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Interviews

Inside the Lawyers Studio with Atty. Laura McLean

February 5, 2010

On the hot seat today for the famously odd but ultra-revealing Bernard Pivot/Inside the Actors Studio questionnaire is Spar & Bernstein New York criminal defense attorney Laura McLean:
What is your favorite word?
Magical.
What is your least favorite word?
Squelch.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
A challenge of any kind.
What turns you off?
Laziness.
What is [...]

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Interview with S&B Immigration Atty. Nita Dobroshi

January 27, 2010

The following is an in-depth interview with Spar & Bernstein immigration attorney Nita Dobroshi:
Q: Okay, let’s get the intro out of the way. Where did you go to college, what did you major in, and what year did you graduate?
A: I attended Kenyon College and graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in History and Integrated [...]

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Inside the Lawyers Studio with Atty. Melissa Desvarieux

January 26, 2010

On the hot seat today with the famously weird but ultra-revealing Bernard Pivot/Inside the Actors Studio questionnaire is Spar & Bernstein New York immigration attorney Melissa Desvarieux:
What is your favorite word?
Hot.
What is your least favorite word?
Fear.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Kindness.
What turns you off?
Pushy people.
What is your favorite [...]

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In-Depth Interview with S&B Managing Attorney Adam Handler

January 8, 2010

The following is an in-depth interview with S&B Managing Attorney Adam Handler, who heads up a civil litigation department that includes personal injury, matrimonial, and family law.
Q: Where were you born and raised?
A: I was born in Brooklyn, on Rugby Road, but moved to the suburbs of north Jersey when I was only two [...]

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U.S. Immigration in Current Times

January 6, 2010

The head of our immigration department, Mariana Vazquez Garcia, answers a question about U.S. immigration in current times:
Have you noticed any changes these days in the hiring of foreign nationals or the transferring of personnel by companies?
We have seen a decrease in the number of companies sponsoring H-1B and L-1 petitions (inter company transfers) for [...]

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Q & A Interview with S&B New York Attorney Nancy Power

January 4, 2010

The following is an in-depth interview with Spar & Bernstein New York immigration attorney Nancy Power:
Q: Where were you born?
A: Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Q: Raised?
A: New York. I spent a few years in Valley Stream, Long Island but for the most part I grew up in Rockland County.
Q: Where did you go to [...]

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Brad Bernstein on Deportation & Immigration Reform

December 23, 2009

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Inside the Lawyers Studio with New York Atty. Bindhu Vijayan

December 21, 2009

Today, it’s S&B New York immigration attorney Bindhu Vijayan taking her best shot at the famously odd but ultra-revealing Bernard Pivot/Inside the Actors Studio questionnaire.
What is your favorite word?
Onomatopoeia.
What is your least favorite word?
Mucus.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Creative hand-woven Tibetan patchwork in my office, relaxing tunes, a good [...]

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Exclusive Interview with Journalist Terry Greene Sterling

December 17, 2009

Terry Greene Sterling, a Writer-in-Residence at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, is currently writing a non-fiction book about people living in the shadows of America’s immigration battlefield—Phoenix, Arizona. It’s called “ILLEGAL: Life and Death in the Undocumented Underground,” and it will be published by Lyons Press, a [...]

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Brad’s Featured Interview on New York Lawyers Success Website!

December 9, 2009

Conducted by Debra Feinberg.
Feinberg: Hi Brad – how long have you been handling immigration in NY and NYC?
Brad: I started working in this office in September of 1993, right after I graduated from Brooklyn Law School. But I was admitted to practice law in New York in January of 1994.
Feinberg: What types of cases do [...]

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15 Questions with Managing Attorney Mariana Vazquez-Garcia

December 9, 2009

The following is a revealing interview with Spar & Bernstein Managing Attorney/Head of the Immigration Dept. Mariana Vazquez Garcia:
Q: Where were you born and raised?
A: I was born in Mexico City, Mexico, but moved to Bethesda, Maryland in 1984 when I was 11.
Q: Where did you go to college?
A: Johns Hopkins University. I graduated with [...]

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Exclusive Interview with Novelist Leslie Kohler

December 3, 2009

Leslie Kohler, a writer living in Scottsdale, Arizona, recently published her debut novel, Sins of the Border, a murder mystery steeped in the immigration issue.
Currently at work on her second novel, Ms. Kohler has also been published in such magazines and newspapers as Highlights for Children, Skipping Stones, Listen, Positive Teens and The Arizona [...]

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Inside the Lawyers Studio with New York Lawyer Adam Handler

December 1, 2009

Continuing to pay homage to one of our favorite TV shows, Inside the Actors Studio, as well as its inimitable host James Lipton, we put the heat on its civil litigation attorney, Adam Handler, with the famously odd but ultra-revealing Bernard Pivot questionnaire:
What is your favorite word?
Dude.
What is your least favorite word?
No.
What [...]

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S&B’s Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Ruth Leitman

November 18, 2009

Independent filmmaker Ruth Leitman is working on a feature-length documentary called “Tony & Janina’s American Wedding,” which follows a Polish immigrant family in Chicago being torn apart by the immigration system. It’s scheduled to premiere in 2010.
The following is our exclusive interview with Ms. Leitman:
How did you come upon the name of your film?
Leitman: I [...]

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20 Questions with Spar & Bernstein Prez Brad Bernstein

November 18, 2009

The following is a revealing Q&A interview with our firm’s president, Brad Bernstein:
Q: Where were you born and raised?
A: Partly in Roslyn, New York. Partly in Old Wesbury.
Q: Where did you go to college?
A: The University of Michigan. I graduated with a B.A. in Political Science.
Q: What law school did you attend and [...]

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Inside the Lawyers Studio w/Defense Atty Michael Biniakewitz

November 13, 2009

Paying homage to one of our favorite TV shows, Inside the Actors Studio, as well as its inimitable host James Lipton, we at The Offices of Spar & Bernstein grilled one of our criminal defense attorneys, Michael Biniakewitz, with the famously odd but ultra-revealing Bernard Pivot questionnaire:
What is your favorite word?
Eh (although Iknow it’s [...]

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