About Paul Bertoni
Principal Attorney
Paul focuses on employment-based and investment-based cases for emerging growth companies and multinational corporations. He provides strategic advice on the immigration consequences of mergers and acquisitions, and also manages immigration processes for the restructuring of companies. His experienced multilingual team provides efficient and effective immigration services including processes all over the US and at consular posts around the world.
Practice Areas
- All temporary visas
- Labor certification
- Permanent residence applications (based on employment, family, extraordinary ability, investment)
- Student/scholar issues
- Naturalization
- Derivative citizenship
- I-9 compliance issues
- Government audits
Education
- Yale University (B.A. in Political Science, 1993)
- UC Berkeley-Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1997)
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- May practice immigration law nationwide under federal law
Professional Affiliations & Background
- Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Member of the French American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco (FACCSF)
- Presenter with organizations such as AILA, the FACCSF, the French Tech Hub, BusinessFrance, INSEEC, The American Association of University Women, California State University OLLI, and the California CPA Association
- In law school, was an editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly and a member of the International Law Society
Personal Background & Languages
Paul was born and raised in New York City, to Haitian immigrant parents who came to work in the USA as medical doctors. Over the years, Paul has traveled extensively to visit family in Latin America, francophone Europe, and Canada.
Paul is fluent in French, Spanish, and English. He also has some basic conversational skills in Italian and Haitian Kreyol.