Priscilla J. Jones is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BSDH) and the Detroit College of Law/Michigan State University (JD), where she was a member of the Detroit College of Law Review and recipient of the Jurisprudence Book Award in Property I. She has devoted her legal career exclusively to Immigration & Nationality matters with particular focus on Business Immigration. She has extensive experience in advising and representing researchers, professors and scholars in their quest for permanent residence; handling family/marriage cases; providing guidance to companies regarding intracompany transfers, NAFTA, specialty occupation and business visas; and counseling companies on vehicle seizures (Customs issues). Ms. Jones worked as corporate immigration counsel for an IT company and advised corporate executives on issues regarding foreign professional workers; I-9 compliance matters; labor certification requirements and procedures and made appearances at the USCIS offices and ports of entry to assist foreign nationals with their immigration matters. She has also handled removal matters and made appearances before Immigration Judges.

Her articles and book chapter have been published and she has been a speaker on Immigration issues. She is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Colorado and Michigan Chapters of AILA, and is authorized to practice in the US Federal District Courts (Eastern District of Michigan and Western District of Michigan), as well as in the US Circuit Court of Appeals (6th Cir.). She is a past Vice Chair, Michigan Chapter of AILA and past member of INS Liaison Committee for the Michigan Chapter of AILA.

E-mail:   priscilla@employmentimmigration.com