Colombo & Hurd – Immigration Lawyers

Carlos M. Colombo

Immigration attorney Carlos Colombo is a founding partner at the law firm of Colombo & Hurd, PL, where he leads the firm’s business immigration practice. Mr. Colombo assists both businesses and individuals in obtaining temporary visas and permanent resident status in a variety of categories, including visas for business partners, managers, executives, treaty investors and traders, students, exchange visitors and artists, entertainers and a wide variety of professionals.
CColombo@colombohurd.com

Rusten C. Hurd

Mr. Hurd is a founding partner at the immigration law firm of Colombo & Hurd, PL, specializing in immigration workers’ compensation and appellate law. With respect to his immigration practice, Mr. Hurd devotes a substantial portion of his time to assisting clients obtain fiancé and marriage visas. As the husband of an immigrant, Mr. Hurd is fully cognizant of the importance of this process to his clients.
RHurd@colombohurd.com

Michael Mendez

Michael Mendez is a partner at the immigration law firm of Colombo & Hurd, PL who leads the firm’s immigration deportation section and also focuses on appeals, defense of immigration cases involving criminal matters, naturalization and family petitions. Mr. Mendez is uniquely qualified to represent clients in deportation proceedings, appeals and other immigration matters involving past criminal records, since Mr. Mendez worked for the Public Defender’s Office of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, where he obtained valuable skills with regard to criminal defense law.
MMendez@colombohurd.com

Yadira Aquilar

Ms. Aguilar practices exclusively immigration law focused primarily on employment-based immigrant petitions. In particular, Ms. Aguilar has specialized in assisting her clients successfully obtain lawful permanent residency through the Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) National Interest Waiver.

Veronica Barozza

Ms. Barozza is a licensed attorney from Argentina who has been an essential member of the Colombo & Hurd for over a decade. During that time, she has assisted the attorneys in representing hundreds of immigrants throughout their entire immigration process..

Vivian Daher

A native of Brazil, Ms. Daher has first-hand, personal experience with the complexities of the U.S. immigration system, which has provided her with a unique and intimate understanding of the challenges faced by immigrants and the impact on their lives. She recognizes the important role that immigrants have had in building America’s prosperity and enjoys aiding them in building new lives for themselves.

Alessandro Giordano

Alessandro Giordano is an experienced immigration attorney and a member of the Florida and New York State bars. A native of Italy, Mr. Giordano has first-hand experience with the challenges of the U.S. immigration system. As such, he takes great pride in helping his clients achieve their American Dream and in changing their lives for the better. Mr. Giordano handles all types of immigration cases, providing representation to businesses and individuals in removal defense, family-based, and business and employment based matters.

Luis A. López

Luis A. Lopez is a licensed attorney from Mexico who was worked with Colombo & Hurd, PL for over two years specializing in assisting business and investors obtain both non-immigrant and immigrant Visas. Luis A. Lopez has a passion in working with immigrants seeking EB-1 and O-1 Visas (Aliens with Extraordinary Ability), EB-5 Visas(green card through investment), and E-2 Visas (Treaty/Investor visas) to name a few.

Paul Messina

Mr. Messina represents individuals and multinational corporations from a wide range of industries and backgrounds and is accustomed to working closely with HR professionals, company executives and foreign nationals.

Salvatore “Sal” Picataggio

Salvatore “Sal” Picataggio, practices family and business immigration law, assisting and representing clients in investments (E-2 Treaty Investor and EB-5 Immigrant Investor), H-1B and E-3 specialty occupations, L-1 and EB-1 multinational executives and managers, EB-1 aliens of extraordinary ability, National Interest Waivers, applications for citizenship and naturalization, and more. He has practiced Immigration law exclusively since 2011 and joined Colombo and Hurd in 2019.

Joseli Pincinato

Ms. Pincinato is the senior business immigration paralegal at Colombo & Hurd. She has been with the firm for over eight years specializing in assisting the immigration lawyers with visas and for business and investors.

Raquel Rodriquez

Ms. Raquel Rodriguez, is the Client Liaison and Office Manager at Colombo & Hurd, PL. She has been with the firm for over a decade and has assisted with nearly all aspects of the firm’s practice, being instrumental to the firm’s impressive growth from the early days of the firm.

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