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Ramon E. Rivera, a partner at Mackenzie Hughes, has been with the firm since
2001. Ramon handles immigration and naturalization law in the firm's Business
Law Department.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1991 from the University
of California in Philosophy and then received a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse
University College of Law, with a concentration in law and economics,
in 1994. While at the University of California, he was a member of the
Financial Aid Advisory Committee, the Interfraternity/Panhellenic Judicial
Committee and the Vice-Chancellor Selection Committee. Ramon was admitted
to the New York Appellate 4th Department and the U.S. District Court,
Northern District in 1995. He was admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in
2001.
Ramon is a member of the American, New York State, Onondaga County Bar
Associations and the American Immigration Law Association. He serves on
the Fifth Judicial District Committee on Character and Fitness of applicants
for admission to the Bar of the State of New York. Ramon is also an adjunct
professor at Syracuse University College of Law where he teaches Immigration
Law and has also lectured at the Onondaga County Bar Association's continuing
legal education program on the topic of business immigration. In the past
Ramon served as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Onondaga
County Spanish Action League, on the Board of Directors of the Onondaga
County Bar Association and as a member of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
Torchbearer Selection Committee and was a member of the Board of Directors
of the Girl Scout Council of CNY, Inc. where he chaired the Audit Committee.
Prior to joining Mackenzie Hughes, Ramon was the Managing Partner at
Micale & Rivera, LLP and a Solo practitioner at Rivera Law Firm where
he counseled/represented individual and corporate clients in obtaining
non-immigrant and immigrant employment based visas. He also assisted corporate
clients relocate foreign executives and managers to the U.S.; counseled
international business entities with customs and trade issues; counseled
employers regarding I-9 verification and compliance issues; and represented
employers charged with
I-9 paperwork violations, unfair immigration employment practices, and
related document fraud before ICE and OCAHO. Ramon has also counseled
and represented individual petitioners in family-based immigration matters
before the Buffalo INS District Office, the Regional INS Service Centers
and the U.S. State Department, among many other responsibilities.
Ramon collaborated on the writing of "Immigration Strategies for
Companies" published in January 2009, authoring the chapter entitled
"What Your Company Needs to Know About Immigration in Today's Economic
and Regulatory Environment." This book is an authoritative insider's
perspective on key strategies for advising companies in hiring foreign
workers and complying with immigration regulations.
Ramon was recognized in 2001 by The Central New York Business Journal
as one of "40 under 40," an honor that was awarded to the top
40 Central New York business leaders under age 40 for their impact in
making the region a better place to work and live; and he is listed in
The Best Lawyers in America ® 2010, Immigration Law.
Over the years, Ramon has been recognized for his accomplishments as
an amateur and professional boxer. He was recognized as one of the top
three professional boxing prospects in the lightweight division in 1981.
From 1979-1981, he was honored as a nationally ranked Golden Gloves and
Amateur Athletic Union Champion. In the past, he has also been recognized
as the Western Regional Golden Gloves Champion, the Puerto Rican National
Jr. Olympic Champion, the U.S. Western Regional Jr. Olympic Champion and
finally, the Arizona Jr. Olympic and State Golden Gloves Champion. Ramon
also manages a local Syracuse professional boxing prospect, which was
featured in Boxing's world-recognized publication, The Ring Magazine,
April 2002.
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