EXPERIENCE:
Summary:
Internationl & Business Law/Business Development /High-level
Negotiations/e-Commerce/ SEO /Film Production/
Business Process Reorganization/Strategy/
Steven Riznyk & Company LLC
If We Can't Win Your Case it probably Can't be Won �
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Current
Run a law firm that deals with complex US
Immigration issues for clients worldwide.
Write an immigration law blog that explains
changes
in the law in a fashion that people can easily understand.
Direct the creation of the company web sites and
personally manage the SEO aspects.
Assist business clients with complex business/law
issues related to opening in the United States.
Manage the logistics of running a 24-hour law
firm
with staff 6,000 miles apart in three countries.
Write articles for the press on US immigration
law
issues.
Respond to US immigration law questions for
people
on Internet web sites.
Train lawyers on US immigration law and guide
them
through complex issues.
Use high-level negotiation techniques in order to
not just present a case, but effectively persuade our client’s
position.
Relationships 901: How to Keep the Music Playing
A Division of Trastevere Films
2009-Present CEO
Wrote a 5.5-hour script on how to use high-level
negotiation techniques to resolve complex relationship issues.
Directed 20 actors in improvising scenes
emulating
complex relationship challenges.
Produced the 5-hour show, oversaw filming,
editing,
direction, and all phases of creating the production.
Created the show in accordance with the marketing
guidelines for the infomercial & e-commerce markets.
US-Immigration-Explained
A Division of Trastevere Films
2004-Present CEO
Researched, designed, produced, and directed the
first 4.75-hour DVD program that explains U.S. immigration law to the
world. I
It has been approved for CLE credit by the
State Bars of CA, NY,
and FL.
Wrote the 200-page script that covers every
single
visa and Green Card available, as well as what it takes to achieve it.
Intimately involved in all areas of the film
production, direction, editing, and pricing, negotiation, and execution
of
replication/encryption/ box design
issues/marketing/streaming/distribution.
Immigration Case Preparation Inc.
1986-Present CEO
Head a firm that creates slicing edge cases in
the
areas of U.S. immigration appeals and criminal waivers.
Edited and overlooked the creation of cases for
eighty (80) law firms under their names with a success rate over 99.6%.
Kept up-to-date with the latest changes in
business
law and criminal waiver cases.
Lectured to lawyers on sophisticated business
investment cases.
American Immigration Attorneys Inc.
2000-2006 President
Created Internet-only immigration law firm with
clients nationwide and in 54 countries.
Used business systems learned at previous
consulting work to maintain peak efficiency and operate with no
overtime or weekend work, yet with a very lean staff.
This was the first 100% Internet-based law firm
to
be created and sold.
myNegotiator.com, Beverly Hills, CA
May 1986-1998 & 2001-Present President
Negotiating high-level problems for nationally
well-known persons (politicians/actors/ celebrities) who sought to keep
the problems out of the courts and the media.
Resolved time and personality-sensitive issues
involving international kidnapping, blackmail, extortion, relationship
issues, and high-profile contracts.
One of the key success factors is the
relationship
preservation of the warring factions; they are able to work with each
other once again in the future as if the problem had never occurred.
All negotiations dealt with a rapid analysis of
the
personalities involved, after studying psychology, sociology and human
behavior for over two decades.
All high-level, rarely face-to-face negotiations
and all resolved in a one-week timeframe. In all cases, including
kidnapping and extortion, no money ever changed hands.
Business Architects LLC, Boston MA
April 1999-April 2000 BPR Strategic Consultant [Business Process
Reorganization]
Analyzed e-commerce strategies, business-IT
processes, turnaround and growth strategies resulting in
recommendations to senior executives. Sought creative strategic
solutions to long term sustained competitive advantages.
Prepared various memoranda and white papers on
e-commerce issues.
Designed and proposed Business Process
Reengineering solutions; worked heavily in this area and turnarounds.
Developed strategic alliances with bankers,
lawyers, consultants, and other industry players.
Called on CEOs, CIOs, CFOs and COOs of Fortune
500
and 50 as well as Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents of larger
New England companies. Analyzed, discussed and brainstormed their
strategic and process issues.
International Law et al, San Diego, CA and London, England
Jan 1986-Apr 1999 International Business Lawyer and
Negotiator
Lectured to attorneys (MCLE credit approved) on
high-level negotiations and was involved in 9-figure transactions.
Practiced entertainment, litigation,
international
business, contract, immigration, estate, and white-collar criminal law.
In litigation, dealt with all phases of
discovery.
Conducted a large amount of motion and discovery work, as well as jury
trials.
Wrote a number of innovative unchallenged
contracts
for unique entertainment, pre-nuptial, and business issues.
Negotiated strategic international business
relationships and difficult situations in business and entertainment.
Successfully reengineered the firm resulting in
remarkable gains in productivity.
Pioneered innovative methods of applying
technology
to the legal industry before legal software existed.
Effectively marketed the firm worldwide through
published work and public speaking engagements both on the radio and
in person. Venues included BBC [London,
Manchester, Swansea] Duke, and Oxford University.
Prepared innovative strategic maneuvers for
ending
litigation via complex negotiations saving clients millions.
Wrote and conducted hundreds of seminars
internationally.
EDUCATION: Harvard University
CSS Management Curriculum (Strategic Management)
Harvard-Tufts-MIT
High-Level Negotiator Training
Various Venues
Studied various MBA courses such as: Business Valuation,
Economics, Banking, Quantitative Analysis, Finance, Organizational
Behavior, Human Interactions, Management, Human Behavior, Venture
Capital, Advertising, and Marketing.
California Western School of Law (ABA), San Diego 1985
JD [Business and International Law]
University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada 1978
BSc [Biochemistry/Experimental Genetics]
[Recipient: Government of Alberta Certificate of Merit]
Italia Cell (+39) 327-499-7386
USA (214) 764-3462
sr@USAexplained.com
http://www.my-Immigration-Attorney.com