ag immigration
Our team
WELCOME TO AG IMMIGRATION
AG Immigration is one of the leading immigration law firms in the U.S. We are located in several American cities, including Los Angeles, Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas, and Washington, besides our representatives in Brazil.
We have highly qualified and experienced attorneys who are all certified to practice immigration law throughout the United States. Our attorneys develop a customized legal strategy for each client, and our petitions are meticulously prepared within the rigorous standards required by the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Service).
AG’s legal team is led by Felipe Alexandre, a renowned Brazilian-American attorney who is a reference in the field of immigration law in the U.S., and for five years has been listed by the American Institute of Legal Counsel as one of the top 10 immigration attorneys in New York and, more recently, California. Knowing the background and trusting the attorney who will represent you is essential to ensure the success of your immigration petitions.
Besides the legal team, AG has an operational team made up of professionals with proven experience, who will assist you in all steps of your application, from collecting the necessary documentation, preparing your petition, sending your application to the USCIS, and monitoring the status of your application with the U.S. authorities. This is all performed with the support of a modern online customer relationship management system (CRM), an exclusive platform that allows you to interact with our team in a simple, fast and efficient way. Not surprisingly, AG was considered one of the best immigration law firms in Irvine by Expertise.com.
We hope you have a great experience with AG Immigration. At AG, your dream is our goal.
GET TO KNOW THE AG TEAM
Felipe Alexandre
Founding Principal Attorney
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole and Mandarin
Felipe Alexandre was born in Brazil and soon moved to the United States with his family when he became an American citizen. Coming from an immigrant family, he has devoted his career on behalf of the foreign community that is trying to live legally in the United States. His experience and vast knowledge about U.S. visas make him qualified to deal with all types of immigration applications.
Felipe Alexandre founded and manages three law firms, including AG Immigration, one of the most renowned law firms in the U.S., which emerged from the need to meet the growing demand for EB (employment-based) visas, an immigration category that provides a green card to skilled people based on their professional and academic background.
Over the years, Felipe has held important positions, including Immigration Court Interpreter, consultant to the Monroe Public Defender’s Office in New York, and immigration law specialist, where he was in charge of teaching hundreds of attorneys how to better understand complex U.S. immigration laws.
Felipe Alexandre is a renowned attorney and collects awards. In 2021, for the fifth year, he received the “Attorney Client Satisfaction” award from the “American Institute of Legal Counsel”, recognizing him as one of the best lawyers in the U.S. In the first four years, he was awarded as one of the Top 10 Immigration Lawyers in New York and, in 2021, in California. Also in 2021, he was elected by “Attorney and Practice Magazine” as one of California’s Top 10 Immigration Lawyers.
He has received top ratings (10) from AVVO, an association that ranks American attorneys according to their clients’ evaluations. Felipe Alexandre was also recognized by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) as setting a benchmark in the field of U.S. immigration law, an honor that belongs to only 2.5% of all attorneys in the country. He is also a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association – AILA.
Felipe Alexandre received his law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He is licensed in New York and is certified to practice immigration law throughout the United States.
Rodrigo Costa
CEO
Languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish
Rodrigo is a Business Manager, Project Manager, Consultant in Organizational Processes and Investments and, throughout his career, he has specialized in analyzing, improving and redesigning business processes in different industries, using tools and methodologies based on Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints.
Due to his outstanding performance in large corporate projects, Rodrigo has become one of the most requested business consultants in the market, having coordinated and managed improvements and transformations in large companies such as Grupo Accor, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Cemig,
In the last ten years he has specialized in the investment market in the United States, being the first Brazilian to disclose on the Web the best and safest ways to invest in the USA. His vast professional experience in business, technology, and marketing, linked to a deep understanding of the American market, made Rodrigo the CEO and responsible for managing all operations of AG Immigration in Latin America.
Rodrigo Costa holds a degree in Business Administration from FGV.
Glenia C. Alexandre
COO
Languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Glenia is the Head of Operations of AG Immigration. She is responsible for one of AG Immigration’s most important processes. It is in the Operation that the strategy defined by the legal team is implemented through a multistakeholder team composed of attorneys, paralegals, and administrators. Besides the leading role of the operation, Glenia also coordinates the strategic HR processes and is a member of the AG Immigration board of directors where development, marketing and new business strategies are defined.
Glenia has deep management experience being ahead of other legal firms throughout her career.
She has been working in the immigration market since 2011, with extensive knowledge of laws and processes that govern the U.S. immigration system, including asylum cases, family immigration by professional qualification, employment immigration applications, investment, and assistance to victims of crime, and many others.
Glenia holds a B.A. in Paralegal Studies from Kaplan University, and a B.A. in Languages from Dixie State College, St. George, UT.
Leda Oliveira
CFO – Financial Officer
Languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Leda Oliveira is a company administrator with extensive knowledge and experience in financial and accounting management. She worked for ten years as a Project Manager in restructuring and financial improvement, mapping and modeling of organizational processes in large companies such as SulAmerica, Eletropaulo, Riachuelo and Brasilprev, etc. being several times awarded for the results achieved.
In the United States, Leda specializes in accounting and tax processes, in accordance to U.S. law guidelines, and since 2015 has successfully supported dozens of companies and investors to intelligently plan the internationalization, financial management and tax planning of their businesses.
At AG Immigration Leda performs the key position of CFO (Chief Financial Officer), a strategic role for the company, in addition to coordinating the analysis, improvement and redesign of internal organizational processes.
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