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Andrew
Bersin, Esq.
spent ten years in the homicide bureau
of the Brooklyn DA's office as prosecutor,
in charge of cases ranging from drug charges
to homicide. His tenure the
District Attorneys office trained him
well for trial work. He left the
District Attorney's office to go into
private practice and has spent the last
ten years trying civil and criminal cases.
He is licensed to practice in the State
of New York, United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York,
and the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit.
Dennis
Strom, Esq. (of counsel) is senior
attorney experienced in Bankruptcy and Tax
laws. He was admitted to the Bar in
1954, New York Eastern and Southern District
Courts of New York, US District Court and
the Court of Appeals, State of New York. He
was Certified as a Public Accountant in 1968.
He received a BBA degree from Pace University
and an LLB from Brooklyn Law School.
He is a member of the New York State Society
of Certified Public Accountants, American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
American Bar Association, New York State Bar
Association, New York State Association of
Attorneys. He currently is responsible
for all appearances in the US Bankruptcy Courts
for the Eastern and Southern District of New
York.
Neil
Bernstein, Esq. (of counsel) was
awarded a juris doctor degree from
Brooklyn Law School in 1987 and previously
granted a Master in French form New York University.
He has over 14 years experience in
deportation and removal proceedings and has
tried most every type of immigration case.
He has represented hundred of cases in front
of the Immigration and Naturalization service,
including, marriage, family, citizenship
and business related cases. He previously
was employed as a journalist. 
Jacqueline Polo-Pagano is a Senior
Paralegal Supervisor, in charge of the Citizenship,
Family and Religious law division of
Apsan Law Offices. She has over
17 years of experience in U.S. Immigration
Laws. Since joining the firm in 1995
she has handled many types of immigration
matter, such as adjustment of status,
visa processing, waiver, removal of conditions,
reentry permits, TPS, Amnesty, V visas,
K visas and Citizenship. She is experienced
at successfully preparing and submitting
case under the religious law of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, including
R visa and Special Immigrant Visas.
She is a graduate of the North American/Peruvian
Institute (English/Post Grade), The Goethe
Institute in Germany, Bloomfield College in
English and Computers in Business and achieved
a Paralegal Associates Degree in Science form
Essex County College. She is presently
continuing her studies in Criminal Justice.
In Peru she was an Executive Bilingual Secretary
at ELA Language Administration. She
speaks Spanish and understands Portuguese.
Senobia
Feldman, is a Senior Paralegal in charge
of processing Labor Certification cases from
the beginning to final Adjustment of Status,
including Reduction In Recruitment processes.
She is responsible for the I-140 Petition
applications by the employers, which calls
upon her mathematical and logical skills.
She is an expert in restaurant, construction,
mechanical and domestic cases. Prior
to undertaking this position she was the Senior
Paralegal Administrator in our New York City
branch. Since being employed with Apsan
Law Office in 1993 she has succeeded in many
hundreds of case. She has a Masters
degree in Business Management, graduating
with Honors from the Pontificia Universidad
Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). She
is fluent in Spanish and understands Portuguese.
Vivian L. Garay,
is a Senior Paralegal Supervisor, with over
16 years of experience. She is in charge of
Labor Certification, H visa, L visa, O and
P visas. She is the direct liaison to
corporate employers and Human Resource departments.
She has had O and P visas applications
of renowned Portuguese and Brazilian Artist
and their Bands approved expeditiously.
She has written numerous briefs for Appeals
and Intent to Deny successfully. She graduated
from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of
Arts in Sociology; Certificate in Criminology.
She attended L'Universitaire de Grandmont
in Tours, France studying the French language
and culture. She has also attained an
Honors Certificate on Paralegal Studies from
Farleigh Dickenson University. Since 1986
she has been working in law offices specializing
in U.S. Immigration law. From 1997 she
has headed the Employment Based Permanent
and Temporary Business Visa Department of
Apsan Law Offices. She is fluent in Spanish
and understands Portuguese.
Ramona
Caraballo,
is a Senior Paralegal in the New York office.
She was employed for over 10 years as a Visa
Assistant at the the US Consulate
in Santo Domingo, DR. She managed immigrant
visa cases from receipt of petition through
final interview and assembly of issued visa
as well as all immediate relative and
priority classifications including employment
preference cases. She screened and arranged
case files for interviews and was responsible
for Congressional inquiries. As a senior
member of the Consular Staff, she trained
new personnel. Ms. Caraballo is in charge
of all translation in the Spanish language
for our office, both juridical and lay documents.
Currently she is translating the text to a
new web site, www.guiadelinmigrante.com, which
will provide immigration information to the
Spanish speaking community. She graduated
Colegio Luis Munoz Rivera with a degree in
Bilingual Secretarial Studies.
Teresa
Perrone is a Senior Paralegal and
has been a member of our staff for over 10
years. Beginning as a paralegal in the New
Jersey office, she has risen to become the
Senior paralegal on Staff in our New York
office. She supervises of both
Immigrant and Non Immigrant cases. She has
handled most every type of immigration cases
such as Family Petitioners, Marriage
cases, Labor Certification, Amnesty, Special
Religious workers, deportation cases, appeals,
H, L I, B, K F, K V and R Visas. She
has over 20 years experience in US Immigration
Laws. She is a graduate of Colegio Marco Antonio
Reynoso in Quiaquil, Ecuador. She speaks
Spanish and understands Portuguese.
Elizabeth
Rodrigues Santos, is an attorney licensed
in Brazil and is employed as a Matrimonial
and Bankruptcy paralegal at Apsan Law Offices.
She graduated in 1996 from the Universidade
Santa Ursula in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
with a Bachelor of Law degree. She is also
a graduate in Specialization Studies
in Political Science and International Relations
and received a LATO SENSU Graduation Certificate
from Instituto Metodista Bennett in Rio. Currently
she is enrolled in the Paralegal Studies program
at Fiorello H. LaGuardia College. She
had previously worked as a civil
Lawyer in Brazil. She speaks Portuguese,
French and Spanish.
