OUR TEAM
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.
- H.E. Luccock
KRISTINA ROST, Partner
Kristina’s skillful handling of
immigration matters has earned her widespread respect among clients and
colleagues. Kristina provides immigration counsel to U.S. and
international companies in various industries as well as to IRC 501 (c)(3)
Nonprofit Organizations.
Kristina is the current Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
(AILA) Ethics and Professionalism Committee and Ethics Committee both
nationally and for the AILA New England Chapter. Before her appointment,
Kristina served on the Committee for a number of years and is a frequent
speaker on ethical and practice management issues essential to any immigration
law practice. Kristina has also served as a co-chair of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Young Lawyers Division (NE Chapter).
In May 2007, Kristina was presented with the “Outstanding
Immigration Lawyer” award for outstanding legal service to immigrant
communities in New England by the Brazilian Immigrant Center of Massachusetts. In August 2008, she was
honored as an “Up and Coming Lawyer” by the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
publication. Kristina was also named as Super Lawyers- Rising
Star by the New England Super Lawyers–Rising Stars 2008 and 2009 Editions. She has attained a Superb (10.00 / 10.00) rating by
Avvo, the highest rating available.
Kristina regularly writes "Ask the Immigration
Lawyer", a column in the New England monthly publication
"Contact" as well as articles for "Metro / Brazilian News"
and her column in "Kurier / Russian Weekly Paper". She has
appeared before many USCIS adjudicators in Boston and has been complimented on more than
a few occasions on the quality of her cases' presentation.
Kristina is a frequent presenter at AILA national and other
immigration-related conferences, panels, and MCLEs.
Speaking Engagements:
- Panelist, Ethics for Immigration Lawyers Part II: Navigating Potential Fraud: Balancing Candor & Confidentiality, AILA Web Seminar, September 17, 2009
- Speaker, I-9: Beauty or a Beast?
Helpful Tips for Your Organization’s Employment Verification
Procedures, Corporate Presentation for a major school district, Boston, MA,
July 29, 2009
- Panelist,
Ethics for Immigration Lawyers Part I: Deal or No Deal? Ethics, Clients,
and Money, AILA Web Seminar, June 19, 2009
- Speaker, The
Best You Can Be: Practical Tips to Enhance Your Performance, 2009 AILA
Annual Conference, Las
Vegas, June 2009
- Panelist,
Dual Representation: Ethical Issues for Business and Family Immigration
Law Practitioners, 8th Annual Immigration Law Conference 2009, Massachusetts
Continued Legal Education (MCLE) May 18, 2009
- Discussion
Leader, Introduction to Ethics Fundamentals, 2008 AILA Annual Conference, Vancouver,
June 2008
- Panelist,
E-Verify & Worksite Enforcement Trends in MA session,
Massachusetts Continued Legal Education (MCLE) April 9, 2008
- Panelist,
AILA NE Chapter meeting on ethical issues, March 2008
- Speaker, Massachusetts
Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Session – Advance
Citizenship Training – Boston,
MA
November 29, 2007
- Program
Co-Founder and Speaker, Solving your employment deficit through
international recruitment - Seminar for non-profit health and educational
organizations - Burlington,
MA
November 14, 2007
- Panelist,
AILA NE Chapter meeting on ethical issues, February 2007
- Panelist,
AILA Teleseminar on Ethics ” Help Me Help Myself: Why Managing your
Practice Well is the…” January 11, 2007
- Panelist,
Session on Ethics & Professionalism—Avoiding Becoming the Defendant -
AILA 2006 Annual Conference, San
Antonio, Texas,
June 2006
- Panelist,
ILW.COM Teleconference “Adjustment of Status In Immigration Practice
Today” – “VAWA Adjustment”, April 20, 2006
- Panelist,
AILA Teleconference “Ethical Issues For The Immigration
Practitioner” November 8, 2005
- Speaker,
First National Conference on Brazilian Immigration to the United States,
jointly organized by the Department of Romance Languages/Harvard
University and the David Rockefeller Center for the Latin American
Studies, - Overview of Non-Immigrant Visas - Harvard, Cambridge, MA,
March 18-19, 2005
- Presenter,
American Electronics Association (AeA) New England, the HR Roundtable,- HR
Legal Smorgasbord - updates on legal and immigration trends, Brooks
Automation, Chelmsford,
November 13, 2003
Publications:
- “The Best Your Can Be: Practical Tips to Enhance Your
Performance”, Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook 2009-10,
AILA (2009)
- “Dual Representation Issues in Business
Immigration Practice” Massachusetts
Continued Legal Education (MCLE) “9th Annual Immigration Law
Conference ” May 2009
- Chapter
9. The Many Faces Behind the Visa Window: The Visa Process and Procedure
at Select High-Volume Consulates in the New World Economic Order” (Sao Paulo Consulate
General). The Consular Posts Book (ILW.COM) (2009)
- “Employment
Verification Under Revised Form I-9 and E-Verify”, Massachusetts Continued Legal Education
(MCLE) “I-9 Employment Verification Procedures” April 2008
- “Engagement
Letter For Beginner Practitioners: More Than Just A Fee Agreement?”
