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      • kim m. lacy
      • jennifer d. mullen
      • allyson martin sladic
      • C. Taylor Smith
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We offer a full range of U.S. immigration and naturalization law services, providing legal representation before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, the Department of Labor, the National Visa Center, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Administrative Appeals Office, and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals, as well as before federal courts of appeals. We represent business clients desiring to employ foreign nationals in the United States on either a temporary or permanent basis. We routinely obtain nonimmigrant visa approvals on behalf of our clients’ employees, including B-1, E-2, H-1B, L-1A/L-1B, and TN status. We also provide representation and guidance for permanent U.S. immigration options, such as labor certifications, petitions for multinational executives and managers, outstanding researchers, and others. We also advise clients on matters pertaining to E-Verify and employment eligibility issues, and have gained significant experience defending clients in governmental workplace enforcement actions.

We represent individuals and families in various matters, including adjustment of status, fiancé visa petitions (K-1), family-based petitions (I-130), and consular processing. We provide expertise in seeking waivers of grounds of inadmissibility, including unlawful presence, criminal, and fraud/misrepresentation. We also litigate on behalf of individuals in removal proceedings and in their appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal courts, handling requests for cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, and other forms of relief. We have significant experience in various humanitarian cases, including U visa, T visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), religious workers, We also assist individuals in attaining U.S. citizenship, whether through naturalization or derivation.

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Allyson Martin Sladic

Allyson Martin Sladic is of counsel at Roth Jackson.  She began her practice exclusively in immigration law in 1994.  Her practice focuses on employment-based, temporary and permanent visas for business professionals.  She assists companies with the hiring and transfer of international employees.   Her primary areas of focus include H-1B Visas for high-tech and professional personnel and L-1 Visas for multinational managers, executives and specialized knowledge employees; labor certifications; I-140 immigrant petitions; and I-485 adjustment of status applications.

Ms. Sladic also has experience advising and representing clients on family-based immigration matters and citizenship applications before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Education
Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1993), European Legal Practice Certificate
Georgetown University (B.S., cum laude, 1990)

Bar Admissions
Louisiana State Bar
Pennsylvania State Bar
Virginia State Bar

Law Office
Richmond Attorney

Contact Information
(804) 441-8445  (direct)
(804) 441-8440 (main)
(804) 441-8438 (fax)
asladic@rothjackson.com

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Jennifer S. Varughese

Jennifer S. Varughese is a member at Roth Jackson.  Her practice focuses exclusively on U.S. immigration and nationality law, specifically in the areas of family-based immigration, naturalization, asylum, and litigation. Ms. Varughese has represented individuals and families from over 130 countries and throughout the United States. She regularly appears on behalf of clients before the U.S. Department of State (DOS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and other federal courts.

Ms. Varughese has expertise in the effect of criminal convictions on immigration benefits. She is an aggressive litigator who is familiar with all forms of relief before the nation’s immigration courts: Asylum/Withholding of Removal/CAT, Adjustment of Status, Cancellation of Removal, Removal of Conditions, and Waivers related to criminal, fraud/misrepresentation, and other grounds of inadmissibility and removability.

Ms. Varughese also has an extensive practice devoted to writing briefs, motions, and responses to notice of intent to deny letters and requests for evidence. This has resulted in scores of approvals for clients seeking: I-601A provisional waivers, I-601/I-212 waivers, I-130 petitions following allegations of marriage fraud, I-130 petitions subject to the Adam Walsh Act, and Motions to Reopen/Reconsider.

Ms. Varughese has been quoted on immigration law topics in local and national publications including The Washington Post and Bloomberg BNA. She has testified as an expert witness on immigration law in state and federal courts. She is a sought after speaker for continuing education courses, schools, religious organizations, and community groups. She is a committed advocate both for her clients and various pro bono causes.

Education
Regent University School of Law (J.D., 2005)
Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 2001)

Awards & Honors
Virginia and D.C. Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine – 2015 to 2018
Fairfax Bar Association Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year – 2010
Fairfax County Election Officer – 2016 to present
Instructor, “Neighborhood Outreach Training for Volunteer Lawyers,” The Northern Virginia Pro Bono Law Center – 2012, 2016, 2021
Panelist, “Current Trends & Challenges in Immigration,” The South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C. (SABA-DC) – 2020
Panelist, “Family-Based Immigration 101,” American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Annual Conference on Immigration Law  – 2020
Instructor, “Immigration Law Basics for the Non-Immigration Attorney,” Fairfax Bar Association (FBA) – 2019
Instructor, “Caring for the Undocumented Immigrant,” Christian Legal Society (CLS) – 2018
Instructor, “Immigration Law,” Fredericksburg Bar Association  – 2016
Instructor, “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions,” George Mason University School of Law – 2011

