Zara Freedman
Zara is a Paralegal in the UK team, where she assists on a range of corporate, personal and pro-bono immigration matters.
Education
MA Law (PGDL) – University of Law
BA Politics – Durham University
Turkish
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Hannah Mottram
Hannah is a Paralegal in the UK team where she assists on a range of corporate and personal immigration matters.
History
History: 2023-present – Laura Devine Immigration
Education
Education: 2020-2023 – LLB Law, Durham University
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Julia Engel
Julia is a Paralegal at Laura Devine Immigration in New York. She assists the US and UK teams with personal and business immigration and provides support on the day-to-day handling of immigration matters.
History
2024 – present – Laura Devine Immigration, New York
2021 – 2022 – Laura Devine Immigration, New York
2019 – 2020 – Laura Devine Immigration, New York
2018 – U.S. House of Representatives
Education
2022-2023 – MPhil in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin
2020-2021 – MA in Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2016-2020 – BA in Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Spanish
Arabic
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Caroline Vargas
Caroline Vargas
Paralegal
caroline.vargas@lauradevine.com
Sector: UK Immigration
Location: New York
Caroline is a Paralegal in the UK team who assists with a range of corporate and personal immigration matters.
History
2023 – present – Laura Devine Immigration, New York
2022 – 2023 – Membership and Engagement Intern, British American Business, London
2021 – 2022 – Consulting Intern, APCO Worldwide, New York
Education
2019 – 2023 – B.S in Political Science, New York University
2022 – 2023 – Academic semester at New York University London
2021 – 2022 – Academic semester at New York University Madrid
Spanish
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Jane Lee
Jane is a Senior Associate who counsels multinational corporate clients across various industries on U.S. mobility strategies for their global workforce. She counsels clients on nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters with a particular focus on immigration solutions for executives, managers, and professionals of multinational companies and organizations. She coordinates employment-based NIV visa petitions, including H-1B, L-1, TN, STEM, E-1, E-2, E-3, O-1 cases and related matters. She develops and supervises family and employment-based permanent residence strategies, including I-130, PERM labor certifications, and EB-1 preference categories.
Prior to joining the firm Jane served as counsel to multiple corporate immigration law firms in New York City. She assisted clients with a wide range of immigration challenges and secured employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for employees of global corporations. Jane also managed her own immigration practice.
Education
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, J.D., 2009
Parsons School of Design | The New School , BBA, 2003
Admissions
Bar Admissions: New York 2010, New Jersey, 2010
Professional accomplishments
Co-Chair, Practice Management and Ethics Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association – New York Chapter, 2021-2022
Co-Chair, Practice Management and Ethics Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association – New York Chapter, 2022-2023
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Dilif Beyazit
Dilif Beyazit
Senior Paralegal
dilif.beyazit@lauradevine.com
Sector: US Immigration
Location: New York
Dilif is a Senior Paralegal who assists the US team with personal and business immigration matters as well as the day-to-day handling of immigration case management.
History
2022 – 2023 –Duane Morris, LLP, New York
2018 – 2022 – Berry Applemen & Leiden LLP, New York
2017-2018 – Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Lowey, LLP, New York
2016-2017 – Northeast New Jersey Legal Service, New Jersey
2015-2016 – Christian Y. Alvarez Law LLC, New York
2013-2014 – Ogmen Law PLLC, New York
2010-2011 – Yilmaz Law Firm, Turkey
Education
2014-2015 – Boston University, School of Law (ABA approved), LL.M., Massachusetts
2005-2009 – Kocaeli University, Faculty of Law, LLB in Law, Turkey
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Katherine Roman
Katherine is a Paralegal in our UK team assisting on a range of corporate and personal immigration matters.
History
2022 – present Laura Devine Immigration, New York
Education
2018-2019 – Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Suffolk University (sandwich course)
2019-2022 – BA in English, Fordham University
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Hannah Berkeley
Hannah is a Solicitor in the firm’s Initial Enquiries team and Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) team. Having specialised in UK immigration and nationality law since 2010, Hannah is responsible for developing the wider team’s prominent technical knowledge, creating systems to streamline the delivery of advice to clients and external communications, including responding to enquiries received by the firm. Along with others on the PSL team, Hannah organises and delivers internal and external training sessions and writes for the media and legal publications. Additionally, Hannah is involved in lobbying the Home Office to effect changes to immigration law and policy and advising clients on complex areas of immigration law.
History
2022-present – Laura Devine Immigration, London
2010-2017 – Laura Devine Solicitors, London
2014 – Admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales
Education
2009-2010 – LPC, BLP Law School, London
2008-2009 – GDL, BLP Law School, London
2004-2008 – MA History of Art, University of Edinburgh
French and Japanese
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Caecilia Hagenberg
Caecilia Hagenberg
Trainee Solicitor
caecilia.hagenberg@lauradevine.com
Sector: UK Immigration
Location: London
Caecilia is a Trainee Solicitor in the UK team who assists with a range of family, personal and business immigration matters.
History
2022-present – Laura Devine Immigration
Education
2019-2022 – BSc(Hons) Psychology, Politics, Law and Economics, University of Amsterdam
2020-2022 – Minors in Law & Justice in the European Union and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam
French
German
Spanish
Dutch
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Yokabet Paulos
Yokabet Paulos
Trainee Solicitor
Sector: UK Immigration
Location: London
Yokabet is a Trainee Solicitor and assists the US team on a wide range of corporate and family immigration matters. With five years’ experience in US bound immigration, Yokabet aids in everyday client correspondence, case preparation, and project-based work.
History
2022 – present – Laura Devine Immigration, London
2016 – 2021 – Corporate Immigration Partners (fka Pearl Law Group), San Francisco
Education
2023 – present – LLM in Professional Legal Practice (LPC), The University of Law
2021 – 2022 – Graduate Diploma in Law, The University of Law
2016 – 2019 – BA in Sociology (Summa Cum Laude), Vanguard University of Southern California