Take A Look At All The Legal Services We Offer

Immigration

Asylum

At Apfel & Associates, we sympathize with the people who have been persecuted or subjected to human rights violations. The violation of fundamental human rights violate and degrade all of our abilities to develop and grow in a respectful society. Apfel and Associates carefully considers each prospective clients’ individual asylum case in the United States. Whether you qualify according to temporary humanitarian protection status or have already obtained the humanitarian status and want to change to permanent status we can assist you.

If you consider applying for this type of visa, please contact us.

Permanent Residency (Green Card)

Apfel and Associates is fully capable and experienced to advise our clients how to obtain Permanent Residency status in the United States. Our firm will investigate your circumstances and will provide various options of how to become a US Permanent Resident such as through relatives’ status, marriage visas by lottery system, investor visas or through the options for immigrants with special abilities (actors, athletes, writers, etc.)

During the process of obtaining your visa, at Apfel and Associates we will detail the steps that must be taken based on our clients’ needs (costs, the duration of his any litigation, etc.)

Immigration Services

If you aspire to immigrate to or visit the United States, you can trust Apfel and Associates to advise you which visa option is best for your particular circumstance. For us, it is important to consider our client’s current circumstances and realities exist for our clients. For this reason, we provide a thorough investigation and consultation in order to establish what alternative steps may need to be taken according to individual client necessities. After this first interview, you as a prospective client will learn and understand what your best options are and how the various steps should be tackled. During this time, we also send a detailed questionnaire to learn more about you and make sure there is no conflict of interest with prospective and current/past Apfel and Associates clients. Once we decide the best option for you and your family, our attorneys conduct a second consultation. During this interview, we talked in detail about our recommended option and move forward with the government application process.

In Apfel & Associates, we have an online program that allows our customers to be fully engaged in the process and clients can enter and verify the status of their cases, billing, and accounts. We also strive to use technology to make ourselves accessible through instant messaging, telephone, email and internet conferencing. Clients always have the option to simply make an appointment and visit our conveniently located office in Phoenix, Arizona.

At Apfel and Associates, we offer consultations about various categories of United States visas:
1- Citizenship and Adjustment of Legal Status
2- Permanent Residency (Green Card)
3- Business & Enterprise Visas
4- Student Visas
5- Humanitarian Visas

Citizenship and adjustment of legal status

Are you a US citizen and have family living abroad or have you obtained your permanent residence in the United States (Green Card)? At Apfel & Associates, we devote ourselves to diligently advise our clients based on the various options that exist for family members of US citizens. During the process of obtaining your visa, at Apfel and Associates we will detail the steps that must be taken based on our clients’ needs (costs, the duration of his any litigation, etc.

Corporate & Contracts

Corporate Retainer | Corporate contract drafting | Contract review |

From Wall Street to the Camelback Business Corridor, our attorneys have broad legal and business experience to help your company succeed. Our partners have worked as General Counsel and outside counsel with Fortune 500 companies and locally based startups and provide the following services:

drafting contracts and other documents;
- Corporate Formational Documents i.e. Operating Agreement for a LLC and Bylaws for a Corporation
- Qualified Retirement Plans
- Executive and Owner Compensation Plans
Assisting and advising clients with commercial negotiations; and
Assisting and advising clients with the management and execution (i.e. successful completion) of a transaction.
- Buying and Selling a Business
- Operating a closely held corporation
- Limited Liability Company operations
- Partnership operations
- Franchising
- Intellectual Property (trademarks, copyright and trade secret law)
- Confidentiality
- Employee Relations

International Business

Corporate startup | Legal Business planning

As an internationally focused law firm based in the United States, our international startup services related practice focuses on clients who desire to (1) start a business in Arizona and/or attract international investment and (2) more broadly expand their business presence in the U.S., Caribbean, Latin America, and China.

We actively work with our clients to:

define strategy,
define and analyzing corporate/enterprise architecture,
define goals and requirements for programs and projects
perform industry and consumer analysis/research
draft domestic and international business plans and consultation
performance Analysis and Cultural Training
provide counsel and advice concerning the specific laws and regulations that are applicable to a specific international or domestic transaction
provide counsel concerning the appropriate structure that should be adopted to manage and minimize legal and commercial risks involved concerning a proposed business startup;
- structuring foreign direct investments
- assisting with inbound investment in Arizona and the greater U.S.

Intellectual Property

Our firm is proud to offer our clients a variety of legal options to protect your company’s intellectual property assets. In this regard, we offer a full selection of trademark, copyright and trade secret services to established firms, startup enterprises, entrepreneurs, and act as co-counsel relating to these matters. We are authorized to provide these legal services to our clients can assist clients from near and far including all 50 states and countries around the world. Our services include:

Trademark Clearance Searches
Trademark Application Preparation
USPTO Office Action Responses
Trademark Monitoring
Trademark Change of Ownership
Trademark Portfolio Management
Trademark Renewal Filings
Trademark Opposition Proceedings
Trademark Cancellation Proceedings
Trademark Litigation
Copyright Applications
Trade Secret Protection and Litigation