Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the addition of three lawyers to the firm’s rapidly expanding New York office. The firm welcomes Shareholder Patricia L. Gannon and Senior Counsel Marcela Bermudez to the Immigration and Naturalization practice, as well as Of Counsel Harlan Greenman to the firm’s Real Estate practice group.
Shareholder Patricia L. Gannon focuses her practice on business immigration, advising multi-nationals on employment verification matters and developing various compliance strategies and programs. Ms. Gannon, a member of the Foreign American Counsel, concentrates her international practice on global immigration and provides outbound assistance to foreign companies. Previously, Ms. Gannon was the deputy district counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. She also served as a special assistant to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York where she investigated and prosecuted many complex immigration civil cases.
Senior Counsel Marcela Bermudez represents multinational companies, as well as individual clients, with a variety of employment-based immigration, non-immigrant matters, I-9 issues, and family-based benefits. Ms. Bermudez also represents foreign investors seeking visa status based on start-up companies and investments, as well as individuals seeking classification for extraordinary ability or national interest waiver. Additionally, Ms. Bermudez focuses her practice on global business immigration with a concentration in Latin America.
Of Counsel Harlan Greenman focuses his practice on financing on behalf of lenders and borrowers and leasing on behalf of tenants and landlords across all types of real estate. He has been involved with the development of more than 10 million square feet of newly created and redeveloped office and retail space. These transactions range in size from several million dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Greenman represents owners and investors in the development, operation and financing of long-term ground leased properties, as well as in the purchase and sale of a variety of assets.
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