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Merrill R. Cohen

Merrill R. Cohen

Deportation, Immigration, Employment Discrimination, Divorce & Family Law, General Practice, Collection, Visa, No Fault Unpaid Medical Bills

Language(s): English, Hebrew, Spanish

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About Merrill

Our law firm specializes in immigration, naturalization & uncontested matrimonial matters. Clients include accomplished research scientists and professionals, high-profile artists and athletes, and a wide variety of professionals.

Law firm specializing in complex business and family immigration and uncontested matrimonial matters. Our clients include research hosptials, large and small business as well as artists (actors, musicians, painters, etc.), athletes, research scientists and business people who have reached the very top of their field.

Our firm also handles a substantial amount of matrimonial matters including prenuptial agreements, separation agreements and uncontested divorces.

Merrill Cohen has practiced immigration law for over 15 years. She heads up her own immigration firm, Merrill R. Cohen & Associates, PC., in midtown Manhattan. Currently, as of January 2011, the firm has two associate attorneys, Adam S. Cohen and Frieda Shapiro, each of whom has over nine years of experience in top immigration law firms.

Throughout her career, Ms. Cohen has handled a wide range of immigration matters including political asylum, deportation/ removal, motions and appeals. Over the past 10 years, the Law Office has primarily handled business and family immigration matters and a select number of asylum and criminal immigration/ removal cases. Ms. Cohen personally handles primarily EB-1, EB-2, PERM and complex O-1, L-1 and H-1B cases. Clients include research hospitals, universities and corporations, and a wide variety of professionals: research scientists, engineers, computer science professionals, engineers, marketing managers and researchers, architects, fashion designers, TV producers, writers, mathematicians, artists, graphic designers, actors, models, and musicians. Of particular note, Ms. Cohen and her office have obtained green cards for many internationally-recognized research scientists (mainly cancer researchers), athletes (top-ranked squash players) and artists (actors, designers and painters).

Our fees are reasonable, and depend upon the service we provide for you or your company's employees. Please feel free to request a quote for legal fees.

Experience

Principal

Merrill R. Cohen & Associates, PC

Since 1994

New York, NY

Admission

Verified U.S. District Court, Eastern District

1994

Verified U.S. District Court, Sourthern Disctrict of NY

1994

Verified New York State

1991

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association ("AILA").
  • Member, Faculty, Lawline.com. Providing Continuing Legal Education for lawyers.
  • Member, Law Review, Cardozo School of Law, .
    1990-1991
Honors / Awards
  • Merrill R. Cohen was an invited lecturer on immigration law matters in , including EB-1 and PERM issues; she is honored to have received the Presidential Commission, the Congressional Medal of Distinction; the Ronald Reagan Republican Gold Medal; the and National Leadership Awards. She is listed in the National Register of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals and has also been nominated to serve on the Ronald Reagan Congressional Committee. Merrill Cohen has been interviewed for a feature article on her in the New York Law Journal magazien, New York Lawyer; in the New York Post, People Magazine, ABC News.com and many other national publications.
    2010 / 2008 / 2007 / 2005 / 2005 / 2003
  • She was a member of Law Review, Cardozo School of Law .
    1990-1991

Notable Work

Publications

Ms. Cohen featured in a multi-page article in the New York Law Journal magazine, New York Lawyer; she was interviewed on CBS and FOX TV and was interviewed for a front-page article in the New York Post, as well as in People Magazine and other major periodicals.

Founded 1991

Merrill R. Cohen & Associates, PC Highlights

Immigration, Divorce & Family Law

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