Cora-Ann V. Pestaina is a Partner at Cyrus D. Mehta and Partners, PLLC in New York, NY where she practices primarily in the area of business immigration law. She represents large global corporate clients, emerging growth companies and individuals in a wide range of industries. Ms. Pestaina has extensive experience in PERM labor certifications and she regularly counsels clients regarding temporary employment-based nonimmigrant visas and permanent residence sponsorship for their foreign national employees. She also represents artists and investors including EB-5 investors. Ms. Pestaina also represents individuals in family based applications and naturalization. She is currently serving a fifth term as co-chair of the AILA NY Chapter’s Department of Labor Committee. She also previously served two terms as co-chair of the NY Chapter’s Corporate Practice Committee. Ms. Pestaina earned a BA in Political Science from Marymount Manhattan College and her J.D. from Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo, School of Law. She is admitted to practice in New York.
Filomena Lepore Taylor is the Co-Founding Partner of Lepore Taylor Fox LLP and serves as Head of the Firm’s Private Client Practice. Filomena has over 13 years of experience as a U.S. immigration attorney with a focus on employment-based immigration. Over the course of her career, she has counseled businesses of various sizes on the attainment of visa petitions for specialized personnel, professional workers, managers and executives. She also advises clients on the development of immigration compliance programs, ongoing developments in immigration law and policy, and government enforcement actions. She is particularly experienced in the preparation of PERM labor certification applications before the U.S. Department of Labor.
Filomena’s clients have ranged from Fortune 500 corporations to individuals and entrepreneurs spanning many industries including finance, information technology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, bio-tech, food and beverage, construction, engineering, architecture and design.
Filomena is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and speaks regularly at AILA seminars on various business immigration topics. She is fluent in Italian and maintains strong ties to the Italian communities of New York and New Jersey.
Filomena received a Bachelor’s degree in History from Colgate University in 2001 and her law degree from New York Law School in 2004. She is admitted to practice law in New York andNew Jersey.
Shavit Yardenis the founder of Yarden Law Group - an Immigration law practice, focused primarily on matters of business, employment and investment.He serves as a professor and the Program Director of the City University of New York’s immigration law studies at the School of Professional Studies in New York City,a program awarding graduate-level academic credits and an advanced certificate.Shavit is licensed to practice law in the State of New York. He is admitted to the bars of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York. He has an LL.M degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School and an LL.B. and B.A (Economics) from Haifa University.
Troy Palmer is an associate with BarstMukamalKleiner LLP in New York, NY. He received his B.A. from Tufts University and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.He is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey. He is a member of various AILA chapter committees, he speaks on various PERM labor certification issues at the New York Chapter, and he has contributed to AILA’s amicus curiae efforts in matters before the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals.