Overview

Carrie is an experienced employment-based immigration attorney. She assists clients from a range of industries in meeting their U.S. immigration needs, and provides sound, actionable counsel to help companies navigate any challenges that arise. Carrie drafts nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, including H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, Blanket L Certification, TN, O-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, and J-1 waiver documents, PERM applications, and U.S. permanent residence petitions such as EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and EB-5. She also works with companies on worksite compliance issues such as immigration site visits, internal I-9 audits and best practices, E-Verify use, and responding to Social Security no-match letters.

Before joining the firm, Carrie was a partner in the business immigration practice of another Milwaukee-area firm. Earlier in her legal career, Carrie was an associate with two local law firms.

Experience

  • Worked with foreign investors to file EB-5 green card petitions for direct investments in new businesses, helping to solve complex source of funds issues.
  • Successfully filed O-1 extraordinary ability petitions for innovative engineers and talented artists, such as coach builders.
  • Partnered with companies to find creative hiring solutions, including temporary need and long term planning, to fill staffing needs.
  • Worked with several companies during a business merger or acquisition to analyze the immigration effect of the corporate change and prepare the necessary documents to minimize the impact on employees.
  • Counseled companies in an increasingly strict immigration adjudication climate to strengthen petitions and strategize ways reduce Requests for Evidence.
  • Successfully litigated federal cases of delayed or incorrectly denied USCIS petitions.

Honors & Recognitions

  • Leading Immigration Lawyer, Chambers USA, 2024
  • Up & Coming Lawyer, Wisconsin Law Journal, 2012

Professional Activities

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Wisconsin Bar Association
  • Wisconsin Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
    • Chair, 2022 – 2023
    • Vice Chair, 2021 – 2022
    • Treasurer, 2020 – 2021
    • Secretary, 2019 – 2020
  • Business Section Steering Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Education

Bar Admission

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer Attorney, Marquette University Legal Clinic
  • Board Member, Cedarburg Community Scholarship Fund
  • Board Member, Ferris State University Alumni Association
  • Board Member, Ferris State University Honors Program Alumni Board

Insights

Education

Bar Admission

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer Attorney, Marquette University Legal Clinic
  • Board Member, Cedarburg Community Scholarship Fund
  • Board Member, Ferris State University Alumni Association
  • Board Member, Ferris State University Honors Program Alumni Board
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