Nicole Black provides a range of immigration legal services to corporate clients, including petitions for non-immigrant and immigrant status on behalf of foreign national employees. Her expertise includes non-immigrant classifications such as H-1B, L-1, TN, E-3, J-1, O-1 and temporary work statuses. She also has deep knowledge about Labor Certification Applications (PERM) and immigrant petitions for professionals, individuals of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, multinational managers and executives, and EB-5 investors. Ms. Black’s experience spans a broad array of industries, including technology, finance, energy, healthcare, e-commerce, non-profit, and manufacturing. She works closely with executives, business partners, and stakeholders to advise on employment eligibility verification, expatriate services, and global mobility management. She counsels clients on immigration issues related to employee recruitment and termination, enterprise restructuring, and other corporate changes.

Ms. Black also helps families reunite with their loved ones by applying for immigration benefits for spouses, children, siblings, and parents. She represents clients filing green card and U.S. citizenship applications with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and clients applying for fiancé/e and immigrant visas at U.S. consulates around the world.

Ms. Black has been selected as a “Rising Star” immigration attorney in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 recognizing her as one of the top 2½ percent of the outstanding, emerging lawyers in Southern California.

Ms. Black first joined Dayzad Law Offices as an attorney in 2012. She has also served as a lead attorney within the permanent residence practice group for a multinational professional services firm with over 200,000 employees in 150 countries.

Ms. Black is admitted to the California Bar (2011). She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (California and Rome District chapters) and has served as a registered foreign legal consultant with the Law Society of Upper Canada. She has read every installment of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and would run into a burning building to rescue her Xbox.