About Us and Our Services

Who We Are - Berardi Immigration Law

In June of 2005, Rosanna Berardi, Esq. founded the Law Office of Rosanna Berardi, P.C. a full-service immigration law firm.

Ms. Berardi launched the firm in 2005 after five years of experience with the former Immigration & Naturalization Service (“INS”) and six years of experience at a large, multinational law firm in Buffalo, New York.

The mission of the Law Office of Rosanna Berardi was to provide top-notch immigration services to both individual and corporate clients.

Our mission remains the same today.  In April of 2008, we changed our name to Berardi Immigration Law and moved into a brand-new office suite, located 20 minutes from the U.S.-Canadian border.  Our team consists of former INS employees and experienced paralegals and administrative staff.  We continue to provide our clients with exceptional service and strive to make a move to the U.S. as easy and stress-free as possible.

Rosanna Berardi, Esq.
Rosanna Berardi restricts her legal practice to the field of immigration law. She has a unique combination of government, university and corporate experience that provides her with a broad perspective of the immigration landscape that is uncommonly valuable for an immigration practitioner.

Ms. Berardi’s is expertly qualified to provide immigration information, counsel, and advice. Her background consists of spending a number of years with the INS on the front line as an Immigration Inspector at the Peace Bridge as well as an Assistant District Counsel for their New York City litigation office. Ms. Berardi also served as Immigration Counsel for SUNY Buffalo and subsequently, in private practice with a large commercial law firm.

Ms. Berardi’s immigration career began in 1993. She attended the legacy INS Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, and then worked as an Immigration Inspector at the Peace Bridge while attending law school at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Ms. Berardi was then promoted to the position of Legal Intern at the legacy INS’s District Office, where she performed legal research and prepared legal memoranda on various immigration issues.

Upon graduation from law school in 1997, she was hired by the INS as an Assistant District Counsel for their New York City litigation office. In this position, Ms. Berardi prepared and litigated over 400 political asylum, criminal alien, suspension of deportation and removal proceedings cases. She also prepared lay and expert witnesses for trials and advised the agency’s sub-offices on the status and nature of new and pending litigation.

Through her work as Immigration Counsel for the State University of New York at Buffalo, Ms. Berardi prepared and submitted all employment-based immigration petitions including J-1, H-1B, O-1 and TN nonimmigrant petitions as well as Outstanding Researcher/Professor and Special Handling immigrant petitions. She was the legal point-of-contact for all of the University’s immigration needs. Ms. Berardi also counseled the foreign students of the university and presented immigration seminars and workshops.

Ms. Berardi gained extensive experience working with multi-national companies in connection with B-1, H-1B, L-1, TN and O-1 transfers to the U.S. and the permanent employment of such transfers at a large, corporate law firm in Buffalo, New York. She also represented Canadian corporations expanding or relocating to the U.S. Ms. Berardi was a frequent speaker at SUNY personnel conferences, client seminars and corporate seminars.

Carrie Schneider Carney, Senior Paralegal
Carrie Schneider Carney has nearly 15 years of immigration-related experience. Ms. Carney graduated Cum Laude in Legal Studies from the four-year Bachelor of Arts, Legal Studies program at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNYAB) in 1995.

A former Immigration and Naturalization Service (now known as Customs and Border Protection and Citizenship and Immigration Services) Immigration Inspector, Ms. Carney worked at both the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada and in a similar role in Cleveland, Ohio. As an Immigration Inspector, Ms. Carney was responsible for determining eligibility of applicants for admission to the U.S and conducting ship inspections, processing refugees, and acting as the Student Liaison Officer. A promotion to District Adjudications Officer gained Carrie valuable experience in conducting adjustment of status, naturalization, and removal of conditions (I-751) interviews.

Ms. Carney’s corporate experience includes working at a large multi-national corporate law firm where her focus was on preparing employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, and family-based preference petitions. Upon joining Berardi Immigration Law, Ms. Carney assumed the position of Senior Paralegal. Ms. Carney utilizes her impressive background and experience in preparing all manner of immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions as well as criminal and other waivers.

Kris Rohl, Paralegal/Director of Marketing
Coming from a strong marketing background, Kris Rohl combines the functions of Director of Marketing with her role as an Immigration Paralegal.  In her marketing capacity, Ms. Rohl focuses on ways to continue to meet and exceed our existing customers’ expectations and to generate new business for the firm.  Ms. Rohl has worked in both Marketing Communications and Marketing Research.

In the Paralegal function, Ms. Rohl prepares pleadings and motions for Immigration Court proceedings as well as petitions and applications to be submitted to Citizenship and Immigration and other governmental agencies.  Ms. Rohl has a strong understanding of immigration issues impacting physicians and researchers and has worked closely with both over the years.  She is also skilled in the preparation of PERM Labor Certifications and other employer and family based petitions.

Janice Courtney, Legal Executive Assistant, Notary Public
Janice Courtney is the firm Legal Executive Assistant and has over 20 years of experience in this and other similar roles. Ms. Courtney’s experience includes preparation of letters, motions, pleadings and other legal documents. Ms. Courtney is the main point of contact for scheduling consultation appointments for the firm and maintains the overall organization and efficient running of the office. In addition, Ms. Courtney is a Notary Public and provides those services to our clients when needed.