Attorney Profile

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

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