Andrea Moran

Attorney / Shareholder

Contact Info

  915.546.8238
  915.546.8333
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Areas of Concentration

Corporate & Securities
Cross-Border Business
Immigration & Nationality Law
– Employment visas
• L-1A/L-1B
• H-1B,H-2A/2B
• TN
– Investor visas
• E-1/E-2
– Permanent visas
• EB1-EB5
– Labor Certifications
– I-9 Employment Verification and
  Audits
– Family-based adjustment-of-status,
   I-751 Removal of Condition
– Immigrant visas
– Naturalization, Derivative Citizenship
– Consular Processing Issues

Education

Texas Southern University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Juris Doctor
summa cum laude

University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Law Societies and Justice

Admissions & Qualifications

State Bar of Texas

Languages

– English
– Spanish



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Andrea Moran is a shareholder whose practice focuses on business immigration and U.S./Mexico cross-border business as well as corporate and healthcare law. Ms. Moran’s practice includes transactions related to cross-border business between Mexico and the United States.

Specifically, Ms. Moran has assisted several U.S. companies in obtaining business visas such as L-1 intracompany work visas for purposes of transferring company managers or executives to the U.S. She has also assisted U.S. companies in obtaining H-1B and TN (NAFTA) visas for individuals hired to work in the U.S. In addition, Ms. Moran has worked with people interested in investing in the U.S. to obtain investor visas (E-1 and E-2 Treaty Trader Visas).

Ms. Moran has also assisted several clients in obtaining permanent residence in the U.S. through family members or employment. She has experience in dealing with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), especially as it relates to determining visa processing times and getting case status updates for clients.

Ms. Moran’s corporate experience includes the formation of business entities such as limited liability companies and professional limited liability companies.

More recently, Ms. Moran has begun practicing healthcare law. Prior to getting involved in this practice area, she attended to two health law seminars offered by the American Health Lawyers Association (the Fraud and Compliance Forum in Baltimore and the Fundamentals of Health Law Conference in Chicago). Ms. Moran has participated in transactions involving the preparation of documents for the purchase of assets from physician groups as well assisted with the preparation of physician, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner employment agreements. She has also assisted in the review of healthcare regulatory and compliance issues with regards to Stark Law, Anti-Kickback, and HIPAA/HITECH.

Prior to joining ScottHulse, Ms. Moran earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree summa cum laude, from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where she was the Symposium Editor of the school’s law review as well as a member of the Hispanic Law Students Association. While in law school, she served as an intern in the Monterrey, Mexico office of Baker & McKenzie for their Corporate and Trade & Commerce practice groups.

Ms. Moran also served as an intern at the Mexican Consulate in Seattle, Washington, primarily in the areas of labor rights and employment visas.


Presentations & Publications

2019, March 7. HIPAA, HITECH, and Release of Records. Lecture presented at 11th Annual ScottHulse Labor & Employment Law Seminar, El Paso, Texas.

2019, March 7. Workplace Immigration Law in the Current Era. Lecture presented at 11th Annual ScottHulse Labor & Employment Law Seminar, El Paso, Texas

2018, April 3. Presenter: ScottHulse I-9 Audit Seminar, The El Paso Club, El Paso, Texas.

2018, March 1. Presenter: H-1B visas, ScottHulse Labor & Employment Seminar: A Superhero’s Guide to Unlocking Labor and Employment Powers; El Paso Community College – Administrative Services Center, El Paso, Texas.

2018, March 1. Governmental Compliance Rules in 2018 and Beyond. Lecture presented at 10th Annual ScottHulse Labor & Employment Law Seminar, El Paso, Texas.

2012, April 2. Presenter: I-9 Immigration Issues in a Bi-National Community. ScottHulse Labor & Employment Seminar, El Paso, Texas.

Organizations

El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Leadership of El Paso, 2018 Class

Junior League of El Paso (Active Member)