Luis A. Cordero

Luis A. Cordero; was born December 15, 1964, is a Cuban-American attorney, writer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Cordero & Associates law firm located in Miami, Florida. Cordero is also a former president of the South Florida Chapter American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Cordero published the book named Attaining & Maintaining Status In The United States in 2010.

He was born in the Havana suburb of San Jose de Las Lajas, Havana, Cuba to Ciro Cordero and Mercedes Sigler. He left Cuba at the age of seven, when he immigrated to Spain. He lived in Madrid for the next two years and at the age of 9 immigrated to the United States. He first lived in Miami, Florida, but soon thereafter moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he remained for approximately 3 years. He then moved to New Jersey where he completed elementary; then attended Memorial High School in West New York, New Jersey. Upon graduation, he was accepted to and attended Rutgers University. He graduated Rutgers with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and with honors in Economics.

In 1987, he moved to Miami, Florida, where he currently resides with his family. At that time he attended the University of Miami, School of Law, graduating in 1990 with the degree of Juris Doctor. That same year he was admitted to the Florida Bar. Cordero immediately started work at a boutique immigration law firm, first while attending law school and continuing after graduation. He ultimately left that firm, after being promoted to named partner and joined the international law firm of Holland & Knight as a partner of that firm. Cordero has received many awards and recognition in the immigration field. Cordero has practiced immigration law since 1990, when he was admitted to the bar. After many years of working in a multinational firm, he established his own law firm, Cordero & Associates.

According to the Florida Bar, he represents clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad. In addition, his areas of expertise include deportation, exclusion of removal hearings, representing clients before the Immigration Courts and Administrative Law Judge, employer sanctions cases tax, corporate law, criminal, family matters, litigation, labor, employment and real estate. As a former president of the South Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), he currently serves as a director on the chapter’s board. Cordero wrote the book Attaining & Maintaining Status In The United States in 2010. He writes for AILA publications and speaks in AILA events. Cordero authored “The New and Not So Improved H-1B Visa Category,” presented at Changing Parameters: Responsive Strategies under the New Immigration Order, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1998. Mr. Cordero is a co-author of “Leyes Migratorias Estadounidenses,” presented at the Novena Conferencia de Abogados de Las Americas, Summit of the Americas, 1994, Miami, Florida and the ‘‘Immigration Act of 1990,’’ International Law Quarterly, June 1990, and “Leyes Migratorias Estadounidenses,” presented at the Novena Conferencia de Abogados de Las Americas, Summit of the Americas, 1994, Miami, Florida. He also contributed to AILA’s Eastern Region Directory of INS Offices for the Second Third Editions and the AILA liaison to the Texas Service Center of the INS. He was included in the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Honor Roll since 1992, two years after passing the bar. He is a member of the New York, District of Columbia and Florida bars and was admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. He served on The Florida Bar’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He belongs to the Inter-American Bar association, Cuban-American Bar Association and the Dade County Bar Association. Mr. Cordero was recognized among South Florida’s Top Lawyers by the South Florida Legal Guide and is listed in Who’s Who Legal: Florida.

On confidential opinions from the Bar and Judiciary members, he received ‘‘AV Preeminent’’ from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating for reliability, diligence, professional standards of conduct, ethics, legal ability and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities. Mr. Cordero is profiled in Super Lawyers and was also nominated by other attorneys via as state survey and then examined by a research  team which evaluates evidence of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Cordero is an immigration law attorney. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has a working knowledge of Portuguese. Cordero & Associates, his law firm, assists corporations and  individuals like entrepreneurs, investors and other high-net-worth individuals; artists and entertainers; scientific and technical professionals; and students with immigration services throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. Cordero and Associates is headquartered in Miami, Florida, but with offices in New York, Washington D.C., Bogota, Buenos Aires and Caracas.