Beatriz Trillos Ballerini (DL), AILA USCIS Field Operations Committee Chair, Houston, TX

Beatriz Trillos Ballerini is the principal attorney of the Trillos Ballerini Law firm. She is currently the Chair of the AILA’s Field Operations Liaison committee and serves as Treasurer of the AILA Texas Chapter. Ms. Ballerini focuses on employment based and family-based immigration.

Julieta Andrea Grinffiel, AILA USCIS HQ (Benefits Policy) Committee, Dallas, TX

Julieta Andrea Grinffiel is the Managing Attorney of the Dallas, TX office of Hammond, Neal, Moore LLC. She focuses on employment-based immigration with an emphasis on Labor Certifications (PERM) in the IT industry. She serves as a member on the AILA USCIS HQ (Benefits Policy) Committee and the Law Student Engagement Committee. She received her J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law.

Yvonne A. Toy, San Francisco, CA

Yvonne A. Toy is a Founding Partner of Corporate Immigration Partners, LLP, with over 20 years of experience. She guides corporate clients on all aspects of immigration program development; and she leads a team of attorneys and paralegals managing high volume and complex nonimmigrant and immigrant visas. Ms. Toy received her BA from UC Berkeley and JD from New York Law School. She is frequently invited to speak to audiences of AILA and other professional organizations.

Rachel Davis Scherf, Minneapolis, MN

Rachel Davis Scherf is an attorney with Davis & Goldfarb PLLC. She manages the firm's employment-based permanent residence cases and handles a wide variety of immigration cases, including employment based and extraordinary ability petitions, agricultural visas, family-based petitions, asylum, and other matters.

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