Eric R. Welsh

Professional Experience

Eric R. Welsh is a partner of Reeves Immigration Law Group, and is certified as a specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California.

Prior to joining the firm in May 2010, Mr. Welsh worked for the Department of Justice, serving as Attorney Advisor to the Los Angeles Immigration Court. In this position, Mr. Welsh worked closely with the Los Angeles immigration judges, drafting court opinions and contributing to judicial decision-making in complex cases. After working with the Department of Justice, Mr. Welsh worked in the civil litigation department of Musick Peeler & Garrett, LLP, a California-based law firm, representing clients in complex litigation in matters ranging from toxic torts to professional malpractice.

Mr. Welsh represents individual and corporate clients in a variety of matters, including but not limited to: removal/deportation defense (cancellation of removal, extreme hardship waivers, 237(a)(1)(H), asylum, VAWA, detention bond), family-based visas (marriage-based adjustment of status, removal of conditions of residency, K-1 fiancé, Child Status Protection Act, I-360 self-petition, consular processing), employment-based visas (PERM/Labor Certification, L-1 intracompany transferee, E-2 investors and employees, E-3 Australians, H-1B), U.S. citizenship (naturalization, claims to derivative and acquired citizenship, CCA), and other immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications (e.g., F-1 student, B1/B2 visitor, J-1 and Q-1 exchange visitor, etc.). He appears regularly before the Los Angeles Immigration Court, U.S. federal courts, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs & Border Patrol (CBP).