The Firm
Isabel M. Hidrobo
Isabel M. Hidrobo has over 20 years of experience in the field of immigration law. As an expert in the field, she has successfully managed her own practice since 2008. She advises clients ranging from multinational corporations to small start-ups and individuals in connection with the temporary and permanent employment of foreign nationals in the fields of fashion, arts, and entertainment. Her clients include celebrities as well as numerous top ranked talent management companies in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Her practice focus includes:
- The representation of multinational and domestic corporations, their employees and private individuals in business immigration matters before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, and at U.S. Consulates;
- Assisting individuals of extraordinary ability in obtaining immigration benefits;
- Advising on proactive corporate compliance programs and immigration policies; and
- Matters involving: Adjustment of Status, Exchange Visitors, Treaty Trader and Investors, Immigrant Visas, Temporary Work Visas and Naturalization.
Isabel received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where she majored in Economics and Comparative Area Studies. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC.
She is fluent in Spanish, and proficient in French and Portuguese.
Isabel is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Emma Roberts
Eliza Hess
Eliza Hess has worked in the legal field since 2001, initially practicing as an intellectual property and commercial lawyer in Australia and subsequently working as a senior paralegal and legal consultant in the U.S. immigration law field since 2008.
Eliza has specific expertise in preparing E-3 visa applications for Australian nationals in specialty occupations and O-1 visa applications for foreign nationals of extraordinary ability in the creative and business fields. She is also skilled in a variety of other applications including marriage-based Green Card applications, naturalization (citizenship) applications, and visa applications for trainees and interns, business visitors, domestic workers, foreign media representatives, intra-company transferees, and Diversity Visa Lottery selectees. Eliza offers a highly personalized service tailored to the needs, goals and background of each client.
With her work in immigration law focusing on creative individuals and enterprises, Eliza has married her passion for the arts with her lifelong interest in immigration matters stemming from her personal experience as a refugee migrant from Poland to Australia in the early 1980s, and her experience of expat living in Japan, England and the United States. She brings a particular empathy to her work from her understanding of the immigration process from both a legal and personal point of view and genuinely enjoys helping people to realize their dreams of living and working in the United States.
Eliza received her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Queensland in Australia. She holds a Master of Laws degree from Columbia University in New York, where she specialized in the study of copyright and entertainment law as the recipient of the Robert J. Burton Memorial Fellowship. She is admitted to law practice in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. She works under the supervision of the firm’s senior attorneys in matters of US immigration law.
Eliza is fluent in English and Polish, and has a basic understanding of Japanese.
Twana Kennedy
Senior Paralegal Twana Kennedy has 10 years of experience in immigration law that spans across a variety of visa categories. She brings a unique level of experience to The Law Office of Isabel Hidrobo having spent several years working at a leading global modeling agency. Twana received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University.
