Christine V. Troy
Christine Troy
San Francisco
California (CA)
Immigration
Profile
Christine Troy practices exclusively in the area of immigration and naturalization law, with a special emphasis on work visas for professionals, artists, and athletes; employment and family-based green cards; extreme hardship waivers of inadmissibility; green cards for abused women and crime victims; and applications for U.S. citizenship. Ms. Troy has a proven track record of developing creative and effective solutions to complex immigration situations. She enjoys working with individuals, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. Relevant memberships include the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Women's Business Immigration Group and the California State Bar Association.
Selected To
Northern California Super Lawyers 2011
Northern California Rising Stars 2010
Northern California Rising Stars 2009
About Christine Troy
Admitted: 2000, California
Professional Webpage: www.troylaw.net/?page_id=29
Honors and Awards:
- Avvo.com "excellent" rating of 8 out of 10 points available. , 2011
- Better Business Bureau A+ Rating, 2011
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Interviewed and quoted in article regarding H-1B visas in the Wall Street Journal, online edition. , 2011
- I was invited to attend and participate in the The Startup America: Reducing Barriers event, which was sponsored by the White House and the Small Business Administration. As stated in their invitation, "The Startup America: Reducing Barriers event is a regional platform that allows federal agencies to hear directly, from entrepreneurs and local leaders like you, how we can achieve our goal of reducing the barriers faced by America’s entrepreneurs. Senior Obama administration officials need input on what changes are needed to build a more supportive environment for entrepreneurship." As I was out of town for that event, I met separately with Doug Rand, of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to provide my feedback on issues facing foreign entrepreneurs wanting to open start up businesses and hire US workers. , 2011
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Answer questions regarding a wide variety of immigration issues for Law Q&A on a daily or weekly basis.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- I spoke at the Hastlings Civil Justice Center in the spring of 2010; and for the Hastings International and Comparative Law Society in October 2012.
- Along with six other AILA immigration attorneys who work routinely with foreign entrepreneurs and start-up companies, drafted a memorandum for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, at this agency's request. Our memorandum provided an outline of the different non-immigrant visa categories available to these applicants, the specific ways in which DHS is currently hindering their ability to invest in the US economy and specific ways in which these barriers could be resolved., Co-Author, StartUP America: Immigration Lawyer's Memo, 2011
Video:
- This video was made for my yelp page and is also available on my website. , 2011
Educational Background:
- Graduated from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1999
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