Guiding clients through complex US and global immigration law, Akerman LLP brings comprehensive expertise across the full spectrum of immigration matters, from pre-immigration strategy and nonimmigrant and immigrant visas to naturalization and highly specialized pathways such as the EB-5 immigrant investor program. The practice also advises on immigration strategy as part of broader corporate expansion and market-entry planning in the United States. Based in Miami, Denise Gavica Perez leads the team and has deep experience handling employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters, as well as designing and managing immigration planning and compliance programs for organizations across a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, technology, entertainment, retail, and education. She is supported by Adam Mocciolo in New York and Andres Urdaneta Brylkin in Denver.
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- 'We are able to partner with Akerman to turn around a high volume of employment-based cases, while also developing and routinely reassessing strategy to meet our long-term labor demand forecast.'
- 'Denise Gavica Perez and her supporting legal team routinely demonstrate commitment to clients through collaboration, responsiveness, and service orientation. Her subject matter expertise is recognized and valued in organizational and individual case strategy.'
- 'My principal takeaway from my engagement with Akerman, and specifically with partner Adam Mocciolo, was an experience of personalization and collaboration. Nothing felt too small a detail to ask about, nor too small an issue to discuss. Through a frustrating immigration process with bad news peppered along the way, Adam and his team ensured I felt cared for, noticed, and appreciated in my own context. I had been given the best possible service and attention to detail.'
- 'Adam Mocciolo as my lead contact was consistent, calm, measured, and thoughtful to my context and background. I valued his friendship and assurance when things weren't always looking so positive, and his ad hoc advice proved central to my experience working with him over a number of months.'
Key clients
- Adventist Health System
- University of Louisville Health
- Nova Consulting
- Sofidel America Corp.
- Adventist Health West
- Oppidan Education Limited
Work highlights
Advising all AdventHealth's 58+ hospitals on numerous US Immigration, US Department of Labor, I-9, and operational issues and all immigration labor and employment issues.
Advising Adventist with numerous US immigration, US Department of Labor, I-9, and other compliance matters, as well as operational issues and all immigration labor and employment needs.
Practice head
Denise Gavica Perez
Other key lawyers
Adam Mocciolo; Andres Urdaneta Brylkin