Practice Focus

Employment-Based Immigrant Visas, Non–Immigrant Professional Visas

Experience

Paula joined Orr & Reno in June 2000 after eight years as an immigration specialist in New York. She previously was employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as an Inspector at Niagara Falls, New York. In this position, Paula served as Free Trade Officer at the inception of the Free Trade Agreement with Canada in 1988 and was assigned to a number of details at the Buffalo District Office as an Examiner. Paula's experience includes:

• Immigration matters, particularly employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant professional visas
• Adjustment of status, and other issues relating to the international movement of individuals

Practice Areas

• Health Care
• Immigration

Education

Plattsburgh State University, B.S., Education, 1982; University of Buffalo, Master of Library Science, 1986; Exchange Student to Chester Teachers College, Chester, England, Fall 1980