Herischi and Associates, LLC

Immigration

Herischi & Associates, LLC believes that nothing can ever replace the value of family. Here, at Herischi & Associates, LLC we want you to feel at home and want to make sure that all of your immigration matters receive that extra personal care which can only be captured through your loved ones. Our firm has been helping families, and individuals and companies navigate the increasingly complex and challenging nature of immigration law. Our law firm has helped immigrants achieve their dreams of working, living, and raising a family in the United States by utilizing the entire spectrum of immigration visas. We have helped foreign investors enter the United States on Investor visas such as E-1, E-2 and EB-5 Visas. We have helped families unite and live peaceful and prosperous lives in the United States by utilizing fiancé, spouse, and other family based immigration petitions. We have also assisted immigrants to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming US Citizens by filing citizenship petitions and addressing naturalization issues. We handle Asylum Cases dealing with Political or Religious Persecution, Refugees, and help foreign students attend universities in the United States with F-1 Visas. Our firm also assists with consular processing abroad.

Herischi & Associates, LLC provides services for preparing and filing nonimmigrant, immigrant, and employment-based visa applications, including H-1, L-1, TN, P-1, O-1, R-1, national interest waivers, outstanding researchers, and labor certifications; Planning and implementing large-scale employee relocation programs in conjunction with multinational mergers and acquisitions; Coordinating the smooth transfer of employees from corporate locations outside the United States; Obtaining and maintaining permanent resident status and US citizenship; Providing counsel on compliance with federal requirements for verification of employees’ work authorization and related anti-discrimination provisions, and representing employers in audits and investigations; Collaborating with tax and accounting professionals to integrate clients’ immigration issues with business, tax, and personal objectives; and Structuring individual immigration solutions for high-net-worth individuals and top-level executives. Nonimmigrant (Temporary) Visas for Employment H-1 (Specialty Workers/Professionals) L-1 (Intra-Company Transferees) TN (for Canadian or Mexican Citizens) E-1 (Treaty Trader) and E-2 (Treaty Investor) O-1 (Persons of Extraordinary Ability) P-1, P-2, P-3 (Performers/Athletes) H-2 (Seasonal/Temporary Workers) H-3 (Trainees) J-1 (Exchange Visitors) Q-1 (Cultural Exchange) R-1 (Religious Workers) Immigrant Visas (Permanent Resident/Green Card) Labor Certification Applications Persons of Extraordinary Ability Outstanding Professors and Researchers Multinational Executives and Managers National Interest Waivers Investment-based Green Card Religious Workers Family Immigration Other US Immigration Needs Extension of Stay Change of Visa Status US-Canadian Border Issues Work Authorization for spouses F-1 and M-1 Student Visas B-1 (Business) and B-2 (Visitor) Visas J-1 Waivers of foreign residence requirement K-1 (Fiancé) and K-3 (Spouse) Visas Visas for Family of Permanent Residents Visa Processing Reentry permits Citizenship and Naturalization Authorization for School to Admit Foreign Students I-9 Compliance and Audits Vehicle Seizure and Forfeiture

Business

Herischi & Associates, LLC attorneys assist large and small clients with the establishment and operation of businesses and nonprofit organizations. These services often begin when our attorneys help clients select the proper form of organization (e.g., traditional corporations or partnerships or one of the more recently employed limited liability entities) for the entity's anticipated activities, taking into account federal and state tax considerations. Once the organization form is selected, we often are asked to develop the documentation (articles and bylaws, partnership agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, etc.) to ensure that the governance of that entity is consistent with the client's objectives.

