Andrea Elliott, was admitted to the Bar in 1986 in South Africa. She has practiced global immigration law in the USA since 1991, representing large, mid-size and small companies. She specializes in International Immigration to and from any country in the world and Domestic Migration into Africa.

Began her U.S legal career as Counsel to HirsonWexlerPerl (now Fragomen) an immigration firm in Southern California, using her international legal experience and language skills (English, Afrikaans, German, Dutch, French and Spanish).

She was appointed to position of Senior Foreign Supervising Attorney of the Global Visa Solutions division of HirsonWexlerPerl (which coordinated the outbound foreign work permits and visas) in 2001 and Practice Leader in 2002.

After the merger of HWP with Fragomen, Andrea was recruited by Littler Mendelson Bacon & Dear (Littler Global) in 2004 as Director of Global Resources to build their Global Visa practice.

She relocated to Florida in 2005, and founded Pro-Link GLOBAL, Inc.

Education:

• 1983, Graduated from University of Stellenbosch Cum Laude, B.A
• 1985, Graduated from University of Natal (Durban), L.L.B

Admissions:

• 1986, Supreme Court of South Africa as an Advocate (Barrister)
• 1986, Independant Association of Advocates, Natal 
• American Bar Association
• International Bar Association, London
• 2001, LawAsia Bar

Affiliations:

• Society of Human Resource Management SHRM

• The Worldwide ERC

Languages:

English, Afrikaans, Spanish, German, Dutch, French and some Italian.

Achievements:

• Six Sigma Certified Yellow Belt
• Guest Lecturer at UCLA HR Honors Program
• Recipient of Meritorious Service Award to Relocation Industry from The Worldwide ERC, 2009
• Guest Speaker at 2nd World Women Lawyers Conference

• Accredited Speaker for Society for Human Resources Management

Speaking Events:

Guest Speaker at Conferences held by,

•  International Bar in London,
• The Worldwide ERC,
• SHRM National Conference and Chapter Conferences,
• International Law West,
• Council on Education, and
• Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

Andrea is an outstanding attorney who has unique insight and experience of global immigration practice. She is well versed in the immigration systems of numerous countries and can advise clients on immigration and visa matters no matter where the employee is heading to or coming from. Global immigration matters come with unique challenges vastly different from what we usually see in US immigration practice, and Andrea expertise in these areas is extremely valuable and she is an asset to any company who deals with global migration matters.

Excellent speaker! Great presentation, knowledge and humor-engaging presenter. Great job!!

Responses from audience at HR Florida Conference 2010

Hi Andrea, Good feedback from my colleagues in Japan - For so long, they were doing things on their own - I think swaying Japan back into the policy and procedures was my crowning achievement in Asia. Good vendors help keep those promises!

C.Z.