Attorney Profile

Brandon Meyer is Principal of Meyer Law Group, a full service immigration firm located in Stamford, Connecticut and Solana Beach, California. He received his Juris Doctorate (law) degree from University of San Diego School of Law, his Masters of Arts in East Asian Studies from George Washington University, and a Bachelor Arts in Economics from American University. He is a member in good standing of the Bars of the State of Connecticut and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Meyer is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA). Mr. Meyer can be reached at Brandon@meyerlawgroup.us and at (858) 523-1413.

Mr. Meyer is highly experienced in all business immigration practice areas (both immigrant and nonimmigrant) including Immigrant Investor matters (E-1, E-2, L-1, EB-5 and Regional Center representation), H-1B, L-1, O-1, Outstanding Researcher, Extraordinary Ability, Multinational Manager, Exceptional Ability, National Interest Waivers, TN, and immigration compliance for start-ups and multinational corporations.

Mr. Meyer is the author of several noteworthy articles
on business immigration, including:

1. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The AAO and Material Change, Immigration Daily, July 20, 2011.

2. “Bad Cases Make Bad Law: The AAO and EB-5.” Immigration Briefings, June 2011.

3. “Working Backwards: What to do When Your EB-5 Fails?” AILA Central Florida Conf. Oct 2010.

4. “Waffling Like a Roadside Diner: The CSC Addresses Creative Job Creation Methodologies.”, July 2010 – read article.

5. “The Art of the Empty Gesture and the Pointlessly Principled Stand: Why the Arizona Debate is Irrelevant.” Immigration Daily, May 3, 2010 – read article.

6. “Now for the Hard Part: Attracting Investors to EB-5 Regional Centers.” Immigration Briefings (Mar 2010).

7. “Spreading like Wildfire! What Explains the Explosive Growth of EB-5 Regional Centers?” Immigration Briefings (Feb 2010).

8. “Illinois Blunts The E-Verify Juggernaut.” Immigration Daily, Feb 10, 2010.

9. “Dreamers, Con Men, and Legitimate Businessmen.” EB-5 Visa News, Nov 17, 2009.

10. “A Sunny Day at a Dreary Place: A Day at the California Service Center” Immigration Daily, May 19, 2009.

11. “The Administrative Procedures Act and USCIS Adjudications: Following the Law?” Immigration Briefings (May 2009).

12. Panelist, “Who is a Legal Worker? The New I-9 Form” Immigration Solutions Audio Conference, April 17, 2009.

13. “Big News at the Department of Labor” Immigration Solutions In Focus Newsletter, March 2009.

14. “The EB-5: A Creative Solution to Green Card Quota Backlogs” Immigration Daily, Jan 26, 2009.

15. “Expectations & Trepidations in San Francisco: AILA Conference” Immigration Solutions In Focus Newsletter, Dec. 2008.

16. “Three Cheers For The New, Improved TN! On Second Thought…” Immigration Daily, Nov. 13, 2008.

17. “Immigration & The Economy” Immigration Solutions In Focus Newsletter, Nov 2008.

18. “Free Trade Agreements, Visas, and the Art of Suboptimal Outcomes: Was the Theory of the Second Best Ever Good Enough? Parts I and II” Immigration Briefings (June & July 2008).

19. “Convergence or Divergence? Assessing the Possibilities for the Development of a Common European Union Immigration Policy” Bender’s Immigration Bulletin (March 1, 2008).

20. “All Trees and No Forest: U.S. Immigration Policy towards EB-1 Researcher/Professor Petitions—Thwarting the National Interest” Immigration Briefings (Feb 2005).

Of Counsel – K. Lara Baharlo

Attorney K. Lara Baharlo’s practice covers a wide range of immigration-related matters, including employment based, global/outbound immigration, investor, family based immigration, asylum and naturalization. She is experienced in representing the interests of investors under the EB-5 program, as well as developers and business principals seeking to make their regional center and standard EB-5 projects complaint under EB-5 regulations. Ms. Baharlo has also represented individual in removal and deportation proceedings before federal immigration judges throughout the United States, and can provide counsel on removal-related issues.

Ms. Baharlo is an Executive Committee member of the AILA Global Migration Action Group, and volunteers her time representing applicants for asylum through Public Counsel, the nation’s largest non-profit law firm. She has been a featured presenter and author on various immigration-related topics and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Ms. Baharlo is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court, the United States District Court, Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law where she was a Law Merit Scholar, and received her Master’s Degree from the University of London.