Jeff T. Appleman

Jeff Appleman has been engaged in the practice of immigration and nationality law since his admission to the California Bar in 1977.
He is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
He has served as Chair of the Northern California Chapter of AILA and has been a speaker at AILA conferences and contributor to AILA publications on a wide range of immigration law topics.
Mr. Appleman has litigated numerous immigration cases in Federal Courts including the landmark case of Mindseye v.
INS in United States District Court, which expanded the definition of the term "professional" as it is applied in H-1B visa petitions.
He was also co-counsel in Chintakuntla v.
INS, a national class action lawsuit in United States District Court that overturned the systematic denial of Employment-based Second Preference (EB2) immigrant visa petitions by the INS.
He was also lead counsel in Moulton v.
Neufield, a class action in United States District Court regarding the ability of H-1B visa holders to reclaim time spent outside of the United States.
That case was settled in favor of the plaintiffs.
He is a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law (JD, 1977) and the State University of New York at Binghamton (BA, 1972).
He is a founding partner of Berry, Appleman & Leiden (formerly Berry & Appleman), established in 1980 to engage exclusively in the practice of immigration and nationality law.
He has been awarded an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell.