George Ernst is a Director at Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon and Galchus, and is an accomplished business immigration attorney with over ten years of experience representing foreign nationals and multi-national corporations across various industries, including technology and health care. His practice focuses on advising clients in highly technical and complex matters relating to the employment of foreign nationals, including EB-1 petitions, National Interest Waiver Petitions, PERM Labor Certifications and other nonimmigrant visas, including H-1B, L, O-1 and TN visas. Mr. Ernst also represents clients in complicated EB-5 petitions and investment visas, including E-2 investment visas.  Complimenting his immigration practice, Mr. Ernst also supports the Firm’s Employment Defense practice group in zealously advocating for employers in the growing area of government-initiated I-9 audits and charges. 

Dayna Wheatley graduated from the IIT Chicago Kent College of Law in November, 2003.  She externed with the Chicago Immigration Court prior to working as a sole practitioner in Chicago for 10 years.  In 2013, Dayna moved to Nashville and worked for the Community Law Group, PLLC for one year and for the Rose Immigration Law Firm for two years.  She moved to Louisiana to be with family in 2016 and once again opened her own law practice.  Dayna practices family- and employment-based immigration, along with removal defense.

Jason Susser is an attorney at Siskind Susser PC, where his practice focuses exclusively on immigration and nationality law mostly in the field of employment and family based immigration. Jason works extensively with entrepreneurs to find creative immigration solutions for startup companies in the US. He works with companies ranging from the solo entrepreneur to the Fortune 500. He also advises startup accelerators and universities working with entrepreneurial students, as well as, a number of US and foreign venture capital firms. Jason co-authored the book, Immigration for Startups: A Guide for Founders, and is regularly invited to speak about startups and immigration. Jason currently serves AILA as Vice Chair of the Midsouth chapter and liaison to the USCIS Memphis Field Office.