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We would like to express our gratitude to the T&S family for their continued participation and support in our community service efforts. We recently completed our Food Bank Donation Challenge! Through T&S’s contributions to various Food Banks, we helped provide over 42,000 meals in our communities. We recognize that people are struggling to keep afloat in this challenging economy. We encourage all those who are able to donate generously to your local Food Bank.

We would like to take a moment to extend our gratitude to our T&S family for their ongoing involvement in our community service initiatives. Our San Francisco team gathered winter essentials for the One Warm Coat Drive which benefitted SF City Impact. T&S values community service and outreach, and we are fortunate to have dedicated colleagues who consistently take part in these efforts. Here are pictures of the donations that will help keep those in the SF Tenderloin neighborhood a bit warmer this winter season!

If you would like to learn more about the program be sure to visit sfcityimpact.com.

T&S is very excited to announce that we have elevated an exceptional group of attorneys—Mailine Wong, Steve Kim, and Lisa Atkins—to join our Partnership effective January 2023.

These Partners possess extensive immigration expertise and strive to provide the highest level of immigration service to our clients – they each exemplify the core values of T&S.

Mailine is a Partner in our San Francisco office who is dedicated to helping individuals live their dreams in the United States. Over her 25+ year career, she has advised small start-up companies to Fortune 100 companies. She thrives on strategizing challenging cases. Driven by the values of hard work, dedication, persistence, compassion, and creativity, which were instilled in her by her immigrant parents, Mailine was inspired to become an attorney. Mailine is deeply committed to giving back to her community.

Steve is a Partner in our Los Angeles office with 16+ years of overall experience in the U.S. business immigration field, including 11+ years as an attorney for Fortune 500 clients. He specializes in all U.S. employment visa types, legal review for qualification, immigration compliance, immigration program transformation based on business and corporate need, as well as legal staff management.

Lisa serves as the Head of Global Immigration and is a Partner in our San Francisco office. She handles global and U.S. immigration matters for clients in various industries, including technology, engineering, fintech, and retail. Lisa provides strategic advice on global immigration policies and best practices and helps companies relocate executives, managers, specialized knowledge workers, and professionals around the world and to the U.S. She also trains HR departments on immigration laws and regulations, including I-9 compliance and right to work guidance.

Please join us in sending a warm congratulations to each of our new Partners!

Happy New Year! We look forward to working with all of you to continue making this world a better place.

From T&S, we are wishing you and your loved ones a very happy and safe holiday season.

We would like to take a moment to thank our T&S family for their participation in our recent community service projects. Our San Francisco team supported Brighter Beginnings, and our Los Angeles team supported the WomenShelter of Long Beach. Our community service and outreach efforts are important to us at T&S and we are grateful to be surrounded by colleagues who enjoy participating year after year. Here are pictures of this year's event and the beautifully wrapped gifts our team will donate to a few special families this holiday season!

If you would like to learn more about either program be sure to visit brighter-beginnings.org and womenshelterlb.org.

The immigration process requires extensive documentation and in many cases employees may not have all required documents readily available and it may also not be easy for employees to obtain the missing personal documents. T&S is able to help with authenticating, apostilling and legalizing official documents so that these documents are given full legal force in the destination/host country.

Visit tandslaw.com today to get help with your immigration process.

Here at T&S we value diversity and understand that your business does too. Our multilingual staff understands the diversity of our clients’ visions and needs for their business operations and represents the many corners of the world by serving over 120 countries.

Immigration is in our DNA. Visit tandslaw.com to learn more about how we can bring the world’s workforce to you.

If your organization relies on foreign national employees, T&S can establish a comprehensive corporate immigration policy that can streamline the onboarding process. From developing business-smart immigration policies to providing proactive guidance on complex compliance matters, T&S is ready to partner with your team on building a robust immigration program that attracts, secures, and retains the talent you need, anywhere in the world.

Visit tandslaw.com to contact us and get started on your corporate immigration policy.

Here at T&S, our attorneys and legal professionals are among the most experienced in the area of immigration law. Our team combines a passion for immigration with unparalleled expertise and creativity to ensure that our clients can execute and realize their goals.

To learn more about what we do, visit our website tandslaw.com.

As promised, we are back with more exciting news! We would like to welcome Christina Gonzaga and James Vazquez-Azpiri to our team!

Christina is a highly experienced business immigration attorney with an unwavering commitment to clients who provides effective counseling to companies seeking to develop and implement dynamic and complex immigration programs.

James has thirty years of experience in the business immigration field and most recently served for over a decade as a partner and Co-Head of Morgan Lewis's United States and Global Immigration practice.

We cannot wait to see all the great things to come from our newest additions!

Tafapolsky & Smith LLP is very excited to reveal our updated logo! This project has been in the works along with so many others. We cannot wait to share what is to come very soon!