ImmigrationOverviewFrom visa processing to harmonizing employment practices across international borders, Michael Best provides the full spectrum of immigration-related legal services. We help clients meet their needs for employee mobility, hiring, and retention of workers from around the world while fully complying with all relevant regulations. Our team can help you address immigration matters such as:
- Temporary visas, including the B (business), TN (NAFTA trade), H (foreign professional worker), L (intra-company transferee), O (extraordinary ability), F (student), J (exchange visitor), R-1 (religious workers), and E (treaty-trader/investor) visa categories
- Employment-based permanent residence, including Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) processing, PERM Special Handling, PERM audits, National Interest Waivers, outstanding researcher/professor, and exceptional ability petitions
- Form I-9, E-Verify, and Social Security number issues
- Visa processing at U.S. consulates worldwide for all visa categories, including non-immigrant and immigrant visas
- Immigration-related procedures for corporate restructuring, including mergers and acquisitions
- Naturalization and citizenship
- Visas and employment authorizations for U.S.-based employees to travel and work outside of the United States
- International and U.S. tax implications related to a variety of situations, including the assignment of employees abroad and the hiring of foreign persons to work in the United States
- Development of immigration strategies for collaborative efforts regarding economic development, technology transfer, research initiatives, and export control protocol
We also offer certain value-added services at no cost, including presentations and training on immigration topics, client email alerts on relevant legal developments, and quarterly status reports delivered via conference call or spreadsheet.
Experienced in establishing international operations, we routinely counsel U.S. companies regarding immigration and employment authorization issues in Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. In addition to our own highly experienced attorneys and paralegals, our firm membership in both Lex Mundi and the Employment Law Alliance allows us to coordinate our counsel with outstanding law firms in 160 countries. Related People Preview Attorney's BiographyStephen focuses his practice on corporate and transactional law as well as commercial litigation. He advises clients ranging from entrepreneurs to large corporations across industries, including consumer products, technology, marketing and advertising, and manufacturing. Stephen is a dedicated business partner who spends time getting to know his clients and understanding their unique goals and legal concerns before developing innovative solutions to achieve their objectives.  Preview Attorney's BiographyKelly helps employers of all sizes meet their staffing needs by handling the immigration issues they face in hiring foreign nationals and moving employees around the globe. A partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Relations Practice Group and Co-chair of the immigration practice, she handles compliance issues for corporations that transfer dozens of employees into and out of the United States each year, as well as small companies seeking to bring in a few key hires from abroad. Heather L. Gardner* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.  Preview Attorney's BiographyJulie provides business-related immigration services to clients with a particular focus on employment-based immigration, including nonimmigrant petitions, permanent residence applications, and naturalization. Julie T. Halverson* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.  Preview Attorney's BiographyAudrey assists clients in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including employment policies and practices and immigration. She began her Michael Best career as a summer associate, returned as a law clerk, and joined the firm as an associate attorney after obtaining her law degree at the Marquette University Law School.
Prior to and while pursuing her law degree, Audrey gained valuable experience as a paralegal and law clerk with an immigration-focused law firm. In these positions, sh ...  Preview Attorney's BiographyJamie provides a broad spectrum of business immigration services to firm clients.Jamie has more than 10 years of experience providing business immigration services. She has extensive experience with H-1B and TN applications, as well as the management of a J-1 Exchange Visitor program, facilitating the sponsorship of Research Scholars, Short Term Scholars, Student Interns and Alien Physicians. Jamie J. Nelson* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.  Preview Attorney's BiographyHaley is a paralegal in the firm’s Labor & Employment Relations practice. She assists attorneys with a full spectrum of business-related immigration law matters, including the preparation of nonimmigrant work authorization and visa applications. She also assists with employment and family-based green card processing.
Prior to joining Michael Best, Haley gained work experience as an administrative assistant for a major insurance company, and as a consultant and teacher in an internatio ... Haley Q. Rishmawi* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.  Preview Attorney's BiographyKelly assists employers with administrative law matters, focusing her practice primarily on employment-based immigration. She regularly helps clients meet critical staffing needs by obtaining nonimmigrant status for foreign workers and securing and maintaining legal permanent residence for foreign nationals.  Preview Attorney's BiographySeamus assists companies with all aspects of U.S. business immigration. Seamus is substantially experienced in the preparation of PERM applications and petitions for U.S. non-immigrant visas (L-1A, L-1B, TN, E-2, B-1, and H-1B), including particularly complex cases. Seamus C. Young* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.
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