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Amy Eisen Bakst

Amy Eisen Bakst

Senior Attorney in the Business and Family Groups

Professional Summary

Amy Eisen Bakst is a Senior Attorney in Wildes & Weinberg’s Business and Family Groups.

Amy concentrates her practice on representing clients across various industries on all aspects of U.S. immigration, including nonimmigrant visas, permanent residence, and citizenship. She has experience working on almost every nonimmigrant visa type, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, R-1, and many other visa applications, as well as applications for immigrant visas and adjustment of status. She also frequently represents clients before various administrative bodies, including USCIS.

As the daughter of two immigrants from Colombia, Amy has always been passionate about helping individuals seeking opportunity in the U.S. Some of the best moments of Amy’s career have been when she succeeded in obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) Status for a young boy from Honduras and Asylum for an Egyptian woman. She is licensed in New Jersey, fluent in Spanish, and conversant in Hebrew.

Education

Law School

JD from Brooklyn Law School

  • CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project
  • Haitian TPS Workshops
  • Hillel JD Israel Alternative Winter Break
  • Courtroom Advocate Project
  • American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
  • UJA Lawyer’s Division, New York City Bar

Undergraduate Education

B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan

  • University Honors
  • Michigan Hispanic Students Scholar Award for Academic Excellence
  • Lloyd Hall Scholar
  • Journal of International Affairs
  • Sigma Delta Tau Scholarship Chair
  • Assistant Field Coordinator – Bob Schockman State Senate Campaign

Areas of Practice

Visa categories

  • H-1B L-1
  • R-1 O-1
  • IE-3

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Applications, Forms, & Filings

  • I-129 I-539
  • I-130 N-400
  • I-485 I-751

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Representation

  • USCIS

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