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Columbia Law School, 1985, J.D., Stone Scholar (1985)
Yale University, 1981, B.A., East Asian Studies
Phone: 415-395-9331 ext. 302
Education
Yale University, 1981, B.A., East Asian Studies
Kirsten Schlenger, a founder and managing partner of Weaver, Schlenger & Mazel, has expertise in helping companies lawfully employ the best talent worldwide. With extensive experience in business immigration, removal defense, family immigration, naturalization and asylum, Ms. Schlenger is adept in all facets of immigration law. Her broad background allows her to expertly and comprehensively advise clients on the full range of immigration options and risks.
Ms. Schlenger has devised and implemented customized corporate immigration policies to improve the management of immigration matters, conducted immigration trainings for human resources professionals, and performed internal employment documentation audits. Through her extensive professional contacts, she is able to anticipate immigration trends and advise clients proactively.
A sought-after speaker and writer on a variety of immigration topics both locally and nationally, Ms. Schlenger has presented frequently to human resource professionals and local and national bar associations. Since the inception of the Super Lawyer poll by Law & Politics in 2004, Ms. Schlenger has been selected each year by her peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer (top 5% in the immigration field), and in 2005 was recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in Northern California. In 2009, Chambers and Partners USA listed her among the state's top immigration attorneys, calling her a "perceptive practitioner and good generalist." She has received the highest “AV” rating from the premier attorney rating organization, Martindale Hubbell. For more details on Kirsten Schlenger’s bar admissions, association memberships, presentations and community service, please click here.
Ms. Schlenger found her calling in the immigration field after several years on Wall Street and a brief stint in San Francisco as a tax lawyer. She mistakenly thought that her interest in languages (French, Mandarin, Ancient Greek, Latin) and things international (food, travel, music, literature) would be satisfied through an international tax practice. Instead, she learned from a pro bono asylum assignment that helping foreign nationals secure immigration status and pursue their dreams in the U.S. was her true passion. She employs a quick sense of humor to combat the sometimes-absurd immigration bureaucracy.
A sought-after speaker and writer on a variety of immigration topics both locally and nationally, Ms. Schlenger has presented frequently to human resource professionals and local and national bar associations. Since the inception of the Super Lawyer poll by Law & Politics in 2004, Ms. Schlenger has been selected each year by her peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer (top 5% in the immigration field), and in 2005 was recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in Northern California. In 2009, Chambers and Partners USA listed her among the state's top immigration attorneys, calling her a "perceptive practitioner and good generalist." She has received the highest “AV” rating from the premier attorney rating organization, Martindale Hubbell. For more details on Kirsten Schlenger’s bar admissions, association memberships, presentations and community service, please click here.
Ms. Schlenger found her calling in the immigration field after several years on Wall Street and a brief stint in San Francisco as a tax lawyer. She mistakenly thought that her interest in languages (French, Mandarin, Ancient Greek, Latin) and things international (food, travel, music, literature) would be satisfied through an international tax practice. Instead, she learned from a pro bono asylum assignment that helping foreign nationals secure immigration status and pursue their dreams in the U.S. was her true passion. She employs a quick sense of humor to combat the sometimes-absurd immigration bureaucracy.