James P. Gagel, a former Fulbright Scholar in Latin America, has practiced immigration law for 20 years, representing clients across the U.S. and throughout the world, with a focus on corporate immigration law. He represents American and foreign businesses in obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Mr. Gagel also provides family immigration services of all types, and handles asylum and refugee cases before the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Courts. Mr. Gagel has lived and worked for several years in Latin America, and has held both General Counsel and high-level executive positions at corporations with international operations.
Mr. Gagel received his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School in 1982 and his B.A. in Political Science from Duke University in 1977. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Inter-American Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the New York Bar, the District of Colombia Bar, and the New Jersey Bar. He is fluent in Spanish.