
Elizabeth K. Buscaglia
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
Education
Hamilton College, B.A.
University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., With Certificate in International Law
Liz works with a variety of businesses to prepare and submit nonimmigrant visa petitions in the L-1, E-1/E-2, H-1B, O, and TN categories. Liz has an extensive amount of experience counseling financial institutions on immigration matters, including intracompany transfer petitions, United State-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) applications, investor visa petitions, and employment-based preference petitions for multinational managers and executives. Liz also has experience counseling foreign physicians on J-1 visa waiver applications, including Conrad Waivers, as well as National Interest Waiver petitions, O-1 petitions, and labor certification cases. She is a member of the firm's Immigration Practice, which has been awarded prestigious National Tier 1 and Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report.
Liz exclusively practices U.S. law and is admitted to practice in New York.
Honors
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2013 - 2017
- Buffalo Business First/Buffalo Law Journal Legal Elite of Western New York, 2013
In the News
- September 5, 2008
Press Releases
- Press Release, September 6, 2017
- Press Release, August 31, 2016
- Press Release, January 11, 2016
- Press Release, August 19, 2015
- Press Release, August 14, 2014
- August 2013
Publications
- Hodgson Russ College & University Alert, July 31, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, June 23, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, April 23, 2020
- Immigration Alert, July 26, 2017
- Immigration Alert, June 27, 2017
- Immigration Alert, February 1, 2017
- Smarter Way to Cross Blog Archives, May 30, 2014
- Smarter Way to Cross Blog Archives, January 22, 2014
- Smarter Way to Cross Blog Archives, July 17, 2013
- Labor & Employment Alert, May 3, 2013
- Immigration Alert, May 1, 2013
- Immigration Alert, February 7, 2011
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Lawyers Weekly, March 19, 2010
- Immigration Alert, December 21, 2009
- Ontario Bar Association Citizenship & Immigration Newsletter, August 2009
Blog Posts
Liz contributed to the archived Hodgson Russ Canada/U.S. cross-border blog, Smarter Way to Cross. Her entries can be found on the Publications page.
Presentations & Events
- 12th Annual Fundamentals of Employment Law Seminar: Immigration LawBuffalo, NY, August 2014
- U.S. Immigration Law Issues for Short- and Long-Term Personnel,Buffalo, NY, March 2011
- Buffalo, NY, June 9, 2010
- Aurora, Ontario, April 16, 2010
Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association: Prior Secretary and Treasurer for Upstate New York Chapter
- American Immigration Lawyers Association: Customs and Border Protection Liaison Committee
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New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County: International Law Committee
Community & Pro Bono
- Member, Board of Directors: Sisters Hospital Foundation
- Former Commissioner: Erie County Commission on the Status of Women
- Former Member, Board of Directors: Project Flight
- Former Member, Board of Directors: Nardin Academy Alumnae Association