Robert Gaffney

The founder and head of his eponymous law firm, Robert P. Gaffney focuses his practice exclusively on immigration law. Based in San Francisco, he assists both business and individual clients throughout California and globally in matters involving employment-based immigration, including temporary work visas. Mr. Gaffney's practice also encompasses investment immigration involving EB-5 visas, and he works with clients who want to have their spouses, adopted children and other family members be allowed to live in the United States.

Designed to stimulate the U.S. economy, the EB-5 visa program has specific guidelines concerning the amount and types of investments that are required to qualify as well as the number of new jobs that will be created. Mr. Gaffney has written a treatise on this subject, entitled “Country-Specific Issues and Challenges in Representing EB-5 Petitioners from the People’s Republic of China", and he continues to advise clients around the world who wish to participate. In his work visa practice, he represents companies and individuals in the procurement of specialty occupation visas as well as those that are granted to athletes, entertainers and people with "extraordinary ability" in certain fields such as business, science and the arts.

Mr. Gaffney's successful track record throughout his career has earned him the high regard of his colleagues, including an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo, and he is regularly asked to deliver presentations at professional conferences on topics related to his practice area. Admitted to practice in California, Mr. Gaffney is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.

* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.