Debbi Klopman has successfully handled employment-based cases at all levels from unskilled to extraordinary ability. She handles both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas and has created programs for corporations to address ongoing labor shortages. Debbi also handles consular processing, family-based cases, U visas, 601a and travel ban waivers.
Debbi devotes a substantial portion of her practice to serve as immigration counsel on film, television and new media productions. With a strong background in the film and television industry, Debbi has handled visas for Academy Award winning films, Emmy/ Golden Globe nominated films, and foreign film and television productions. Debbi functions as immigration counsel to the Telluride Film Festival. Click here to see Debbi's IMDB page
Debbi has consulted with the British Consulate General in New York and is listed on their web page as well as the web pages of the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Consulate Generals.
Debbi received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brandeis University, and was graduated with a J.D. from Washington University School of Law where she was a Dean's Honor Scholar. Debbi has been a CLE lecturer, has been named to the New York Super Lawyers list for the last 7 years, has a 10.0 rating on www.avvo.com, the premium lawyers' directory and has won an Avvo: "clients choice" award for 7 years. Debbi is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)