Cohen & Grigsby Expands Immigration Practice and Adds Manager of Outbound Immigration Services

July 7, 2004

PITTSBURGH, PA - Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. announces the addition of an attorney to the Firm. Nancy A. Sharp Ziegler will be managing the firm’s outbound immigration services and assisting U.S.-based employers in the international movement and relocation of employees and new hires to and between countries worldwide. The arrival of Ms. Sharp Ziegler marks Cohen & Grigsby as the only firm in Pittsburgh and one of only a few firms in the country which can provide both outbound and inbound immigration services to its clients.

According to the Firm’s president, Jack W. Elliott, “The addition of Nancy is a key component in Cohen & Grigsby’s efforts to service all of our clients’ needs in their international business operations and meet the diversified and far-reaching needs of a broad and varied client base throughout the United States and the world. As is Cohen & Grigsby’s practice, we determine the needs of our clients and then work to meet those needs, whatever they may be. In this case, it was global immigration services. A number of our clients are multinational corporations which frequently send employees out of the country.”

Nancy A. Sharp Ziegler joins the firm as Manager of Outbound Immigration Services in the Immigration Group. Ms. Sharp Ziegler focuses her practice on global immigration and assists employers in securing visas and work permits for countries around the world. Listed in An International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers (1996-1998), Ms. Sharp Ziegler is also a prolific author and speaker and acquired over 20 years of business experience including several years in the fields of human resources and international relocation management. Nancy earned her J.D. (Research and Writing Editor, Pace International Law Review; President, Pace University School of Law Honor Board; Dean’s Award) from Pace University School of Law in 1993, her B.P.S. (with honors) from Pace University in 1987, and her A.S. from Norwalk Community College in 1982. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, Ms. Sharp Ziegler was an associate with the law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy in New York, where she worked in the areas of both outbound and inbound (U.S.) immigration. She resides in Allison Park, Pennsylvania.