People: Michelle Gergerian, Counsel
Biography
Ms. Gergerian is counsel in the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and has over fourteen years of experience in Immigration and Nationality Law, specializing in both temporary nonimmigrant visa petitions and permanent employment and family-based immigrant visa "green card" applications. She has also worked extensively on applications for United States citizenship. Ms. Gergerian is a senior member of Seyfarth's Canadian Immigration and Global Mobility Teams and has extensive experience drafting applications for temporary and permanent Canadian immigration for employees of multinational corporations. In addition, she administers the preparation of work permit extensions through the Case Processing Center in Vegreville, Alberta, as well as Consular work permits filed through various Canadian Embassies and High Commissions.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Ms. Gergerian served as the National Director of Education for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in Washington, D.C., managing the field of immigration education for more than 11,000 immigration lawyers in the nation. She has served as the Managing Editor of numerous AILA publications and as a presenter on nonprofit association management issues. Additionally, she has over six years of experience at a prominent immigration law firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Gergerian was also an adjunct professor of history at North Shore College, where she taught a course on State and Local Politics.
Ms. Gergerian has earned her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science with a concentration in law, politics and the courts from Suffolk University. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association at the national and local chapter levels.
Ms. Gergerian is counsel in the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and has over fourteen years of experience in Immigration and Nationality Law, specializing in both temporary nonimmigrant visa petitions and permanent employment and family-based immigrant visa "green card" applications. She has also worked extensively on applications for United States citizenship. Ms. Gergerian is a senior member of Seyfarth's Canadian Immigration and Global Mobility Teams and has extensive experience drafting applications for temporary and permanent Canadian immigration for employees of multinational corporations. In addition, she administers the preparation of work permit extensions through the Case Processing Center in Vegreville, Alberta, as well as Consular work permits filed through various Canadian Embassies and High Commissions.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Ms. Gergerian served as the National Director of Education for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in Washington, D.C., managing the field of immigration education for more than 11,000 immigration lawyers in the nation. She has served as the Managing Editor of numerous AILA publications and as a presenter on nonprofit association management issues. Additionally, she has over six years of experience at a prominent immigration law firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Gergerian was also an adjunct professor of history at North Shore College, where she taught a course on State and Local Politics.
Ms. Gergerian has earned her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science with a concentration in law, politics and the courts from Suffolk University. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association at the national and local chapter levels.
Education
- J.D., Suffolk University (2003)
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B.S., Suffolk University, cum laude (2000)







