Agency

We are a non-profit organization, providing immigration assistance and deportation defense services to detained and non-detained immigrants.

We also serve immigrants applying for permanent residence, permanent residents applying for citizenship, family reunification, asylum seekers fleeing persecution, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), NACARA, visa applications and renewals.

Like those who came before them, today's immigrants invigorate the economy and enrich our culture, traditions and values. Yet, they face labyrinthine statutes, rules and regulations, multiple layers of bureaucratic intimidation and an increasingly insensitive political climate fueled by nativist feelings.

Immigration Legal Services of Long Island, a nonprofit organization, is proud to represent these courageous newcomers and their families, in all areas of immigration law. In return, our peers consider us the preeminent immigration not-for-profit agency in Long Island and beyond.

Crafting pragmatic, cost-effective solutions, and ensuring that our attorneys, paralegals, administrative staff and volunteers, embrace the highest ethical standards, ILSOLI has earned an enviable, unparalleled reputation as a not-for-profit immigration agency. Our goal is to educate clients and inquirers on U.S. immigration law and procedure, while providing cutting-edge expertise on the law and its applications.

Through effective representation, ILSOLI makes it possible for our clients to realize their American dream - of integration into the economic and social fabric of the United States.

Professional Staff

Carlos Piovanetti, Esq., is our Managing Attorney and Supervisor of our legal staff. An accomplished writer, his articles on current immigration matters are published in several community newspapers. Together with our Executive Director, he co-hosts Voto Latino, NY, the number one, weekly radio program addressing current immigration topics on 98.5 FM. Mr. Piovanetti is experienced in all areas of immigration law, and specializes in complex immigration litigation matters. A member of AILA, he is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of French.

Ana Carolina Paniagua, Esq., is our Executive Director. She received her law degree from Universidad Salvadorena Alberto Masferrer. Ms. Paniagua represented the government of El Salvador before the United Nations during sessions of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP. Ms. Paniagua is the former Human Development Director for the office of El Salvador’s First Lady; where she managed nationwide projects funded by USAID, USDA, IBD-FOMIN and UNDP.

Dana Riccoboni, Esq., Director of our Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking and Sexual Abuse Program. Ms. Riccoboni is experienced in all areas of immigration law, and specializes in VAWA Self-Adjustment matters, and U & T nonimmigrant visas. An AILA member, Ms. Riccoboni is fluent in Spanish.

Izabela Kropiwnicka, Esq., Senior Attorney, received her law degree from Warsaw University in Poland. She continued her legal education in New York, attending Touro Law School, where she received a Master’s Degree in Law. Attorney Kropiwnicka is experienced in all areas of immigration law, and specializes in family-based immigration and removal defense. An AILA member, she’s fluent in Polish and Russian.

Melissa Diaz, Esq., Graduated from Syracuse University School of Law in May 2011. Ms. Diaz, a legal assistant at our Bridgehampton office, assists clients in all immigration matters, under the direct supervision of our managing attorney. Ms. Diaz is fluent is Spanish

Ravi Kambhampaty, Esq. graduated from The University of Maryland School of Law in May 2010. He is an Associate Attorney at our Bridgehampton and Brentwood offices and assists clients in all immigration matters under the direct supervision of our Managing Attorney. Mr. Kambhampaty also assists our Executive Director with outreach activities. He has worked at several Long Island law offices, and has held policy positions. While in law school, Mr. Kambhampaty worked on International Human Rights issues in Namibia and represented criminal defendant clients at Bail Re-Reviews in Baltimore City District Court. He has completed two internships with the U.S. Army JAG Corps and is currently a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves. Mr. Kambhampaty speaks Spanish and Telugu.

Annabelle Cevallos, Senior Paralegal in our Brentwood office. Ms. Cevallos has over 10 years experience working as an immigration paralegal for attorneys in private practice. Ms. Cevallos assists clients in all immigration matters, under the direct supervision of our managing attorney. She is fluent in Spanish.

Jeffrey Marciano, is our Outreach Coordinator. Mr. Marciano is responsible for the introduction and dissemination of our copyrighted presentation “Know Your Rights,” to other government agencies, nonprofits, centers of education and worship. He also develops and implements live conferences, meetings, webinars and podcasts on current immigration topics that are of interest to our growing immigrant community.