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privacy policies temporary visa topics immigrant visa topics other visa topics recent changes faqs links contact us	attorneys and staff Richard S. Goldstein, Senior Partner (London & New York) Richard S. Goldstein was born in New York, but now resides in London with his family who are all dual nationals of the U.S. as well as the U.K. Richard is the Senior Partner of the Law Firm in New York which he established in 1979 and now manages and is the Senior Partner of its affiliated office in London. Both the New York and London offices deal exclusively with U.S. immigration and nationality law with a particular emphasis on business immigration law as well as consular visa matters. The client base of both offices is primarily corporate in nature as well as high net worth individuals. Richard is currently very much involved with consular issues and U.S. citizenship matters with an emphasis on renunciation of citizenship. Richard is admitted to the Bar of The State of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Richard has organized and chaired numerous international immigration seminars over the last thirty years for various Bar Associations, business organisations and private groups and he has also been invited to lecture at numerous seminars in Europe and Asia as well as in North America. He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for more than thirty years and served as the President of its New York Chapter at a time when there were over five hundred lawyers in the Chapter. Richard has additionally served as a member of the Board of Governors of AILA and was also the Chairman of its Visa Office Liaison Committee. Richard has been travelling to Japan several times each year since 1980 and throughout that time has lectured there at many international forums and seminars. He was invited to Japan in 1980 and again in 1981 as a guest of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to lecture at two international seminars dealing with Comparative Immigration Law. Since that time he has lectured in Japan on several occasions each year for many groups. He has lectured for Keidanren (The Federation of Economic Organizations, Japan) for many years as well as The Japan Overseas Investment Association (formerly The Export- Import Bank of Japan). Additionally he has lectured several times for the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. In March 2013, Richard lectured on Renunciation of American Citizenship before a group of U.S. lawyers at a seminar in Warsaw. He then lectured on the same subject in April in Tokyo at a luncheon seminar sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. In May, he lectured on this subject at a luncheon seminar hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and then a week later as a guest speaker before The Paris Bar Association in France. E-mail: richardgoldstein@goldsteinvisa.com Tammy M. Lee, Managing Partner (New York) Attorney Tammy Lee is Managing Partner at Goldstein & Lee. She is admitted to practice law in New York and in New Jersey, a graduate of Smith College and of Catholic University School of Law (1996), Washington, DC, her birthplace. She joined our firm as an Associate Attorney in 1996, and became Partner in the firm in 2001. The firm changed its name to Goldstein & Lee in 2009. Ms. Lee is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a member of the New York State Bar. She has lectured at seminars and conferences for the New York State Bar, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, AILA and American Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Lee was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in America 2018 in the fields of Immigration Law. She has also received recognition from Who's Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2017. E-mail: tammylee@lorsg.com Frieda S. Shapiro, Associate (New York) Frieda S. Shapiro received her Bachelor's degree Magna Cum Laude from Loyola University Chicago and her Juris Doctor degree Cum Laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She is admitted to the Illinois Bar and the New York Bar. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Frieda has practiced a wide variety of corporate employment based and family-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters as well as on Consular Processing since 2001. E-mail: frieda@lorsg.com Natalie Gorelishvili, Associate Natalie Gorelishvili received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of Shota Rustaveli in Georgia and a Juris Doctor degree Cum Laude from New York Law School, with a concentration in Immigration Law. While at New York Law School, she was a member of New York Law School's Immigration Law Students Association, and she worked in the Immigration Litigation Clinic performing pro bono services for indigent clients seeking Asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. Natalie joined our firm as an intern in 2014 and became an Associate in 2016. She is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). E-mail: natalie@lorsg.com Helen Downes, Associate (New York) Helen Downes received her Bachelor of Civil Law International degree from the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. She received her Master of Laws (LLM) degree in International and Comparative Law from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is admitted to practice law in New York and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Irish American Bar Association of New York (IABANY). Helen joined our firm as an intern in 2013. In 2014 she was hired as a Law Clerk, and she became an Associate in 2017. Helen's practice includes a wide variety of employment based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa matters. E-mail: helen@lorsg.com Alejandra Vargas, Associate Alejandra Vargas is an experienced immigration and transactional business attorney with advanced negotiation skills and trilingual fluency in English, French and Spanish. She possesses an LL.M. degree from Brooklyn Law School in New York, a J.D from the Pontifical Bolivariana University in Colombia, and a Master of Laws from University Panthéon-Assas in France, where she is also a Ph.D. candidate in International Law. She is licensed to practice law in the U.S., France, and Colombia. In addition to her impressive educational credentials, Ms. Vargas is a member of the Immigration Committee for the NYC Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. After working as in-house counsel for a multinational design consultation and construction company, Ms. Vargas started at our firm as an Immigration Associate in October 2017 where she handles a number of employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. Ms. Vargas is also a volunteer attorney for the New York Legal Assistance Group where she provides legal assistance for family immigration matters including asylum and deportation cases. E-mail: alejandra@lorsg.com New York Staff Romelia Hotchner Manager of Administration & Finance E-mail: romelia@lorsg.com Joan Lu Senior Paralegal E-mail: joanlu@lorsg.com Virginie Raynal U.S. Immigration Client Manager E-mail: virginie@lorsg.com Joseph Smith Paralegal E-mail: joe@lorsg.com Yumiko Inoue Paralegal E-mail: yumiko@lorsg.com London Staff Susan Green Executive Legal Assistant E-mail: susangreen@goldsteinvisa.com [HOME] [top of page]