Attorney Profiles

Immigration law in Denver, Colorado

Philip Alterman

Philip Alterman earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1975 and earned his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1978.

He has practiced immigration law exclusively since 1985
He was the principal of the immigration law firm Carter and Alterman for 21 years before merging to form Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman
He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1985 and served as Chair of the Colorado Chapter in 1989
Alterman has been cited in the publication The Best Lawyers of America®, Colorado Super Lawyers® and is a recipient of the Special President's Award from the Denver Bar Association for pro bono work

Emily J. Curray

Ms. Curray completed her J.D. at the University of Colorado. She joined Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman in 1996.

Prior to earning her law degree, she earned her masters in nutrition science, which is an asset to Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman in representing outstanding members of the scientific and research community.

Her practice encompasses all aspects of business and family immigration.

Ms. Curray has been selected as a finalist, along with other influential business leaders, for The Denver Business Journal's 2007 Power Book
She serves on the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) National Liaison Committee to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Headquarters
Currently she is chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Colorado Lawyers Committee
She has served as Chair of the Colorado Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Previously she served on AILA's National Committee on Family Immigration
She has worked on immigration legislation matters and has lectured widely on immigration topics

Ms. Curray is fluent in Spanish and has lived in Mexico and Peru.

Nancy B. Elkind

Ms. Elkind has a Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, and earned her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1979, and she has practiced immigration law exclusively since 1982.

Ms. Elkind was named "Outstanding Woman in Business 2004" by the Denver Business Journal
She was honored as a Colorado Super Lawyer®
She has been cited in the publication The Best Lawyers in America® for more than ten years
Ms. Elkind has twice been Chair of the Colorado Chapter of American Immigration Lawyer's Association, and has served on numerous national committees of the Association
Ms. Elkind was lead counsel on the pivotal labor certification case Matter of Information Industries
She was editor-in-chief of the book Employer Liability Issues in Hiring Foreign Personnel

She has written many articles on immigration law, and continues to lecture extensively, especially on matters related to labor certification and business immigration law.

David Harston

Mr. Harston graduated from the University of Denver in 1998 with a law degree and a master's degree in International Studies. Mr. Harston has been practicing immigration law, including business, family, asylum and deportation defense, since 1999. Mr. Harston is licensed to practice law in the State of Colorado and limits his practice to Immigration and Nationality law.

He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 1999
He has served on the AILA Colorado Chapter's Executive Committee since 2004, and he currently serves as the Chapter Chair for AILA Colorado (2007-08)
In 1995, Mr. Harston interned in the Human Rights Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia
In 1998, Mr. Harston clerked with the Center for Human Rights Advocacy in Boulder, Colorado, where he worked on refugee resettlement issues

Mr. Harston received his bachelor's degree in history and philosophy from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and studied abroad in Spain and Costa Rica. Mr. Harston is fluent in Spanish.

Brad J. Hendrick

Mr. Hendrick earned a bachelor's Degree with Honors from the University of Michigan in 1996 and earned a law degree and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 2002. He has been practicing immigration law since 2002 and joined Stern Elkind & Curray in November 2004.

Mr. Hendrick's practice focuses on employment based immigration with an emphasis on emerging organizations, investors, and health-care providers. He counsels individuals and corporations on all types of business immigration matters
Prior to joining Stern Elkind & Curray, he was the Legal Services Coordinator and Staff Attorney for the Rocky Mountain Survivors Center, where he specialized in asylum and family-based immigration law and served as the coordinator for the RMSC Pro Bono Asylum Project
Mr. Hendrick has been invited to lecture on a number of topics, including I-9 issues, Colorado immigration compliance, immigration court procedure and business issues
Mr. Hendrick's experience and education focused on corporate finance, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and entrepreneurship

Maya W. Monen

Ms. Monen received her law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2004.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude.

Prior to joining Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman in 2006, Ms. Monen worked as in-house immigration counsel at Mountain States Employers Council, Inc. and as an associate attorney for Chandler Law Firm, LLP.

She volunteers for Lawline at Channel 9 News, Legal Night at Mi Casa, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN), and the Rocky Mountain Survivors Center (RMSC)
Ms. Monen is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the AILA Colorado Chapter's Media Committee, the Colorado Women's Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the Chamber of the Americas
She is fluent in Spanish, has lived in Spain and has traveled to the Czech Republic, Japan, Western Europe, Ecuador, Mexico and Costa Rica

Beverly W. Oserow

Ms. Oserow received her bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and a master's degree in business administration from Golden Gate University. She received her law degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Ms. Oserow has a background in tax, estate planning and corporate law
Since 1984 Ms. Oserow's practice has been limited to U.S. immigration and naturalization law with an emphasis in employment-based immigration, including investor visas, religious workers, intra company transferees, and labor certifications; as well as political asylum and family immigration
Ms. Oserow is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is a past Chair of the Colorado Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
She serves as the Colorado AILA assistant liaison to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is a past member of the AILA Colorado Chapter Asylum Liaison Committee
Ms. Oserow has lectured at the AILA National Annual Conference and has lectured on immigration topics at various seminars in Colorado
She is a member of the Board of Directors for Cottonwood Community Alternatives and a past member of the Board of Directors of Gateway Battered Women's Shelter

Kelly Ryan

Ms. Ryan graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia in December 2003 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Spanish and International Relations with Latin America. Ms. Ryan has earned certificates in Global Studies, Latin America and Caribbean Studies and International Agriculture from the University of Georgia. She earned her J. D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2007.

Ms. Ryan received the Scholastic Excellence Award for Immigration Law in 2005 and the Scholastic Excellence Award for Advanced Immigration Law in 2007
She worked as an intern at the Southern Center for International Studies, in Atlanta, Georgia in 2000
Ms. Ryan is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
She volunteered for Centro San Juan Diego Legal Nights
She served as a volunteer for the high school exchange program, American Field Services

Ms. Ryan has studied throughout Latin America and is proficient in Spanish. Her practice focuses on deportation defense.

Kenneth H. Stern

Mr. Stern received his law degree from the University of Denver in 1978, and has practiced immigration law since that time.

He is a past Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Colorado Chapter, and has chaired or served on many national committees.

Mr. Stern argued the case of Colorado v. Nunez before the United States Supreme Court, and the case of People v. Pozo before the Colorado Supreme Court
In 1993, the national American Immigration Lawyers Association organization awarded Mr. Stern the Jack Wasserman Memorial Award for excellence in litigation in the field of immigration law
In 2002 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Colorado Chapter of AILA
In 2005, he was named "Best of the Bar" in immigration law by the Denver Business Journal
He has been included in the publication The Best Lawyers in America® for many years
He was listed in 5280 Magazine as one of Denver's top lawyers in the field of immigration law
Most recently, he was honored as a Colorado Super Lawyer

Mr. Stern has lectured extensively at seminars throughout the United States and has authored many articles in the field of immigration law.

Lisa H. York

Ms. York earned her Bachelor's of Arts degree in International Affairs with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991. She graduated from the University of Denver School of Law in 2002 and joined Stern Elkind & Curray in November 2002.

She received the award for Scholastic Excellence in Immigration Law in the Fall of 2000
She received another award in Advanced Immigration Law in the Spring of 2001
Ms. York has lived and traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, and Europe
For the past three years, she served as the Colorado Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) USICE Liaison
Currently, she serves on the Executive Committee of the Colorado Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association

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