labor and Employment

Career

Abigail Walsh has over 20 years’ experience in a wide range of immigration matters. She represents multinational and domestic corporations, their employees and private individuals in business immigration matters before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, Department of State and at U.S. Consulates worldwide.

Abigail provides counsel on all nonimmigrant employment-based work visas, including H, L, E, TN, J, O and P, and she assists individuals in specialty occupations, intracompany transferee executives, managers, and individuals with specialized knowledge obtain nonimmigrant visas. Abigail also helps obtain immigration benefits for individuals with extraordinary ability, individuals who are outstanding professors and researchers, individuals who are multinational managers and executives, individuals with advanced degrees and/or exceptional ability, and individuals whose immigration is in the national interest. In addition, she advises on matters involving: adjustment of status, exchange visitors, treaty traders and investors, immigrant visas, temporary work visas, and naturalization.

Professional Memberships

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Executive Committee Member (2015-2019) and Past Chair 2019-2020, New Jersey Chapter

Committee Chair, New Jersey Customs and Border Protection

Member, New Jersey Chapter

Member, International Law Journal (1995-1997)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

New Jersey

New York

Education

Temple University School of Law

J.D.

2000

University of Pennsylvania

B.A.

1997

Awards

Best Lawyers in America (2021-2025) Immigration Law "Women in the Law" (2021) "Lawyer of the Year" (New Jersey): Immigration Law (2021)

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Chambers USA (2021-2025)

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Immigration - New Jersey

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial
Abigail Walsh handles business immigration matters for a broad range of corporate clients. She is also adept at advising on extraordinary ability visas.

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