Criminal Law

• Traffic Violations
  In some situations, you may be able to speed up this process. For example, if your petition has been pending for more than 30 days past the posted processing times, you (as the employer) or your attorney may contact the National Customer Service Center (number listed on the receipt notice) to request adjudication. Another option you have for speeding up the process would be to pay an additional fee when filing and submit Form I-907. You can do this with the original filing or while the petition is still pending. By doing this, you will be requesting Premium Processing.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Ashley is a Foreign-qualified Attorney and Senior Paralegal at the firm. He has several years of experience with U.S. immigration working in all facets of business, family, and humanitarian-based petitions. At the firm, he specializes in business immigration assisting individual professionals, small businesses, and multinational corporations across diverse industries to plan and execute their global mobility strategies. He has repeated successes with immigrant-based petitions (e.g. EB-1, EB-2, National Interest Waiver, and EB-3) and nonimmigrant-based petitions (O-1, E-2, H-1B, and L). Apart from U.S. immigration, Ashley has extensive experience with intellectual property law, merger & acquisitions, anti-trust, securities, and corporate governance. Before moving to the United States, he served as General Counsel at Pakistan’s largest multinational advertising agency overseeing the company’s legal and corporate affairs in five (5) countries.
• Intellectual Property

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization
• Employment Immigration
  Our firm’s employment-based immigration lawyers at Leaf, Ferreira, de Araujo, LLC offer the quality legal guidance you need for assistance with your legal matter. Whether you are a scientist, banker, business professional, artist, or investor, we will devote our best professional efforts to your matter.
• Green Cards
• Business Immigration
  If you are pursuing the business immigration process, how do you know where to start? Our resource links provide many great jumping off points to successfully achieve your goals. If you are interested in speaking with a business immigration attorney, Leaf, Ferreira, de Araujo, LLC has over 40 years of experience to assist you with. Call our firm for your consultation needs.
• Student Visas
  You can use a B-1/B-2visa to visit them, but you may not live with them unless you have your own immigrant, work, or student visa past the extended time period.
• Work Visas
  Work visas are classified as those who will be in the country for more than three months, are performing technical services, and are receiving compensation from the host country. Business visas are for those who will be hosting meetings, attending conferences, or are conducting market research.
• Investor Visas
  With combined experience spanning decades, we have been providing our skills to entrepreneurs with varying interests. Our team of multilingual business immigration attorneys is committed to representing clients on a personalized level. We offer outstanding and dedicated legal guidance to individuals in need of assistance obtaining either immigrant or nonimmigrant residence in the United States through an investor visa.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Camila is an associate at the firm. She is authorized to practice law in the United States (since 2018) and Brazil (since 2006). She holds several degrees, including a Master of Law (LL.M.) and a Juris Doctor (JD), both from the University of Miami, Post-Graduation in Civil Liability from Fundacao Getulio Vargas – FGV/SP, and a BA in Law from Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado – FAAP. She is a member of the professional associations Florida Bar Association and Brazilian Bar Association – OAB. Her professional experience includes practices at Brazilian and American national and international law firms. She has recognized expertise in the highly specialized field of International Wealth and Estate Planning, particularly for her record of achievement in conceiving and implementing successful legal structures to attract and safely place significant investments from Latin American affluent families and high net worth individuals into the United States economy. Her capacity to understand different legal and cultural systems leveraged her skills to support cross-border transactions and investments. Additionally, she has been successfully representing affluent families, high net worth individuals, high-level positions executives, and extraordinary healthcare professionals with immigrant-based petitions (e.g., EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3) and nonimmigrant-based petitions (e.g., O-1, E-2, H-1B, and L).