Mark A. Ivener 11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2280 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: 310.477.3000 Fax: 310.477.2652  mark@usworkvisa.com  www.usworkvisa.com

MARK A. IVENER is a founding member of IMMLAW, The National Consortium of Immigration Law Firms. He was educated at the University of Illinois (B.A.,1964) and at U.C.L.A. Law School (J.D., 1967) and admitted to the California Bar in January 1968.

Mr. Ivener has been practicing law in Los Angeles for over 30 years. He has lectured on U.S. immigration law for the World Trade Institute in New York, Houston, Chicago, and San Francisco. He has also lectured for theInternational Bar Association in Munich, Madrid, and New York. He has participated in many immigration seminars for the Law Societies of British Columbia and Alberta and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Mr. Ivener has authored the books, Handbook of Immigration Law, Volumes I and II [1980; 2nd edition, 1982; and 3rd edition, 1986; Online edition,1999]; Doing Business in the USA Under Free Trade [1989; 2nd edition, 1990]; Get The Right Visa [1992; 2nd edition 1994]; A Complete Guide To Getting An American Visa (in Japanese) 1993; 2nd edition 1994; 3rd edition 1999]; and Have You Thought About Immigrating To The US? (in Spanish) [1995]. He has also written many articles on immigration law which have appeared in the International Law Journal, the Canadian-American Bar Association News, Business and the Law and World Trade Trends.

Mr. Ivener has received the highest rating accorded by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell has also selected Mr.Ivener inclusion in the "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers" in the area of Immigration Law.

Staff language capabilities: Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Farsi, Russian and Armenian.