About Us

John F. Roth

1979 B.A., Drew University, summa cum laude, with Honors in Political Science, winner of the Robert Fisher Oxnam Prize for the Outstanding Political Science Major Fluent in a Foreign Language (Russian) 1983 J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School 1983 M.B.A., Wharton School of Business, Graduate Division 1983-1986 Attorney, IBM Law Department 1986-Present Attorney, Law Offices of John F. Roth 1992-1999 President, ARC Technologies, New York, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kyiv

Professional Affiliations:

Member, New York State Bar Association Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association Member, Pro Bono Publico Program, New York County Lawyers' Association

Joseph W. Alfred

1987 B.A., Harvard College, magna cum laude in History and Literature. 1993 M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Ph.D. Candidate until June 2000, both in History. Major field: Russia. September 1995 to July 1996 Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg and Iaroslavl’, Russia. September 1988 to December 1988. Herzen Institute Leningrad (St. Petersburg) , U.S.S.R. May 1994 to June 1994.Russian State University for the Humanities. Pre-dissertation research in historical archives under the auspices of an exchange program with the University of Illinois. Moscow, Russia. 2003, J.D., The George Washington University Law School Spring 2006 Citizenship and Immigration Services Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Placed 2nd overall in District Adjudications Officer 609 training course, Spring 2005, first in Nonimmigrants/Immigrants (perfect score) and tied for first in Removeability/Core Training. May 2006-April 2007, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. Baltimore, MD., District Adjudications Officer.

Professional Affiliations:

Admitted, Kansas Bar, and Member, Kansas Bar Association. April 2004 to present. American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section. 2001 to present. American Immigration Lawyers Association. 2001 to 2006. Secret Level Security Clearance, U.S. Government. September 2006 to present.