Joan Squires-Lind has specialized in business immigration law for 32 years.
She is a member of the Bars of New York and Paris, is expert in both US and French immigration law, and is fully bilingual in English and French.

She speaks and publishes regularly on immigration law, and has for some years been the author of the annual report on the US Embassy in France in the Visa Processing Guide published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has been nominated by her peers to every edition of Who’s Who in Corporate Immigration Law (often the only attorney in France to so qualify).

Ms Squires-Lind is an American citizen who has lived and practiced law in France since 1986; prior to that date she practiced in New York, from 1977 – 1985. She has lived in Bahrain, France, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Bar Admissions

            Paris, France
            New York State
            United States Supreme Court
            United States Federal Circuit Courts
            US District Courts for the Northern, Western & Southern Districts of NY

University Education:

            Stanford University, BA, Special Honors
            Stanford University, MA Communications
            Cornell Law School, Juris Doctor.  Nathan Burkan Prize

Secondary Education:

            Malvern Girls College, Worcestershire, England
            Bronxville High School, Westchester, New York
            Buser Language Institute, Teufen, Switzerland
            Kodaikanal School, Tamil Nadu, South India

Other international experience:

            Institute of International Education, Nairobi
            Centre for Educational Television Overseas, Londo