Flavia Santos Lloyd, Esq., Managing Attorney | Santos Lloyd Law Firm, P.C.

Flavia Santos Lloyd has been in the immigration field for over 22 years – first as a paralegal and then as an attorney. She is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California. Flavia is the Founder and Managing Attorney at Santos Lloyd Law Firm, PC, a firm she started in 2016. Today she leads a team of 14 attorneys  and over 40 support staff.

Her practice focuses on a broad spectrum of immigration matters such as family based, employment-based, extraordinary ability cases, naturalization, adjustment of status, consular processing, asylum, removal, and complex family matters such as waivers. Her primary focus and expertise is extraordinary ability cases. As she is also passionate about teaching, she teaches subjects tested in the California Bar Exam and Immigration Law at different law schools. She also devotes her time to scholarly work by writing research papers and presenting them at national and international conferences.

Kris Quadros-Ragar, Esq. | Santos Lloyd Law Firm, P.C.

Kris Quadros-Ragar is a passionate immigration attorney who draws on her personal journey as an immigrant and a strong international academic foundation. Originally from Brazil, she holds a law degree from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and an LL.M. with a Business Law certificate from the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law.

At Santos Lloyd Law Firm, P.C., Kris serves as the strategy attorney and senior attorney for the firm’s employment-based immigration department. Her practice centers on representing individuals of extraordinary or exceptional ability, including artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and startup founders. Kris is admitted to the State Bar of California and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

I. Understand the legal framework | 1:00pm – 1:15pm

II. Compliance and risk assessment | 1:15pm – 1:25pm

III. Procedural mechanics | 1:25pm – 1:35pm

IV. Enforcement and litigation Considerations | 1:35pm – 1:45pm

V. Practice management and outreach | 1:45pm – 2:00pm