For companies already doing business, the firm offers expertise in virtually all areas of the law that may affect day-to-day operations. If our clients have no in-house legal resources, this expertise enables us to act as de facto general counsel. For clients with such resources, we assist on specific projects or issues. We regularly draft and negotiate single-purpose or standard-form agreements for the purchase or sale of goods and services, and we assist in the documentation of the full range of transactions by which businesses are financed, including public and private debt and equity deals (including initial and other public offerings), leases, and the issuance of convertible or hybrid security instruments. Herischi & Associates, LLC provides its individual, business, and corporate clients with advice on protecting their individual, corporate, and commercial assets through a multi-disciplinary approach utilizing lawyers, bankers, accountants, insurance professionals, and business consultants. Herischi & Associates, LLC also advises its clients with respect to matters involving general business law, including contracting; commercial leasing; capitalization and finance; commercial transactions; structuring of equity ownership; stock splits and stock dividends; entity governance; equity and non-equity based incentive compensation plans; personnel policies and manuals; employment issues; voting and take over advice; shareholder concerns; and shareholder and board of director representation.

Herischi & Associates, LLC assists its individual, business, and corporate clients with respect to a wide range of business issues and actively participates in negotiating and drafting documents such as business contracts; loan agreements; financing documents; private placement memorandums; investor documents; buy-sell agreements; notes; security agreements; bonds; guarantees; subordination agreements; subrogation agreements; letters of credit; employment agreements; non-compete agreements; vendor and supplier agreements; customer purchase agreements; service agreements; and general commercial contracts.

Herischi & Associates, LLCP is active in advising clients in connection with the acquisition and sale of existing businesses, forming new ventures, debt and equity financing, and legal compliance. Herischi & Associates, LLC assists clients including individuals, privately held companies, banks, and second tier lenders in facilitating the preparation of transactional documents including stock and asset purchase agreements, as well as structuring bulk sales, stock purchases, asset purchases, and the purchases of companies from trustees in bankruptcy.

Herischi & Associates, LLC's attorneys assist large and small clients with the establishment and operation of businesses and nonprofit organizations. These services often begin when our attorneys help clients select the proper form of organization (e.g., traditional corporations or partnerships or one of the more recently employed limited liability entities) for the entity's anticipated activities, taking into account federal and state tax considerations. Once the organization form is selected, we often are asked to develop the documentation (articles and bylaws, partnership agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, etc.) to ensure that the governance of that entity is consistent with the client's objectives. For companies already doing business, the firm offers expertise in virtually all areas of the law that may affect day-to-day operations. If our clients have no in-house legal resources, this expertise enables us to act as de facto general counsel. For clients with such resources, we assist on specific projects or issues. We regularly draft and negotiate single-purpose or standard-form agreements for the purchase or sale of goods and services, and we assist in the documentation of the full range of transactions by which businesses are financed, including public and private debt and equity deals (including initial and other public offerings), leases, and the issuance of convertible or hybrid security instruments. Herischi & Associates, LLC provides its individual, business, and corporate clients with advice on protecting their individual, corporate, and commercial assets through a multi-disciplinary approach utilizing lawyers, bankers, accountants, insurance professionals, and business consultants. Herischi & Associates, LLC also advises its clients with respect to matters involving general business law, including contracting; commercial leasing; capitalization and finance; commercial transactions; structuring of equity ownership; stock splits and stock dividends; entity governance; equity and non-equity based incentive compensation plans; personnel policies and manuals; employment issues; voting and take over advice; shareholder concerns; and shareholder and board of director representation. Herischi & Associates, LLC assists its individual, business, and corporate clients with respect to a wide range of business issues and actively participates in negotiating and drafting documents such as business contracts; loan agreements; financing documents; private placement memorandums; investor documents; buy-sell agreements; notes; security agreements; bonds; guarantees; subordination agreements; subrogation agreements; letters of credit; employment agreements; non-compete agreements; vendor and supplier agreements; customer purchase agreements; service agreements; and general commercial contracts. Herischi & Associates, LLC is active in advising clients in connection with the acquisition and sale of existing businesses, forming new ventures, debt and equity financing, and legal compliance. Herischi & Associates, LLC assists clients including individuals, privately held companies, banks, and second tier lenders in facilitating the preparation of transactional documents including stock and asset purchase agreements, as well as structuring bulk sales, stock purchases, asset purchases, and the purchases of companies from trustees in bankruptcy.