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Professionally, my focus is employment-based immigration law. I represent companies and individuals in obtaining nonimmigrant visas and immigrant visas/greencards. In the nonimmigrant area, I work with engineers, scientists, researchers, IT professionals, accountants, investors, professors and teachers, performing artists, actors and actresses, athletes and others in obtaining nonimmigrant visas in the following categories: H1B, Trade NAFTA (TN), L1A, L1B, O, P, J, B1, R visas for religious workers,E Investors and Treaty traders, E-3 Australians and other categories. In the realm of greencards, my expertise is in PERM Labor Certification and labor certification exempt applications. As far as labor certification exempt applications, I have a niche specialty in National Interest Waivers, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability and Outstanding Researchers.
A large part of my practice also relates to family-based immigration (e.g. a US citizen spouse claiming their foreign spouse). Not only do we help prepare applications for processing in the United States and for consular processing abroad, but I spent a great deal of time with my clients preparing them for interviews and attending interviews with government immigration authorities when feasible. In the context of family-based immigration, I help my clients work through difficult problems relating to waivers, illegal status in the United States, issues with status violations and evidence necessary to support their case.
I also work on a variety of other immigration related matters including naturalization, consultation on the impact ofcriminal behavior on immigration status and asylum and refugee law. As noted in mybiography below I teach "Asylum and Refugee Law
" at Albany Law school. I have been assisting asylum seekers for nearly 20 years.
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1 Commerce Plz, Albany, NY, 12260-1000
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Posted by anonymous | March 7, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Seth is a responsive lawyer and appears to be a good person. However, my immigration journey with his office has been riddled with frustration, misjudgments, additional costs, and loss of time. To summarize a long and arduous experience: 1. His office failed to update my address during my initial ...
Good afternoon. Thank you for sharing your review. We take any critique seriously and we work hard to make sure that clients are happy with our work and that we are constantly improving our services. This is the first negative review in AVVO or any other online forum that I have had in my 27 year career. So, I very much take your critique to heart. I would like to respond to your review with details, but I am unable to do so unless you can let me know who you are. I would be grateful if you could identify yourself. I can then provide a detailed and effective response. Feel free to reach out to me in person. Addition to my earlier response : Almost 2 months have passed since this review. We cannot find any case in our system that matches what was described above. The individual has not identified themself or contacted me. This posting is inaccurate, 'suspicious' and potentially fraudulent
Posted by Mustafa | July 30, 2019 | Hired Attorney
I had a chance to work with Seth and his great team. It was an amazing experience for me and I can't thank enough . They are very professional and very good at what they have been doing. If you need a professional legal assistance on your immigration matters , I would highly recommend Mr. Leech & hi...
Posted by Jasmine | November 25, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Seth is a great immigration attorney. He was hired by the school district I work for to file an H1B petition. He always replied emails quickly and always kept me in the loop. I would strongly recommend him to anyone looking for an attorney to file an H1B visa petition.
Posted by anonymous | August 5, 2015
I worked with Seth for green card application last year. He had a lot of experiences and very strong strategy to acquire green card. He also has a lot of resources. His response is very quick. I got green card in about six months last year. I strongly recommend him to anyone who want to apply for per...
Posted by Recai Yucel | January 9, 2015
Without any doubt, I can easily state that Seth has been the best lawyer I have ever worked with. He always had an answer for my questions, knew exactly what would solve my problem. He was amazingly quick to get back to me. I can absolutely recommend him without any hesitation.
"Mr. Leech, is an asset to the legal profession and is well respected by his peers and his clients. He has gained an excellent reputation as a top tier advocate and he exemplifies all of the characteristics of a top quality lawyer. I recommend to anyone looking for an attorney who knows the law and truly cares about protecting the rights of clients and achieving the most favorable result possible. I endorse this attorney. –Anthony Munoz, Esq."
"I endorse this lawyer. Highly respected in the legal community with a strong reputation for client advocacy and dedication."
"I endorse this lawyer. Mr. Leech is a zealous advocate for the rights and interests of his clients."
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2018
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2013
Pro Bono Service Award, Albany Law School
2006 - Present
Partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP
2004 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Albany Law School
1998 - 2006
Attorney, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP
1996 - 1998
Attorney, Weiss Hernandez & Cordero
1995 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Co-chair
Treasurer
Granted
1995
JD - Juris Doctor
1992
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2014
Master of Ceremonies
2014
Immigration Reform
2010
2009
2009
Spanish
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E-verify through parent company
21 Sep 2014
Sent N-400 without barcode,what will happen?
16 Sep 2014
L2 EAD can stay if L1 project is over but still L1 candidate will stay in USA?
05 Sep 2014