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<h1><span style="color: #333333;">Avi Friedman</span></h1>
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<h4>Contact Avi Friedman:</h4>
<h4><i class="fa fa-phone" aria-hidden="true"></i> Office: <a class="no-underline" href="tel:+1-310-570-4088">310-570-4088</a>
<i class="fa fa-fax" aria-hidden="true"></i> Fax: 310-570-4080
<i class="fa fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i> Email: <span class="email avi-friedman-contact pum-trigger">afriedman@wolfsdorf.com</span></h4>
<i class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"></i> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/avifriedman/">Avi Friedman</a>

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<h4>Office Location:</h4>
<h4>Los Angeles Immigration Law Office
1416 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401</h4>
<h4>Education:</h4>
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 	<li>Loyal Marymount University, J.D.</li>
 	<li>UCLA, B.A.</li>
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<h4>Bar Admissions:</h4>
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 	<li>California</li>
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[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column_inner][/fusion_builder_row_inner][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container][fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" hundred_percent_height="no" hundred_percent_height_scroll="no" hundred_percent_height_center_content="yes" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="#82b6e1" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" padding_top="70px" padding_right="100px" padding_bottom="0px" padding_left="100px"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" undefined="" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="0px" padding_right="0px" padding_bottom="0px" padding_left="" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text]<span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Avi Friedman</strong>, a partner in the Los Angeles office, was named both the <strong>2014</strong> and <strong>2016 Los Angeles Immigration Law “Lawyer of the Year” by U.S. News-Best Lawyers®</strong>. He was also listed in the <strong>2015 Who’s Who Legal rankings</strong> for his excellent in-person attorney/client representation at U.S. consular posts in Canada and Mexico. Mr. Friedman is serving his fifth term on the <strong>AILA Department of State Liaison Committee</strong> (2014-2016 and 2007-2010) and is also the current <strong>AILA Canada Chapter Liaison to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada</strong>. He served eleven terms as the <strong>Consular Affairs Liaison for the Southern California Chapter of AILA</strong>. He has authored numerous articles for AILA including: several chapters for the “Visa Processing Guide”; Third-Country National (TCN) and Consular Processing of Non-immigrant Visa Applications in Mexico and Canada: Practice Advisory; Nonimmigrant Waivers of Inadmissibility under INA 212(d)(3); “DOs” and “DON’Ts” for Attorneys Representing Visa Applicants (and for Consular Officers, too!); Nonimmigrant Visa Processing In Canada or Mexico Remains The Best Option for Third Country Nationals; and NIV Consular Processing – Truth and Consequences. He is also a frequent speaker on consular/visa issues and waivers at AILA and NAFSA conferences.</span>

<span style="color: #ffffff;">Mr. Friedman continues to assist applicants with non-immigrant visa applications at U.S. consular posts worldwide. He focuses on in-person attorney/client representation at U.S. consular posts in Canada and Mexico. He also handles family-based immigrant petitions, naturalization applications, investor visa applications, and J-1 Waivers and immigrant and non-immigrant petitions for international medical graduate physicians.</span>

<span style="color: #ffffff;">Mr. Friedman is listed in Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers as an “outstanding” lawyer, an “<strong>expert on consular issues</strong>” and a “<strong>highly rated inclusion</strong>” to the Wolfsdorf firm. In the 2010 <strong>California Edition of the Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers</strong>, Mr. Friedman was described as “an active speaker within AILA and has cultivated ‘<strong>a superb reputation</strong>‘ among peers and clients.” Mr. Friedman was also listed in The Southern California Super Lawyers from 2010-2014.</span>[/fusion_text][fusion_title margin_top="" margin_bottom="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" size="1" content_align="right" style_type="none" sep_color=""]
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<h3>Awards &amp; Recognition</h3>
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 	<li>Los Angeles Immigration Law “Lawyer of the Year” by U.S. News-Best Lawyers (2014, 2016)</li>
 	<li>Super Lawyers (2010-2014)</li>
 	<li>Best Lawyers (2010)</li>
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<h3>Articles, Publications, &amp; Speaking Engagements</h3>
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 	<li>American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) “Trends in Nonimmigrant Visa Adjudications Around the World 2016” “The Role of the National Visa Center 2015”  “Guiding Clients Through Successful Immigrant Visa Processing 2012”</li>
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<h3>Memberships</h3>
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 	<li>AILA Department of State Liaison Committee (2014-2017 and 2007-2010)</li>
 	<li>AILA Canada Chapter Liaison to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada (2015-2016)</li>
 	<li>AILA S. California Chapter, Consular Affairs Liaison (2003 – 2015)</li>
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