What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Labor and employment
Within Immigration, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP is a first tier firm,
Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP is an immigration law powerhouse, and fields over 280 professionals from offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, McLean, New York, San Francisco and Washington DC. The firm is highly praised by clients and competitors alike. ‘We receive phenomenal service from BAL. Its professionalism, responsiveness, breadth of knowledge, industry/policy knowledge, and general savvy makes it an invaluable partner’. ‘The value added service we receive from BAL is unbelievable’. ‘I have found its service to be far superior than that of other firms we have used. It is as though it is an extension of our company’. ‘In terms of responsiveness, confidence and customer service, there is absolutely no comparison to our positive experience with BAL’. The firm’s primary focus is to ease the workload of human resources departments and accelerate the employment prospects of foreign nationals. As an example of the firm’s capabilities, it recently led the intake of immigration casework resulting from a multibillion-dollar acquisition by one of Silicon Valley’s largest software publishers. This acquisition presented an especially challenging timeline due to the impending close of the prior corporation’s legal entity. The intake required a total of 850 new filings made within weeks of the acquisition. A particular strength in Washington is the government relations practice which represents clients before Congress and the executive branch agencies, to address problems that can only be resolved at policy level. Washington DC partners also specialize in “additional” services when complex or high-priority individual cases are not being resolved through the regular government adjudications process. Of particular note, Warren Leiden is ‘very knowledgeable, reliable, and is expert with communicating complex immigration issues, challenges to employees and managers’, while ‘
Jeremy Fudge ’s ability to speak in layman’s terms to employees, while still calming their fears or reassuring them of a course of action, is unparalleled. He is our secret weapon in disarming difficult employees or resolving “impossible” situations’. Daryl Buffenstein is very highly regarded and Frieda Garcia is ‘an expert in her field’.