Practice areas: Immigration, International
Licensed in Missouri since: 2003
Languages spoken: Dutch, English
Selected to Rising Stars: 2008 - 2015 
Free Consultation Versfeld & Hugo, LLC
12 East StParkville, MO 64152 Phone: 816-565-4040 Email: Leon Versfeld Visit website
Leon Versfeld is the managing member of the global immigration firm of Versfeld & Hugo, LLC. Mr. Versfeld represents a variety of small and Fortune Companies both nationally and internationally, and provides counsel to human relations departments on the hiring of foreign national workers, executives and specialized workers. These issues can also expand into the areas of immigration matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, company formation and immigration employment compliance.
In addition to the business aspect of his practice, Mr. Versfeld has also represented various athletes and researchers with extraordinary abilities in their cases involving immigration to the United States. He is frequently requested to lecture on the subject of U.S. immigration both nationally and internationally. His firm is located in Kansas City, Missouri.
First Admitted: 1999
Professional Webpage: http://versfeldlaw.com/about-our-firm/leon-versfeld/
Bar / Professional Activity
- England, 2009
- Member of the Center for International Legal Studies (Salzburg, Austria)
- Member, American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA)
- South Africa
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas
- Chair, International Law Committee, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2006/07 & 2008/09
- Graduate of Inns of Court (KCMBA)
- Member, Serve on the Board of various Charitable Organizations in Kansas City
- Missouri, 2003
- Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Graduate of 3rd Annual Greater Kansas City Bar Leadership Academy 2005/6
- Member -Inns of Court, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Division II, 2004/5
Representative Clients
- Expert Witness on Immigration Compliance in the matter of Marvin Davis vs. Gene Fritzel Construction Co., Inc., et al., 2008
- International Adoption Matter (South Africa), 2008
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Roll of Solicitors for England and Wales, 2009
- Advocate/Barrister of the High Court of South Africa, 1999
Pro bono / Community Service
- Expert Witness on International adoption matter (South Africa), 2008
- Board of Directors - Truman Medical Center's Young Charitable foundation: TruFriends; Represented a variety of Immigrants who where victims of violence and abuse.
Educational Background
- University of Pretoria, South Africa, LLB, 1998
- University of Pretoria, South Africa, B.L.C., 1996
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Co-Presenter: "US Immigration Compliance" 21st Annual Corporate Counsel, 2007
- Moderator: "The I-9 Makeover: Compliance without Discrimination in an Elevated Enforcement Environment", 2008
- Moderator: "What You Need to Know When Representing Foreign Nationals in Criminal Matters", 2008
- Co-Presenter: "How to Prepare Your Company for an ICE Raid" 22nd Annual Corporate House Counsel Institute, 2008
- Presenter: "Immigration Compliance & Avoiding Liability", 2009
- Author, Chapter 23, "Immigration and Naturalization Practice," Missouri Administrative Law, Fourth Edition, Vol. II, published by The Missouri Bar, 2009
- Presenter: "USA Immigration: Business & Investment" Shanghai/Beijing, China, 2006
- Presenter: "Hiring of Foreign National Workers in the USA" Salzburg, Austria, 2007
- Co-Presenter: "International Business Immigration" Sydney, Australia, 2007
- Presenter: "United States Immigration" Pilanesberg, South Africa, 2008
- Moderator: "International Law Continuing Legal Education" Rome, Italy, 2008
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Best of the Bar in the area of Immigration Law by the Kansas City Business Journal, 2009
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Up and Coming Lawyers, 2008
- Best of the Bar in the area of Immigration Law by the Kansas City Business Journal , 2007
- Recipient of Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's 2007 Outstanding CLE Contributor Award., 2007
- Best of the Bar in the area of Immigration Law by the Kansas City Business Journal , 2008
Honors
- Missouri's Top Attorneys under the age of 39., Up and Coming Lawyer, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2008
- An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence., AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubble, 2011
- Kansas City's best lawyers as chosen by a jury of their peers, 2007 - 2008, Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal
- Delta Motor Corporation (Pty.) Ltd.: Full Scholarship
- An honor bestowed upon an individual whose exemplary efforts produced outstanding CLE programs for the Bar., Outstanding CLE Contributor, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2007
Office location for Leon Versfeld
12 East St
Parkville, MO 64152
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2008 - 2015