Our Law Firm’s Staff
Our staff is multi-lingual, speaking Portuguese and Spanish.
Moses Apsan, Esq. emigrated from Brazil in 1955. He is a past President of the Federal Bar Association, New Jersey Chapter (1997-2002), and was Coordinator of the Annual Immigration Seminar, and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He graduated New York Law School with a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude degree and was an editor and writer for the Law Review. He graduated from Long Island University in 1970 with a degree in Business Management. He is a 1966 graduate of The Bronx High School of Science. He writes for jornal.us and The Brasilian. He hosts a weekly Law Television Show (você e a lei - You and the Law) every Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. on SIC International Television in Newark (Portuguese and a show every Wednesday at 7 pm on vejatv.com called immigration and You. He also has a weekly immigration show in Portuguese and Spanish on Facebook.com/vejatv every Wednesdays at 8 pm. As an immigration lawyer in Newark, NJ, and New York, NY, he writes and publishes legal-related websites. His videos on immigration laws are widely viewed on YouTube, vejatv.com, and Google. Many people consider him one of the best immigration lawyers in the United States.
He has won the following awards:
JOSE ORTIZ graduated from Seton Hall University and Rutgers Law School with Honors. As a member of the Rutgers Legal Clinic, Jose prepared and represented clients in contested divorce cases and in civil law suits.
Jose is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey and in the Immigration Court of all 50 states. After graduating from law school, he completed a Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Judge Carolyn E. Wright, J.S.C. He worked at the Essex County Courthouse, specifically handling cases at the landlord-tenant, special civil, and civil divisions, as well as serving as a mediator.
Jose rounded out his legal experiences by obtaining legal positions with Criminal and Family Division Superior Court Judges. He also became a vital team member in the legal department of the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs. He has also worked with prominent attorneys in the past, where he managed cases related to entertainment law, contract litigation, family law, civil litigation, municipal, landlord-tenant tenant and criminal matters.
At Apsan Law Offices, Jose is the senior attorney and practices in all areas of immigration with a focus on BIA Appeals; Removal Defense, Bond Proceedings, Motions to Reopen, Cancellation of Removal, U-Visas, Vawa Petitions, Waivers, Asylum, and Special Immigration Juvenile Status cases. Jose is fluent in English and Spanish.
Steven G. Tepper, was a Senior Divorce paralegal for Apsan Law Offices since 1983. Prior to that he was a founding partner of Divorce Associates, a company that pioneered and wrote the uncontested pro-se divorce preparation manuals and was the New Jersey Director for divorces since 1978. He has personally supervised the process of over 100,000 divorces. Divorce Associates was featured in Newsweek Magazine, Money Magazine, New York Times, The Daily News and many radio and TV shows throughout the country and Canada. Mr. Tepper attended George Washington University and grew up in New York City. He has an understanding of Spanish. Unfortunately, Mr. Tepper passed away in 2007.
Senobia Feldman, is a Senior Paralegal and has been serving in this capacity since 1993. Her duties include processing Labor Certification and Family cases from the beginning to final Adjustment of Status, including Reduction In Recruitment processes. She is responsible for the I-140 Petition applications by the employers, which calls upon her mathematical and logical skills. She is an expert in restaurant, construction, mechanical, and domestic cases, family waivers, and other aspects of immigration law.. Before undertaking this position she was the Senior Paralegal Administrator in our New York City branch. Since being employed with Apsan Law Office in 1993 she has succeeded in many hundreds of cases. She has a Master's degree in Business Management, graduating with Honors from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). She is fluent in Spanish and understands Portuguese. She is a co-host of the Spanish language live show Inmigración y usted, on Facebook Live on the vjatv page every Wednesday at 8 pm.
Joao M. Vianna, is the Director of IT and Web Development at Apsan Law Offices. He is the creator of vejatv.com the most visited Portuguese language site in the United States and jornal.us, a web newspaper and the 2nd most visited news site in the United States. He is directly responsible for the simultaneous video webcasst of Voce e a Lei, a Portuguese language law show broadcasted for the last 15 years on SIC intenational, a Portuguese language TV program. He was one of the most recognized and respected programmer in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and has been a Technology professional for over 30 years.
Inmigración y usted
