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M. Mercedes Badia-Tavas 
8 West Monroe
Suite 1006
Chicago, Illinois 60603
 

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M. MERCEDES BADIA-TAVAS has been practicing in the area of Immigration and Naturalization Law since 1993, focusing on immigration matters for Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses. Ms. Badia-Tavas is a member of the AILA Congressional Advocacy/Liaison Committee, the American Bar Association-International Section, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, and the Metropolitan Leadership Institute of Chicago. Ms. Badia-Tavas has been a contributing author for past Immigration & Nationality Law Handbooks and counsels clients on the employment of foreign nationals and compliance issues within her immigration practice. Ms. Badia-Tavas graduated from Tulane Law School in 1993 and Agnes Scott College majoring in Economics and Spanish in 1986. She is fluent in Spanish and has traveled and lived throughout Latin America.

Areas of Practice:
Immigration & Naturalization Law
Business Immigration
Family Immigration
Naturalization
Published Works:
"Observations on Argentine Arbitration" American Review of International Arbitration, Parker School of Comparative and International Law, Columbia University, NY,NY, 1996


Immigration & Nationality Law Handbooks (Contributing Author)


Honors and Awards:
FLASCO, Rotary Scholar, 1988


Ambassador of Goodwill to Rotary District 489


Professional Associations and Memberships:
International Trade Club
Member


International Bar Association
Member


ASC Global Awareness Committee, 1984 - 1986


World Trade Center, 1993
Member


ABA, 1993 - Present
Member


"La Alianza del Derecho", 1990 - 1991
Board of Directors


International Law Society, 1993
Member


AILA, 1993 - Present
Member


CBA, 1998 - Present
Member


AILA
Member, Congressional Advocacy/Liaison Committee


American Bar Association, International Section
Member


Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, 1998 - Present
Member


Metropolitan Leadership Institute of Chicago
Member


Past Employment Positions:
M.Mercedes Badia-Tavas, Chicago, IL, Attorney at Law, 2004 - Present


Fagel & Haber, Chicago, IL, Associate Attorney, 2000 - 2004


M.Mercedes Badia-Tavas, Chicago, IL, Attorney at Law, 1998 - 1999


Kempster & Lenz-Calvo Ltd., Chicago, IL, Associate Attorney, 1994 - 1998


Southern Miss. Planning & Development District, Gulfport, MS, International Trade Coordinator/Loan Officer, 1993


Barst & Mukamal, New York, NY, Paralegal, 1987 - 1988


United Nations, New York, NY, Public Information Assistant, 1986 - 1987


U.S. Congressman Trent Lott, House Whip, Washington, D.C., Intern, 1982


Tulane Law School Immigration Law Clinic, Student Attorney, 1991 - 1992


Chicago Legal Assistance Foundation, Chicago, IL, Student Attorney, 1991 - 1992


Federal District Court of the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, LA, Intern for Federal Judge, 1990


"El Estudio del Dr. Hector Alegria", Buenos Aires, Argentina, Intern, 1992


Pro Bono Activities:
Represented Cuban Detainees Before INS, 1993
Languages:
Spanish
French
September 9, 2008
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Badia-Tavas
Law Group, LTD

8 West Monroe
Suite 1006
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 422-0838

“Attorney M. Mercedes Badia-Tavas is a first generation Cuban-American who has been practicing immigration law since 1993. She is proud of helping businesses get the best qualified immigrant and non-immigrant candidates, as well as helping foreign families start new lives together in the United States.”
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