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Helena S. Younossi has extensive experience helping companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 multinationals with their U.S. business immigration matters, including employee work authorizations, I-9 IRCA Compliance, M&A, LCA Compliance, Immigration Program and Policy development, as well as Consular and Global work visa coordination. She also represents individuals and families in their immigration related needs. Prior to opening her own firm she was a partner at the largest U.S. corporate immigration firm.
Ms. Younossi has been invited to speak on immigration and legal ethics by organizations such the American Bar Association (ABA), the Public Law Institute (PLI), the Sixth Annual Statewide Ethics Symposium and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, to name a few. She is a Member of the State Bar Executive Committee of the International Law Section, the AILA National Ethics and Practice Management Committee, serves as the AILA NorCal Ethics Liaison, and is the former Vice Chair of the BASF Ethics Committee.
Ms. Younossi has been peer selected for inclusion in the 2010 and 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and the Northern California Super Lawyers. She is a three-time recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Award, is a native speaker of German and Farsi and is conversational in French.
Recent Select Speaking Engagements and Publications
Presenter, I-9s, the Good, the Bad, and the Real Deal, SJHRA, April 11, 2012, Northern California.
Moderator, “Immigration and Export Control, Renewed Focus of DHL,” State Bar of California Annual Meeting, September 17, 2011, Long Beach, California.
Presenter, “The Paperless Office: Being Good to Yourself and Benefitting the Environment,” State Bar of California Solo and Small Firm Summit, June 24, 2011, Annaheim, California.
Speaker, “Dual Representation in Employment-Based Cases, AILA Audio Seminar,” March 22, 2011, San Francisco, California.
Presenter, “H1B and Green Card Workshop Conference,” March 5, 2011 at City College of San Francisco, California.
Presenter, “Dual Representation in Immigration Practice,” AILA NorCal and the BASF Barristers Immigration Section, January 26, 2011, San Francisco, California.
Training Presenter, From I-9 Employment Verification Liability, Completion and Compliance Training Seminar, MyOHR (HR Consulting Services), November 18th, 2010, Campbell, California.
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