Jewell & Associates is a San Francisco, California, specialty law firm, practicing exclusively in the area of immigration and nationality law, with a primary emphasis in business- and employment-related immigration. We provide counsel and representation to clients in a variety of industries including software, biotechnology, engineering, and finance, as well as to academic institutions, nonprofits, religious denominations and arts organizations.

The managing attorney of Jewell & Associates, Phyllis A. Jewell, is a 1979 graduate of Pomona College (B.A. Modern Languages and Literature) and a 1984 graduate of Tulane University School of Law. In 1984-85, Ms. Jewell was a visiting scholar at the University of Grenoble Law School in France. She was sworn in as a member of the California State Bar in 1985, upon her return from France, and has been in private immigration practice in San Francisco since that time. Ms. Jewell is certified as a specialist in immigration and nationality law by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Her other professional affiliations include the American Immigration Lawyers Association (elected officer in Northern California Chapter 1992-1996; member of Chapter Executive Committee 1991-1997; member of national committees 1992-93), the Bar Association of San Francisco (Barristers Immigration Committee Co-Chair, Vice-Chair and Chair 1989-1991) and the National Lawyers Guild. She has been a speaker at numerous local and national seminars sponsored by these organizations to provide continuing legal education to other immigration lawyers, and has published articles on immigration law subjects.

Ms. Jewell is joined by a staff of experienced immigration attorneys and expert paralegals, all of whom have extensive background in employment-based immigration law. The attorneys and paralegals at Jewell & Associates work in teams to ensure that all aspects of a client's immigration matters are addressed with professionalism. skill and speed.