Attorney Info
Valentine A. Brown
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1840
Fax: +1 215 405 3855
Email:
vbrown@duanemorris.com
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Valentine A. Brown has practiced immigration law exclusively since 1995, focusing on the representation of multinational and domestic corporations, their employees and private individuals in business immigration matters before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor and at U.S. Consulates. She also represents companies and individuals in immigration-related administrative and federal court litigation, including defense of enforcement actions, removal proceedings and federal court review of agency actions. In addition, she represents individuals in family-based immigrant visa petitions and political asylum proceedings and provides consultation and outreach services to community and foreign student organizations.
Ms. Brown is a regular presenter at American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) conferences and speaks often to civic and business groups.
Ms. Brown is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and a graduate of the University of Delaware. She is fluent in Spanish.
Areas of Practice
- Immigration Law
Representative Matters
- Counsel to university for all immigration matters including H-1B and TN visas, labor certifications and green cards; complex and difficult issues successfully resolved.
- Counsel to multinational information technology company for all immigration matters including L-1 transfer of foreign nationals, H-1B, E-treaty visa and permanent residence and complex immigration issues.
- Counsel to nationwide retailer for all immigration matters including H-1B visas, labor certifications and green cards, multistate employment and recruitment issues successfully handled.
- Counsel to a company in an I-9 audit by the Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance; advised on self-audit procedures to avoid liability.
- Counsel to nationwide manufacturer considering voluntary participation in E-Verify; provided cost benefit analysis and advice on elements of compliance plan.
- Counsel to foreign physician in obtaining O-1 visa for employment in the United States prior to approval of J-1 waiver and H-1B visa.
- Counsel to asylum seeker during appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; reopened default judgment and obtained remand to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
- Counsel to Buddhist Temple for all immigration matters including R-1 Religious Worker visas, Special Immigrant Visa Petitions and permanent residence.
- Counsel to U.S. citizen and spouse in visa and unlawful presence waiver applications at U.S. consulate abroad; difficult evidentiary and discretionary issues resolved successfully.
- Leia v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 427, 436 (3d Cir.2005)
- Un v. Gonzales, 415 F.3d 205, 210-11 (1st Cir.2005)
Published Decisions
Professional Activities
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Mentor, 2002-present - Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Gloucester County Bar Association
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1995
- University of Delaware, B.A., Languages, 1989
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2009-present - WolfBlock LLP
- Partner and Immigration Practice Chair, 2008-2009 - Valentine Brown, LLC
- Managing Partner, 2000-2008 - Bauman, DeSeve & Landau
- Associate Attorney, 1997-2000
Board Memberships
- Brazilian Organization for Social Services, 2007-present
- Mexican American Association of Southern New Jersey, 2005-2008
- Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition, 2002-2004
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Philadelphia Chapter, Executive Committee, 1999-2003
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Board of Immigration Appeals Pro Bono Project, Volunteer Attorney, 2001-present
- West End Memorial School, Woodbury, New Jersey, PTA- Treasurer, 2001-2004
- Woodbury Soccer Club, Woodbury, New Jersey - Treasurer, 1999-2001
- Coach & Team Manager, 1999-2004 - West Deptford Soccer Club, West Deptford, New Jersey - Coach, 2004-2006
Selected Publications
- Author, "Availability of EB-3 Visas and Other Developments in Immigration Law," Duane Morris Alert, October 20, 2009
- Author, "E-Verify and No-Match Update: The Obama Administration Speaks," Duane Morris Alert, July 13, 2009
- Co-Author, "Premium Processing of Certain I-140 Petitions to Resume on June 29, 2009," Duane Morris Alert, June 25, 2009
- Author, "Stalling Safe Harbor Social Security No Match Suits," Employment Law 360, January 16, 2009
- Author, "No Match Is Back: Employers Remain Adrift Without Safe Harbor," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2008
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Panelist, AILA Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005
- Panelist, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Immigration Update, 2002-2006
- Panelist, AILA Philadelphia Chapter Conferences, 2000-2006
- Panelist, Gloucester County Bar Association, 2005, 2007
- Panelist, AILA Midyear Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2003
- Panelist, AILA Basics Conference, Boston, 2000
