Zelo Safi is AFI’s Senior Attorney, Immigration & Human Rights, providing legal services for at-risk artists from around the world. With a background in both the arts and law, she is passionate about the intersection of art, cultural heritage, and legal practice.
Ms. Safi has extensive experience in business immigration matters, specializing in O-1 artist visas and family-based immigration. She previously worked with True, Walsh & Sokoni, LLP (now True & Walsh LLP) and Lehach & Filippa, LLC in New York.
Ms. Safi earned her JD from Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, a BA in Government from George Mason University (with an Art History minor), and a certificate in Art & Cultural Heritage Law from Georgetown University Law Center. She is admitted to practice law in New York and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).