Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP

Specialties

Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP is a boutique law firm specializing in immigration and nationality law and appellate litigation including civil, criminal, and immigration appeals. We offer «big firm» legal talent to clients in a boutique law firm setting. Our goals are simple: serving clients and getting results.

History

Established in 2004.

Established as an immigration law firm in 2004, we added an appellate practice in 2005 when partner David Schlesinger joined the firm. Today, we are a five-​attorney boutique law firm located in downtown San Diego specializing in all areas of immigration and naturalization law, the overlap between criminal and immigration law, and appellate litigation.

Meet the Business Owner

Ginger J.

Business Owner

Ms. Jacobs focuses her practice on employment– and family-​based immigration cases, as well as asylum, Violence Against Women Act cases, removal cases in Immigration Court, and consular processing through U.S. embassies and consulates abroad. Her employment-​based cases have included labor certifications, extraordinary ability immigrant visas for research scientists and performing artists, and various non-​immigrant, employment-​based visas, including H-​1B visas for workers in specialty occupations, P-​1 visas for outstanding athletes, R-​1 non-​immigrant visas for religious workers, E-​2 visas for immigrant investors, and TN visas for professionals from Mexico and Canada. She has also handled numerous cases in Immigration Court, including asylum, adjustment of status (with multiple waivers), and cancellation of removal for both lawful permanent residents and individuals with no lawful status. Ms. Jacobs has successfully litigated many asylum cases for clients from the throughout the world, in