Attorney Profile

DANIELLE NELISSE is an experienced Immigration Attorney who is licensed to provide United States immigration & naturalization legal services throughout the world. Headquartered in San Diego, California USA, the Law Offices of Danielle Nelisse strive to provide effective, efficient and quality legal services to international clients with a personal touch.

Danielle Nelisse counsels multinational corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, smaller employers and individuals on immigration matters including permanent residence, labor certifications, temporary work visas, NAFTA issues and employment eligibility verification requirements. Her experience includes the following:

• Representing multinational corporations in securing the transfer of key foreign personnel into the United States under appropriate work visas.
• Representing universities and colleges in connection with securing work authorizations for foreign faculty members and with issues relating to foreign students.
• Representing health care facilities in securing employment of foreign physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.
• Representing animal hospitals and clinics in connection with securing work authorizations for veterinarians and specialist veterinarians.
• Securing Labor Condition Applications from the Department of Labor for positions under H-1B and E-3 work authorizations.
• Assisting clients in compliance with pertinent immigration regulations for employment verification and in I-9 audits.
• Assisting clients involved in mergers and acquisitions to assuer compliance with immigration regulations.
• Assisting clients with family immigration matters, including green card through marriage, removing the conditions off two year green cards, and obtaining citizenship.

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Danielle Nelisse was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1997 and the Washington D.C. Bar in 1999. She graduated from California Western School of Law, a law school that specializes in International Law. While in law school, Attorney Nelisse also attended the University of Law in Florence, Italy, the University of Law in Vienna, Austria, and the University of Law in Strasbourg, France. One of her law professors was the Honorable Antonin Scalia, one of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices.

In 1997 she published a law journal article in the Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law ("Mexican Constitutional and Political Implications of the 1995 Natural Gas Regulations," 4 Tulsa J. Comp.& Int'l L. 223 (1997)) on the topic of privatization of natural resources in Mexico.

In 1997 Attorney Nelisse joined the law firm of Lane, Altman & Owens LLP, located in the financial district of Boston, Massachusetts and practiced criminal defense, civil litigation and immigration law. She moved to San Diego in 1999 to establish her own law firm in order to focus solely on immigration and naturalization law.

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Prior to becoming an attorney, Nelisse owned and operated a detective agency, which is still in operation. Her previous experience also includes three years as a labor negotiator, and three years as a sentencing expert for juvenile delinquents in the Juvenile Court system.

A Word About Confidentiality

Our clients are serviced on an individual basis with total confidentiality. Attorney Nelisse has represented many high profile clients over the years, including politicians, doctors, actors, lawyers, musicians, film directors, professional athleses and their family members. All conversations with Attorney Nelisse, whether they occurred before or after a legal retainer agreement was signed, are confidential. Copies of correspondence, documents and other materials prepared or received in the course of immigration legal representation are also confidential. Attorney Nelisse is also a licensed Private Detective, and as such, is legally obligated to keep information confidential.

Licenses and Memberships

Law License- State Bar of Massachusetts

Law License- State Bar of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

Member - American Immigration Lawyers Association

Private Detective - California License