Joel Stewart, Private Law Practice

Joel Stewart practices exclusively in the area of immigration law. Mr. Stewart specialized in Romance and Slavic Linguistics before receiving a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law, and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Russian.  He is Past President of the South Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is a nationally recognized authority on employment-based immigration matters as well as a popular speaker at immigration seminars for national and local bar associations throughout the United States. Mr. Stewart is the editor of The Perm Book, the definitive authority on the subject of PERM processing of labor certifications, and has been writing the BALCA Case Summaries  since 1987. Mr. Stewart authors official AILA articles and publications such as the Visa Processing Guide for Procedures at U.S. Consulates and Embassies in Brazil and Portugal. He maintains a Blog on PERM issues which appears weekly on ILW.COM, and chairs PERM Workshops and Telephonic Conferences for ILW throughout the year. In addition to heading the Immigration Committee for the Dade County Bar Associationm Mr. Stewart represents the Brazilian Consulate in Miami as Accessor Juridico and provides extensive pro-bono services for the Consulate's "Assistance to Brazilians" program throughout Florida and in other parts of the United States.