MEMBERS OF AILA
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Colombo, Hurd & Brandt - Immigration Lawyers
Carlos M. Colombo
Immigration attorney Carlos Colombo is a founding partner at the law firm of Colombo, Hurd & Brandt, PL, where he leads the firm’s business immigration practice. Mr. Colombo assists both businesses and individuals in obtaining temporary visas and permanent resident status in a variety of categories, including visas for business partners, managers, executives, treaty investors and traders, students, exchange visitors and artists, entertainers and a wide variety of professionals.
Rusten C. Hurd
Mr. Hurd is a founding partner at the immigration law firm of Colombo, Hurd and Brandt, PL, specializing in immigration workers’ compensation and appellate law. With respect to his immigration practice, Mr. Hurd devotes a substantial portion of his time to assisting clients obtain fiancé and marriage visas. As the husband of an immigrant, Mr. Hurd is fully cognizant of the importance of this process to his clients.
Chad M. Brandt
Attorney Chad Brandt is a founding partner at the law firm of Colombo, Hurd & Brandt, PL, specializing in immigration law. Mr. Brandt has extensive litigation experience, allowing him to successfully represent clients in Immigration and Federal Courts. Mr. Brandt devotes a substantial portion of his immigration practice to deportation defense, both in Immigration Court and before deportation officers at Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s Detention and Removal Offices throughout the U.S.
Scot A. Silzer
Scot Andrew Silzer is a former Attorney for the Human Resources Office of the Florida Board of Regents and a former General Counsel for the University of Central Florida and Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Fernando M. Socol
Fernando M. Socol concentrates his practice on immigration law and related corporate matters, and has acquired a reputation for outstanding business immigration work.
Michael Mendez
Michael Mendez practices in the firm’s immigration section and focuses on deportation defense, appeals, and defense of immigration cases involving criminal matters. Mr. Mendez is uniquely qualified to represent clients in deportation proceedings, appeals and other immigration matters involving past criminal records, since Mr. Mendez worked for the Public Defender’s Office of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, where he obtained valuable skills with regard to criminal defense law.
Ralph Pineda
Ralph L. Pineda Of Counsel at Colombo, Hurd & Brandt, PL, has been a practicing attorney for over 22 years. His practice while in New Jersey was a general one with a heavy emphasis on immigration law. Since moving to Florida in 2004, his practice is solely devoted to representing individuals before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as well as the Immigration Court.
Robert Gaffney
Robert P. Gaffney Of Counsel at Colombo, Hurd & Brandt, PL, is an attorney licensed to practice in the State of California and is certified by the California State Bar Association as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law.
