Don L. Pangilinan, Attorney

Mr. Pangilinan specializes in business immigration and consults with clients to prepare and file nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions for employees of national and multinational corporations.  He also advises corporations with regard to laws governing the employment of foreign nationals in the U.S., including such issues as mergers and acquisitions, hiring, reductions in force, and document compliance for Labor Condition Applications and Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.  He represents clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and United States Customs and Border Protection, as well as the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Labor.

Mr. Pangilinan began his immigration law career as a Paralegal in the Law Office of Philip M. Levin from 1991 where he worked for several years preparing family-based and employment-based immigration cases.  While in law school, he was a Certified Law Clerk in the San Francisco District Attorney's office where he actively prosecuted criminal defendants, including arguing law and motion, in open court.  After graduating from law school, Mr. Pangilinan developed his business immigration law specialization working for a high-technology company in the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent five (5) years as the company's in-house Immigration Counsel.  In this capacity, he partnered with the company's management to hire and retain nonimmigrant and immigrant talent, developed immigration processes and procedures, and corporate compliance policies.  From this experience, he developed a unique insight into the specific needs of the corporate environment.  In third quarter 2005, Mr. Pangilinan became in-house counsel to a financial services company headquartered in San Francisco.  While there, part of his responsibilities included advising the Human Resources department in immigration law and employment law issues as well as other transactional matters.  In March 2007, Mr. Pangilinan rejoined The Law Office of Philip M. Levin.