ZOE KEVORK is a sole practitioner in Los Angeles, California where her practice focuses on entertainment related nonimmigrant and immigrant visas – focusing primarily on O, P and EB1. She holds an LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) and an LL.M from the University of Notre Dame. Admitted to the Law Society of Ontario (Canada) since 2004 and the State Bar of California since 2007, Zoe also works with small- and large-scale productions on their cross-border immigration needs. She is a regular speaker with the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the International Economic Forum of the Americas, and has been a sponsor of the Hollyshorts Film Festival since 2018. Zoe currently serves as Co-President of Canadians Abroad, hono(u)ring her Canadian roots.
RACHEL BASKIN is a founding member of Livits Ayass Baskin PLLC based in New York. Her practice focuses on employment based and family-based immigration cases, as well as naturalization applications. Ms. Baskin previously served as the Chapter Chair for the New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She is currently the Co-Chair for the AILA NY Chapter’s Local USCIS Liaison Committee and for the National AILA Case Assistance Liaison Committee. She has spoken various topics for AILA, New York CLE classes and other trainings, and has also given presentations regarding the complexities of the US immigration system for various non-profit organizations. She is a graduate of Binghamton University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.
MAGGIE STEWART is the the principal of Maggie Stewart Mundial Law, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. She is an experienced Canadian lawyer and is certified by the State Bar of California as a Foreign Legal Consultant in the Laws of Canada. Maggie provides a range of Canadian legal services to people in California and beyond, including Canadian immigration, preparing affidavits and statutory declarations for use in Canada, and providing legal opinions on the laws and jurisprudence of Canada. With 20 years of working in the arts and entertainment industry, Maggie specializes in immigration opportunities for artists and other professionals working in arts, culture and entertainment who want to live and work in Canada. She works with actors, musicians, technicians, comedians, editors, designers and agents, from the US and around the world, who want to make Canada their new home or need to travel to Canada for work projects.
CATHERINE ROSS began her career as a solicitor in Sydney, Australia and was subsequently admitted to practice law as a barrister, advising and appearing in commercial and equity jurisdictions. She then lived in London, UK where she was an independent property consultant, representing high-net-worth clients in entertainment, private equity, fashion and media. Catherine and her family emigrated from London to Los Angeles in 2017. She is a real estate advisor with Sotheby’s International Realty in Beverly Hills and many of her clients are in the entertainment industry, from the US and from around the globe.
