Kelly McCown is a partner and co-founder of McCown & Evans LLP in San Francisco, and is certified as a specialist in immigration & nationality law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Since 2004, Ms. McCown has been honored each year as a "Northern California Super Lawyer" by San Francisco Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine and was recognized in 2007 as one of the "Top 50 Female Super Lawyers" in Northern California across all legal specialties. She is a former member of the American Immigration Council's Board of Trustees, past chair of the AILA Northern California Chapter, and a member of of the board of directors of the Bank of San Francisco and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Ms. McCown is a graduate of Stanford University and Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.
McCown & Evans LLP represents emerging companies, multinational corporations, investors, and individuals in all areas of business immigration law. The firm's corporate clients include information technology, media, scientific, internet, engineering, research, industrial, manufacturing, financial, and medical institutions of all sizes. The firm's immigration practice is nationwide, with corporate and individual clients throughout the United States and overseas.
McCown & Evans LLP provides a full range of immigration law services, including preparation of applications for nonimmigrant status such as the B-1 (business visitor), E-2 (investor), TN (Trade NAFTA), H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 (specialty occupation worker), L-1 (intracompany transferee), and O-1 (extraordinary/exceptional ability), and applications for permanent residence (a green card). The firm counsels companies on personnel decisions, corporate immigration policies and procedures, H-1B and I-9 recordkeeping, and outbound (non-U.S.) visas. It also represent clients in fiancé visa, family-based permanent residence, and naturalization applications.