The Law Firm in Bologna

Cristina Zanardi has been a member of the Bologna Chamber of Lawyers with country-wide support since 2005. She also obtained certification from the Florida Chamber of Lawyers as a foreign legal adviser for Italy in 2015.

After graduating from the University of Bologna in 2001, she travelled to the United States to continue her research in the foreign criminal justice system. While travelling to Rikers Island prison in New York City to interview the Prison Director on 11 September 2001, the twin towers were hit by terrorists and her life has been tied to the country ever since. Although she completed her apprenticeship and worked with an Italian firm in Bologna from 2001 to 2005 focusing on criminal law and immigration in particular, her work experience in the US began at a law firm in New York in 2005. As an assistant/trainee at the Florida-based Law Firm of Richard Alvoid, she acquired knowledge and experience in American immigration law.

In Italy, Cristina has obtained numerous professional qualifications and certificates of participation in courses and seminars related to civil law, criminal law, immigration law, criminology, communication, and forensic psychiatry, which have contributed to her professional career and skills.

Her thesis focused on execution in foreign prisons and an article entitled 'Racial discrimination in the US prison system' was also published.

In addition, she has travelled to 13 countries and enjoys working with immigrants.

Her time is currently divided between Bologna and the US, where she practices as a lawyer, foreign legal consultant and manager of the Italian branch of the Alvoid Law Firm.

One of the highlights and rare features of our small Italian law firm is the effective use of technological resources such as the Internet, messaging, video conferencing, file sharing, etc.

Current technological advances are tangible in Cristina's work, in the speed with which she communicates and provides feedback before, during and after accepting your case.

With meetings via Skype, online consultations are also a reality. These unfold in the same way and at the same cost as in-person consultations in Bologna or Florida, except that they can be held no matter where you are.

A consulting session has a fixed cost of €180.

If the consultation requires the presence of the international partner, Richard Alvoid, for matters relating to immigration to the US or where American law is involved, the consulting session carries a fixed cost of €200.