Ms. Weiner graduated summa cum laude (top 3 out of 389 students) from New York Law School and obtained her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from New York University (N.Y.U.). She was on the Dean’s List repeatedly throughout her undergraduate and law school tenure and regularly received top graduate honors. Ms. Weiner completed (with honors) an intensive Harvard Business School program that focused on finance and business strategy.
Ms. Weiner advises entrepreneurs, investors, startups, and growing companies on U.S. nonimmigrant and immigrant visa options, with a strong focus on E-2 Treaty Investor, E-1 Treaty Trader, L-1 Intracompany Transfers, H1B, O-1, EB-1A, EB-1C, TN and PERM (Employer Green card) cases. She works with individuals and companies and has particular expertise advising small business owners, founders, early-stage companies, and multinational businesses to design immigration solutions that support business growth, investment, and long-term expansion in the United States. She regularly advises clients on transitioning from temporary work visas to permanent residence as businesses scale. In addition to her business immigration practice, Ms. Weiner assists individuals and families with family-based immigration matters, including adjustment of status applications, naturalization and related petitions.
Ms. Weiner regularly writes and speaks on E-2 strategies with a focus on how small business owners can best navigate the immigration system for optimal results. She has been invited to speak on immigration law panels on issues of complex case strategy and consular practice, including consular escalation and expedite requests, focusing on what strategies are working, what are not, and how practitioners can effectively advocate for clients. She is known for her practical, business-minded approach and for helping clients navigate complex immigration processes with efficiency and a focus on long-term success. She is also the co-author of the AILA Consular Processing Handbook on E-1 and E-2 visas.
At New York Law School, Ms. Weiner was a John Marshall Harlan Scholar affiliated with the Center for International Law and the Justice Action Center. She also served as a staff editor for the Law Review. She was a Trustee’s Prize Finalist for highest average in her graduating class and received the Social Justice Activism Award, the Milton S. Gould Award for Proficiency in the Law of Contracts, and the Murray Stockman Memorial Award for the highest average in the law of evidence.
Before joining Scott Legal, P.C., Ms. Weiner worked for New York Law School’s Center for International Law as an International Law Fellow, where she assisted in teaching and lecturing about international commercial arbitration and European Union competition law. She also volunteered with the Safe Passage Project, working to represent undocumented children applying for asylum and special immigrant juvenile status.
In the summer of 2014, Ms. Weiner was selected to speak at a conference in Italy titled “Immigration and the Right to Nationality” and sponsored by the University of Siena, the University of Naples, and New York Law School’s Center for International Law; there, she presented on gender and immigration in relation to the 1914 British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act.
Ms. Weiner is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey only.
