6 BCC Attorneys Listed in 2019 Super Lawyers Magazine
Paul A. Leonard Jr., Robert F. Parker, and Daniel A. Gioia have been selected to the 2019 Indiana Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Chad W....
read moreNews Alert: H-1B Electronic Registration Requirement & Lottery Selection Alteration
On January 31, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule: revising how cap-subject H-1B petitions are selected in the random lottery by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); and implementing an electronic registration...
read moreH-1B Cap Season Considering Change in Policy on F-1 Unlawful Presence
The change in policy on determination of unlawful presence for foreign students will have an impact on the H-1B cap season. The August 9, 2018 USCIS Policy Memorandum results in the accrual of unlawful presence depending on the date of the status violation....
read moreImportant BCC Events
Partnership Additions Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP, a full-service law firm with 20 lawyers in our Merrillville and Valparaiso offices, is pleased to announce that attorneys Alfredo Estrada and Chad W. Nally have been invited to become partners at BCC. Prior to...
read moreSchuyler Geller Selected for the Leadership Development Academy
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 10, 2018 Twenty-five lawyers selected for the Leadership Development Academy INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 10, 2018) – The Indiana State Bar Association today announced the 25 attorneys who will compose its Leadership Development Academy...
read moreSchuyler D. Geller Joins BCC
Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP is excited to announce that Schuyler D. Geller has joined our firm as an associate attorney. A resident of Schererville, Schuyler has practiced in Chicago for ten years. He is admitted to the Indiana bar as well as the Illinois bar....
read moreGioia’s New Involvement in the ISBA
New Chairman of Indiana State Bar Association - A.D.R Section Council Dan Gioia will be sworn-in as the new Chairman of the Indiana State Bar Association - A.D.R. Section Council this week at The I.S.B.A. Annual Meeting in French Lick Indiana. He will serve a two-year...
read moreMassive Proposed Modifications to Public Charge Definition by USCIS
Likely At Any Time To Become A Public Charge? The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the State Department to determine that an immigrant visa or adjustment applicant is inadmissible if the applicant...
read moreAlfredo Estrada Successfully Obtains an Immigration Order Reopening and Vacating 13-Year-Old Deportation Order
BCC Attorney Alfredo Estrada successfully litigated, against the Office of Chief Counsel, and obtained an Order reopening and vacating a client’s thirteen (13) year old final order of removal. Estrada was able to demonstrate that the one year time limitation should be...
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