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Ramon E. Rivera, a partner at Mackenzie Hughes, has been with the firm since
2001. Ramon handles immigration and naturalization law in the firm's Business
Law Department.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1991 from the University
of California in Philosophy and then received a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse
University College of Law, with a concentration in law and economics,
in 1994. While at the University of California, he was a member of the
Financial Aid Advisory Committee, the Interfraternity/Panhellenic Judicial
Committee and the Vice-Chancellor Selection Committee. Ramon was admitted
to the New York Appellate 4th Department and the U.S. District Court,
Northern District in 1995. He was admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in
2001.
Ramon is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State
Bar Association, the Onondaga County Bar Association, and the American
Immigration Law Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors
of the Girl Scout Council of CNY, Inc. where he chaired the Audit Committee.
Ramon is also an adjunct professor at Syracuse University College of Law
where he teaches Immigration Law. Ramon has also lectured at the Onondaga
County Bar Association's continuing legal education program on the topic
of business immigration. In the past Ramon served as Vice President of
the Board of Directors for the Onondaga County Spanish Action League,
on the Board of Directors of the Onondaga County Bar Association and as
a member of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Torchbearer Selection Committee.
Prior to joining Mackenzie Hughes, Ramon was the Managing Partner at
Micale & Rivera, LLP and a Solo practitioner at Rivera Law Firm where
he counseled/represented individual and corporate clients in obtaining
non-immigrant and immigrant employment based visas. He also assisted corporate
clients relocate foreign executives and managers to the U.S.; counseled
international business entities with customs and trade issues; counseled
employers regarding I-9 verification and compliance issues; and represented
employers charged with I-9 paperwork violations, unfair immigration employment
practices, and related document fraud before ICE and OCAHO. Ramon has
also counseled and represented individual petitioners in family-based
immigration matters before the Buffalo USCIS District Office, the Regional
USCIS Service Centers and the U.S. State Department, among many other
responsibilities.
Ramon was recognized in 2001 by The Central New York Business Journal
as one of "40 under 40," an honor that was awarded to the top
40 Central New York business leaders under age 40 for their impact in
making the region a better place to work and live.
Over the years, Ramon has been recognized for his accomplishments as
an amateur and professional boxer. He was recognized as one of the top
three professional boxing prospects in the lightweight division in 1981.
From 1979-1981, he was honored as a nationally ranked Golden Gloves and
Amateur Athletic Union Champion. In the past, he has also been recognized
as the Western Regional Golden Gloves Champion, the Puerto Rican National
Jr. Olympic Champion, the U.S. Western Regional Jr. Olympic Champion and
finally, the Arizona Jr. Olympic and State Golden Gloves Champion. Ramon
also manages a local Syracuse professional boxing prospect, who was featured
in Boxing's world-recognized publication, The Ring Magazine, April
2002.
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