Maria Cabrales
Maria provides strategic counsel to clients on the complete spectrum of US immigration matters. Her clients range from small businesses with no prior immigration experience to corporate clients with established immigration programs. While the majority of her practice focuses on managing and facilitating routine immigration matters, such as H-1B, TN, H-1B1, O-1 and PERM applications, Maria has cultivated a reputation for successfully filing less common nonimmigrant petitions, such as H-3, P-1B, and O-2. Maria also advises companies on I-9 compliance, and immigration policies.
In addition, she works with individuals to file their National Interest Waivers (NIW). These individuals primarily work in the healthcare industry, science research setting, and for entrepreneurs.
Prior to joining Davis & Campbell, Maria was an associate attorney at Meltzer Hellrung LLC, a firm exclusively devoted to business immigration. Prior to Meltzer Hellrung, Maria worked as a paralegal for Nancy M. Vizer P.C., a boutique employment-based and family-based immigration firm.
She is fluent in Spanish.
333 S Wabash Avenue, Suite 2700
Chicago, Illinois 60604
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