Bar Admissions
Virginia State Bar
District of Columbia Bar
Fairfax Bar Association
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Notable Cases
Sharma v. Taylor, 1:14cv240 (E.D. Va. Sep. 26, 2014) (whether a governor’s nunc pro tunc sentence commutation established good moral character for naturalization purposes);
Commonwealth v. Morris, 281 Va. 70 (Va. 2011) (whether an immigration-related ineffective assistance of counsel claim can be remedied by a Virginia writ of error coram nobis);
Markovski v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 108 (4th Cir. 2007) (whether U.S. entry on a K-1 visa precluded employment-based adjustment of status under Section 245(i) of the Act);
Hussain v. Gonzales, 477 F.3d 153 (4th Cir. 2007) (whether the BIA erred in failing to address a motion to remand before denying a motion to reopen).

Professional Affiliations
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Northern Virginia Pro Bono Law Center
Capital Area Immigration Rights (CAIR) Coalition

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Tysons

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Jennifer L. West

Jennifer L. West is a member at Roth Jackson.  She has practiced exclusively in the field of U.S. immigration and nationality law since 2002, and she is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

She represents companies, individuals, and families before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, the Department of Labor, the National Visa Center, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Appeals Office, and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals.

She assists employers of various sizes in finding immigration solutions across a variety of industries and disciplines, including universities and other educational institutions, IT, software development, finance, restaurant and hospitality, faith communities, landscaping, laboratories, construction, and others. She handles H-1B visa petitions for specialty occupations as well as L-1A and L-1B petitions for employees coming from overseas as multinational executives, managers, and specialized knowledge employees. She also handles labor certification and I-140 petitions, along with applications for adjustment of status.

She has experience in I-9 and employer compliance issues and has given presentations on this topic.

Additionally, Ms. West has extensive experience with family-based adjustment of status and consular processing cases; E-2 investor visa cases; petitions for removal of conditions; naturalization applications; re-entry permits; changes of non-immigrant visa status; and waivers of inadmissibility, including I-601A provisional waivers.

She possesses experience in removal defense and has also enjoyed handling a variety of humanitarian cases, such as DACA, Temporary Protected Status, U and T visas, VAWA, and asylum, as well as R-1 and I-360 cases for religious workers.

Ms. West has presented at CLEs on immigration law and has presented on immigration topics to various academic, community, religious, and cultural groups, and she has served as a volunteer and co-coordinator for the Richmond location of AILA’s Citizenship Day.  She currently serves on AILA National’s Online Course Review Committee and on the AILA / USCIS Norfolk liaison committee. She has also served on the AILA DC chapter conference planning committee and the national committee for AILA’s 2020 Annual Conference.

Education
University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2002)
Meredith College (B.A., magna cum laude, Honors Scholar, 1999)

Bar Admissions
North Carolina State Bar

Court Admissions
North Carolina Supreme Court

Recent Speaking Engagements / Publications

  • “PERM Recruitment Trends and Strategies in a COVID World” – AILA National Webinar Speaker – April 2021
  • Not Your Typical NIV: Employment-Based Strategies for Employees with Unique Immigration Status, 25 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1387 (2020)
  • “DACA and TPS Under Attack: Using Employment-Based Strategies to Obtain a More Secure Status” – AILA National Webinar – September 2020
  • AILA DC Chapter Town Hall on Local USCIS Practices – August 2020
  • Invited Speaker for 2020 National Annual Conference for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • “When ICE Knocks: Employers’ Issues and Duties for Immigration and Compliance in Today’s Environment“ – Virginia State Bar’s Construction Law and Public Contracts Section Annual Conference, Charlottesville, VA – November 2019
  • “PERM in 2019: Key Take-Aways” AILA Central Florida Chapter Annual Conference – St. Petersburg, FL – October 2019
  • “Immigration Compliance: Issues, Trends, and Best Practices” national franchisee convention, Chicago, IL – July 2019
  • “Immigration Law Basics for the Non-Immigration Attorney”, Fairfax Bar Association – Fairfax, VA – June 2019

Law Office
Richmond Attorney

Contact Information
(804) 441-8604 (direct)
(804) 441-8440 (main)
(804) 441-8438 (fax)
jwest@rothjackson.com

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      • sean m. gibbons
      • mark j. kronenthal
      • kim m. lacy
      • jennifer d. mullen
      • allyson martin sladic
      • C. Taylor Smith
      • Zanas D. Talley
      • Jennifer L. West
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      • Joseph P. Bowser
      • Gregory M. Caffas
      • joseph f. jackson
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      • Jennifer S. Varughese
  • What We Do
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    • bankruptcy & creditor rights
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    • direct marketing & regulatory compliance
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