Janet E Moon

Janet E Moon

  • Immigration Law
  • New York
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Janet has proven herself to be a trusted advisor to her clients, helping businesses, families and students navigate the immigration system. Janet can help your family come together through the green card or visa process, including fiancé visas, immigrant visas, adjustment, and citizenship processes. She helps international students transition from studying to working in the US. She also helps businesses build new locations in the US and retain talented people from around the world. Janet has experience preparing clients for interviews and hearings, handling denials, notices of intent to deny, requests for evidence and other problems that can arise in immigration. Janet focuses her on practice immigration law, so she is very familiar with a variety of immigration specific issues.

Janet trained with Diane Chappell-Daly, who practiced immigration law in Central New York for over 25 years. Janet now has the distinction of being named a Super Lawyer's Rising Star in the field of immigration for four years in a row. She was selected as a 40 Under 40 Honoree in 2016.

Janet is a native of Connecticut and prior to her immigration practice, she clerked at the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Janet has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University's iSchool, teaching Information Policy. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law, her Master of Public Administration from Syracuse University Maxwell School, and her undergraduate degree from Smith College.

Practice Area
Immigration Law
Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
Fees
  • Credit Cards Accepted
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New York
New York State Office of Court Administration
ID Number: 4648473
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Languages
  • English
Professional Experience
Principal Attorney
Moon Law Office, LLC
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Adjunct Professor
Syracuse University iSchool
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As an Adjunct faculty member at SU's iSchool, Janet taught Information Policy, focusing on public policy issues in the digital environment, including freedom of expression, freedom of information, intellectual property, privacy, security, economics, and access.
Law Clerk
US Distric Court of Northern New York
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Education
Syracuse University College of Law
J.D. (2008)
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Honors: Magna cum laude
Activities: President, Actual Innocence Society; Associate Editor, Journal of International Law and Commerce; Member, Environmental Law Trial Team; Writer, Jessup Moot Court Competition; Researcher, The Sierra Leone Project; and Oralist, Toronto International Law Moot Court Competition
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Syracuse University
M.A. (2008) | Public Administration
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Smith College
B.A. (2001) | American History
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Awards
Rising Star
Super Lawyers
Janet has been selected as a Super Lawyer's Rising Star in the field of immigration law from 2016 through 2019.
Rising Star
Super Lawyers
Rising Star
Super Lawyers
Rising Star
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40 Under Forty
CNY Business Journal
40 Under Forty recognizes 40 ambitious, hard-working, civic-minded individuals, who are under the age of 40. These individuals have excelled in the workplace and in the community. This group demonstrates diverse backgrounds, experiences and skills; they thrive on active community involvement and appreciate the importance of their role in advancing public good.
Professional Associations
State Bar of New York  # 4648473
Member
Current
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William Herbert Johnson Bar Association
Member
- Current
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American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member
- Current
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NYCLU CNY Chapter
Board Chair
- Current
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Onondaga County Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Central New York Women's Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Onondaga County Volunteer Lawyers Project
Volunteer Lawyer
- Current
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OnPoint for College
Volunteer
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Violence, Culture, & HIV/AIDS: Can Domestic Violence Laws Reduce Women’s Risk of HIV Infection?
Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce
Websites & Blogs
Website
Bousquet Holstein PLLC : Janet E. Moon
Contact & Map
Bousquet Holstein PLLC
110 West Fayette St.
Ste. 1000
Syracuse, NY 13202
Telephone: (315) 701-6462
Cell: (315) 333-2424
Fax: (315) 701-7920