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An Association of Professional Corporations practicing exclusively in the field of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law
Who We Are
With four attorneys
practicing exclusively in the field of immigration and nationality law, the
Piston Group® provides its clients with focused and in-depth representation in
business immigration matters. The firm was founded in 1985 by Michael
E. Piston - immlaw@piston.net.
Since that time, we have processed
over 5,000 applications for U.S. permanent residence based upon employment and
over 10,000 immigrant employment visas.
Other members of the firm
are:
Krista
Carpenter - Employment-based immigration specialist
Blaine
Coleman - Non-immigrant visa specialist
Alexander
Vernon - Family immigration, Asylum and Removal Proceedings
Overview
While we represent a wide
range of individuals and employers in numerous different industries, nearly 80%
of our business involves representing individuals in corporations in the
computer software consulting industry. Due to the extreme time constraints
inherent in that industry, our office has developed a core expertise in getting
non-immigrant visa petitions filed both fast and right.
Today our offices
process approximately 300 PERM and over 1,000 non-immigrant visa petitions per
year. Rather than adversely affecting the ability to take care of new customers,
this means that we have H-1 visa processing and PERM down to such a science that
we can get the appropriate applications prepared and filed far faster than a
firm with 1/10 our volume.
Of course we also provide immigration related
legal services across the whole gamut of business and family law, including B,
E, F, J, K, L, O, P, and R visas, applications for permanent residence based
upon extraordinary ability, being an outstanding researcher or professor, or
national interest waiver, and adjustment of status and consular
processing.
We also deal extensively in litigation against the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, primarily lawsuits challenging the denials
of H and L visa petitions.
We do accept Immigration Court cases, but only in
the State of Michigan, and then only on a case by case basis after careful
examination of their merits.
Languages
We speak Български
(Bulgarian), Македонски (Macedonian),
(Mandarin Chinese), Русский (Russian) and 
(Taiwanese).
