James Bach, Esq., San Francisco

JAMES A. BACH, Esq.
100 Bush Street, Suite #1980
San Francisco, CA 94104
Email: Jbach@immilaw.com
Firm Website

Mr. Bach has been working exclusively with immigration cases for several decades, and has lectured and written extensively on immigration law subjects. Mr. Bach is one of less than 8% of California immigration attorneys certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law. He has been given the highest A/V rating by Martindale-Hubbell for ability and ethics for over a decade, and is included in the current Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Bach was the head of the Immigration Law Department of Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (now Reed Smith). Currently Mr. Bach serves as Chair of the State Bar's Immigration and Nationality Advisory Commission, which writes and grades the California Immigration and Nationality Specialty Examination. He is also an Arbitrator for the San Francisco Bar Association.

The firm represents both corporation and individuals, with a focus on H-1B visas, PERM labor certifications, and other business immigration cases, as well as family-based immigration and complex analysis and solutions in all other areas of immigration and nationality law.

EDUCATION:
Dartmouth College, 1975
University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1979.

ADMISSIONS:
State Bar Of California
Supreme Court of California
U.S. District court for the Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Hawaii State Bar Association

EMPLOYMENT:
Law Offices of James A. Bach
San Francisco, California

AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Immigration, with a concentration on obtaining working visas and green cards for professionals working for high tech companies

ORGANIZATIONS:
American Immigration Lawyers Association, (1980)
Bay Area Lawyers Network

The HR Manager's Guide to Immigration Law, by James A. Bach, Esq.
Book link on Amazon.

For information on MCLE DVDs featuring James A. Bach and Robert G. Werner, click here:
Immigration Opportunities for the World's Top Athletes, Artists, Performers, and Scientists

Avoiding Liability in H-1B Cases