ILW.COM, 2008
- “Managing
Ethical Conflicts in a Business Practice” Immigration and Nationality Law
Handbook (American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2006-2007 edition)
- “Ethical
Dilemmas: A Never Ending Quandry”, Immigration Law Today, Jan / Feb 2006,
vol. 25 no.1
- Monthly
contributor on immigration law topics, New England
“Kontact” magazine (Russian);
- Monthly
contributor on immigration law topics, national Russian newspaper
“Kurier”
- Weekly
contributor on immigration law topics, Massachusetts Brazilian newspaper
“Metro”
Professional
& Civic Activities:
- Chair,
National Ethics & Professionalism Committee, American Immigration
Lawyers Association (2007-2008, 2008-2009)
- Chair,
Ethics Committee, New England Chapter of
the American Immigration Lawyers Association (2007-2008, 2008-2009)
- Member,
National Ethics & Professionalism Committee, American Immigration
Lawyers Association (2005-2007)
- Co-Chair,
Young Lawyers Division, New England
Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Associations (2003-2004)
BRADLEY MAGED, Managing Partner
Bradley practices immigration law with an emphasis on employment-based cases. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the New England School of Law in 1998 and his Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University, Sawyer School of Management in 1999. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) where he currently serves as Co-Chair of the Non-Profit Liaison Committee for the New England Chapter, the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA).
Combining his education and passion for both law and business, Bradley co-founded Maged Rost in 2000 with the goals of providing extraordinary service, achieving successful results, and making the legal process as straightforward as possible for its clients. Bradley’s focus is on obtaining nonimmigrant status and permanent residence through employment for his clients. He has successfully handled hundreds of immigration cases.
Bradley has taught Business Law at the Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University and is a frequent speaker at events and educational seminars for immigration lawyers as well as for foreign-nationals and their employers. He writes articles for both immigration practitioners and the general public and contributes regularly to his Blog, www.blog.immigrantconnect.com.
He educates aliens on immigration laws and discourages the most vulnerable among them from being preyed on by so-called "notarios" and "legal consultants" who engage in the unauthorized practice of law. Bradley also helps foreign-nationals receive compensation they have earned but have not been paid by their employers. His clients have been awarded tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages and overtime.
Bradley has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers–Rising Stars Edition 2009 and has attained a Superb (10.0/10.0) rating by Avvo, the highest rating available. Bradley is admitted to practice before the Massachusetts and New York State bars, and the United States District Court of Massachusetts.
YANAI MATORIN, Senior Legal Assistant
Truly a citizen of the world, Yanai was born in Brazil and has lived in various countries in Europe and in the United States for many years. She holds an International Relations degree from the prestigious Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Yanai is fluent in French, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. She is very much a "people-person," and loves culture and the arts.
PRISCILA TANAKA, Legal Assistant
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Priscila earned a Bachelor's (Honors) degree in English Studies from Université de Montréal (Canada). She experienced first-hand the immigration processes in both Canada and United States which makes her very passionate about helping others during this exciting yet sometimes stressful time.
Priscila is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English, and loves to use her language skills to make others comfortable expressing themselves in their native language.
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