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Immigration Law

9100 S Dadeland Blvd, STE 510, Miami, FL 33156

Immigration Attorney Martha L. Arias is actively involved with professional organizations; she has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), both National and South Florida Chapter, since 2005. Within AILA National, Martha L. Arias is part of the Federal Litigation section and has participated in the AILA National Day of Action at the U.S. Congress on behalf of immigrants. Immigration Attorney Martha L. Arias is currently a member of the AILA South Florida Court Committee and Federal Committee. Through the years of membership with AILA, she has been part of several committees including the ICE Office of Chief Counsel and Department of Labor, among others. Immigration Attorney Martha L. Arias has been a member of the Colombian American Bar Association (COLBAR) since she was a law school student in 2001. Martha L. Arias is still the member of COLBAR and currently holds the position of Vice-President of this organization. Immigration Attorney Martha L. Arias also frequently participates in events of the Kendal Bar Association, an attorney association in South Florida. Attorney Martha L. Arias is frequently interviewed by Caracol Radio (1260 AM) and Actualidad Radio (1040 AM), the two leading Miami AM radio stations, on immigration news and topics.

Immigration Law

14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1414, New York, NY 10122

Matthew D. Goldsmith received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 2005. Mr. Goldsmith is active in all phases of immigration and nationality law, focusing primarily on employment based immigration. He is admitted to practice as an attorney in New York and is a member of the American Bar Association. He is also an active member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) where he is a member of the Department of Labor Committee, the Young Lawyers Division Committee and the Media Committee.

Immigration Law

401 H Street, 8, Chula Vista, CA 91910

Matthew H. Springmeyer received a Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Literacy Studies (writing emphasis) from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2010. Mr. Springmeyer attended law school at California Western School of Law in San Diego, CA. Mr. Springmeyer graduated in the top ten of his class with Magna Cum Laude Honors in 2013. While in law school, Mr. Springmeyer was the Co-Chair of the Community Outreach Committee, which focused on providing law students with volunteer opportunities. He was also on the Dean’s Honor List every trimester and received Pro Bono and Public Service honors for his extensive hours dedicated to helping others. Additionally, Mr. Springmeyer was the Executive Notes and Comments Editor for the California Western International Law Journal, as well as a member of the California Western Law Review. Mr. Springmeyer worked as a federal judicial extern for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks, Southern District of California. He has also worked for the San Diego County Public Defender in the Multiple Conflicts Office, the Legal Aid Society of San Diego—where he worked in their Pro Bono Clinics, and the United States Attorney’s Officer for the Southern District of California where he worked in the Narcotics Enforcement Section. He is licensed to practice law in all the California state courts and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Immigration Law

20 West Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901

Melinda Rubin merged her immigration firm with Zwaik, Gilbert & Associates in February of 2015. She is a native Long Islander who grew up in Sag Harbor. At age 5 she decided she could help people by being a lawyer and she has been interrogating people since. She is a 1980 graduate of Tuller School, an Episcopal private school that was in Sag Harbor, NY. She graduated in 1984 from Hofstra University with Honors in Political Science and in addition to awards for leadership she was also a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honor Society. She attended Hofstra Law for a year but decided to take time off and worked doing accounting work at different companies including several Wall Street Firms. The need to help people resurfaced during the late 1980’s and in 1988, when she moved to California to attend Whittier Law School in Los Angeles. While there she graded onto Law Review and was in the top 5% of her class. She transferred to the University of Maryland in 1990 and graduated from there in 1992 where she majored in environmental law. That administrative law background became handy when she shifted her focus to immigration law in 1995. She has been a member of the NYS Bar since 1993. Melinda directed her own practice from 1995 until 2015, practicing immigration, criminal and real estate law. In 2015, her firm merged with Zwaik, Gilbert and Associates and she is now part of a group of lawyers dedicated to ensuring their clients receive the best advice and best service possible. Her areas of expertise include, but are not limited to criminal immigration, asylum, SIJ and asylum for children. Melinda works out of our Hampton Bays office and looks forward to meeting and working with you to develop the best strategy to ensure you win your case. Melinda has been a proud member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1996.

Immigration Law

3445 N Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002, USA

Michael W. Gahagan is the owner of Gahagan Law Firm, LLC, The Immigration Law Firm of New Orleans. Mr. Gahagan practices Immigration Law and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law exclusively in federal courts and federal immigration courts nationwide. Mr. Gahagan was selected by Super Lawyers as a 2015, 2016, and 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star. Mr. Gahagan has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2008 and the AILA Federal Litigation Section since 2013; and Mr. Gahagan has been the AILA Mid-South Chapter Federal Court Litigation Chairman since 2013. Mr. Gahagan has also been an AILA National Committee Member on the Distance Learning Committee since 2017. In addition to holding positions within AILA, Mr. Gahagan is consistently invited to be an expert speaker at AILA conventions nationwide on the topics of immigration law, federal immigration litigation, FOIA and FOIA litigation.