San Diego Address
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 900
101 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101-8285
Phone: 619.744.2200
Fax: 619.744.2201

Lisa Spiegel practices in the areas of immigration and nationality law, concentrating on issues related to the employment of foreign nationals. She has been designated as a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California and is a past chair of the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Ms. Spiegel has served on numerous committees for AILA, including the Association's National Committee on Business and the AILA-USCIS Administrative Appeals Office Liaison Committee, as liaison to the New York and San Francisco District Offices of the Immigration & Naturalization Service and as national liaison with the California Service Center for many years. In addition, Ms. Spiegel is president of the Board of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. She is admitted to practice in New York and California.

Ms. Spiegel served as editor of a chapter of The Immigration and Nationality Law Treatise, published by Matthew Bender, and authored a chapter of Advising California Employers, a CEB publication. She has published articles on immigration law issues and lectures frequently for various bar associations and conferences.

Ms. Spiegel is a 1985 graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University and a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.

Areas of Practice

Immigration and Nationality Law
Visas

Professional Activities

Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, State Bar of California
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Co-chair of the Program Committee for the 17th Annual California Chapter Conference
- Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Liaison Committee, 2003 - 2004
- Past Chair, AILA for Northern California
- Past Chair, National Committee on Business
Immigration & Naturalization Service
- Past National Liaison, California Service Center
- Past Liaison, San Francisco District Office
State Bar of California
New York State Bar Association

Admissions

New York
California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Education

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, J.D., 1985

Experience

Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross
- Partner, 2003 - 2004
Spiegel & Associates
- Partner/Owner, 1993 - 2003
Berry & Appleman
- Associate Attorney, 1989 - 1993
Mailman & Ruthizer/Mailman & Schultz
- Law Student/Associate, 1984 - 1988

Board Memberships

President, Board of Directors, Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Civic and Charitable Activities

Business & Professional Leadership Council
Jewish Community Federation
Volunteer, San Francisco Unified School District

Selected Publications

Featured in "Moving Beyond the Billable Hour," Counsel to Counsel, May 2008
Chapter Editor, The Immigration and Nationality Law Treatise, published by Matthew Bender
Author of Chapter, Advising California Employers, CEB Publication

Selected Speaking Engagements

Keynote Speaker, "Keeping the Golden Gate Open," 21st Annual American Immigration Lawyer's Association California Chapters Conference, San Francisco, California, November 13, 2008
Speaker, "Immigration," Duane Morris' FLSA, Family/Military Leave, and Immigration Workshop for Healthcare Industry Leaders, Chicago, September 16, 2008
Speaker, 17th Annual American Immigration Lawyer's Association California Chapter's Conference, November 2004
Speaker, 37th Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute Conference, October 2004