Elizaveta (Lisa) Eisenberg, Esq.

Lisa Eisenberg is an expert in immigration based on entrepreneurship, employment and investment.
With 15 years of experience exclusively in immigration law, she applies her expertise to develop the most efficient, safe and cost effective strategies for each client. Since launching Eisenberg Law Firm in 2014, Lisa has successfully handled hundreds of petitions for work visas and permanent residency for founders, investors and employees of U.S. companies, with success rate exceeding 95%. She was among the first immigration attorneys who started actively using the O-1 “extraordinary ability” in the tech field and helped to make it the visa of choice for foreign startup founders.

Lisa has taught Business Immigration as an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. She has also presented Continuing Legal Education courses for other attorneys through www.attorneycredits.com and at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Lisa is a graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Moscow Architectural Institute.

Before becoming a lawyer, Lisa had a successful career as an architect and interior designer, collaborated with award-winning firms, and had a publication in Architectural Record. She is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, and authorized to provide U.S. immigration services to clients in all 50 states and abroad.

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Asya Pokrovskaya

Associate Attorney

Asya Pokrovskaya received her B.A. in English Literature and Religion from the University of Puget Sound in 2012 and her J.D. from Rutgers University in 2021. As a law student. Ms. Pokrovskaya was enrolled in the Immigrant Rights Clinic which represented clients seeking asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. She also worked with clients in immigration detention while interning with the Immigrant Right's Clinic's Deportation and Detention Defense Initiative (DDDI) Internship Program and completed an internship where she worked with family law, asylum, and family-based immigration matters in Washington D.C. At Eisenberg Law Firm, she has successfully handled a number of O-1, L-1, H-1B and other business immigration matters.

Igor Kisil

Client Communications Manager

Experienced business manager/entrepreneur specializing in communications, administrative
management, marketing and sales. Before joining Eisenberg Law Firm in the beginning of 2019,
Igor has founded and managed several startup companies in NYC, mainly in the field of music
production and digital content distribution. He has also consulted other companies on
developing and executing business strategies. At Eisenberg Law Firm, Igor manages operations,
client communications, and also applies his unique experience in working with
the firm’s clients in music and arts fields. He has a B.A. in Computer Science and B.A. in Music.

Boris Leyvi

Legal Writer/Case Manager

Boris Leyvi is a legal writer and a case manager at Eisenberg Law Firm, PLLC. Boris earned a Master’s degree in School Counseling from Long Island University in New York. Among the degrees he holds, one notable is a Minor degree in English from CUNY. Prior to joining the firm, Boris served as a dedicated case manager as well as a behavior intervention specialist for people with developmental and other disabilities.

Elvira Utnasunov-Ochirova

Paralegal

Elvira was awarded a Master of Linguistics degree, magna cum laude, from Moscow State Social University, in Moscow, Russia. She also successfully completed an ABA approved City University of New York legal studies program and has been working in the US immigration legal field for over 6 years.


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