Representative Client Experience

• Counseled U.S. Employers in their hiring practices for foreign national employees, compliance with the government’s I-9 employment eligibility verification form requirements and the E-Verify process, and in connection with government audits of their I-9 forms. Subsequently conducted audit and training for same assessing compliance and improving internal procedures.
• Assisted foreign nationals in obtaining admission to the United States for employment purposes in a variety of non-immigrant classifications (including E-1/E-2 treaty traders/investors, H-1B specialty occupations for professionals, H-2A agricultural and H-2B seasonal workers, L-1 intra-company transferees, O-1 extraordinary ability aliens, P-1 international athletes, R-1 religious workers and TN NAFTA for professional Mexican and Canadian workers).
• Assisted employers in obtaining legal permanent residence status for their foreign national employees (including extraordinary ability petitions, outstanding researchers and professors, multinational executives and managers, foreign nationals with advanced degrees / professionals and PERM labor certification).
• Advised clients on U.S. Consular Processing worldwide.
• Counseled clients as to the immigration options available for international investors (including the EB-5 Entrepreneur Investment visa program).
• Represented Foreign Medical Graduates / Physicians seeking J-1 Visa Waivers, National Interest Waivers, H-1B Visas and Permanent Residency.
• Assisted individuals/families with all aspects of their Family-Based Immigration Law needs.

Admitted

• The Florida Bar, 2002
• Maine, 2003
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, 2005
• U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, 2013

Professional Associations

• The Florida Bar (since 2002)
• The Maine State Bar Association (since 2003)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (since 2006)
  • AILA Distance Learning Committee – Business (2018-19)
  • AILA USCIS Texas Service Center Liaison Committee (2018-19)
  • National Healthcare and Foreign Physicians Committee (2016-2017)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, Central Florida Chapter
  • Board of Directors (2014 to present)
  • Educational Vice-Chair (2016, 2017)
  • Educational Committee, Chair (2018-19)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, Rome District Chapter, Member
  • Fall Conference Committee – 2019, Member
• International Medical Graduate Taskforce, Member
• American Bar Association, International Law Section
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers
• Tallahassee Women Lawyers Association
• Penobscot County Bar Association, President, 2008-2009, Vice President, 2007, Secretary-Treasurer, 2006
• John Waldo Ballou American Inns of Court, Secretary-Treasurer, 2009-2010
• Maine Migrant Health Program, Board of Directors 2008-2010

Community Activities

• Gulf Winds Track Club

Publications and Lectures

• Presentation to AILA Central FL Chapter (Annual Conference), October 27, 2018: “H-1B RFE’s and Denials: Our New Realty”
• Presentation to AILA Central FL Chapter (Annual Conference), October 27, 2018: “Alternatives to PERM: NIWs, Schedule A, Group II”
• Presentation to AILA Central FL Chapter: April 20, 2017, “Immigration Options for International Medical Graduates and Foreign Physicians”
• Presentation to Moffitt Cancer Center: June 17, 2017, “Immigration Under President Trump’s Administration”
• Presentation to Firm’s Healthcare Clientele: March 24, 2016, “Immigration Law Every Employer Must Know – I-9 Compliance”
• Presentation to Firm’s Healthcare Clientele: March 24, 2016, “Employing International Physicians & Foreign Medical Graduates”
• Presentation to Firm, February 19, 2016, “Immigration 101”
• Presentation to the Mississippi Association of School Board Officials (MASBO), September 17, 2015: “The ABC’s of Immigration Law & Immigration Issues Affecting Public School Districts.”
• Presented at the 2015 SHRM HR Tallahassee Conference and Expo, June 10, 2015: “Immigration Law Every Employer Must Know.”
• Presentation to the Moffitt Cancer Center, July 24, 2014: “Immigration Issues Affecting Foreign National Patients.”
• Presented at Adams and Reese, LLP’s Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar, April 10, 2014:
• “Immigration Law Every Employer Must Know.”
• Published Client Alerts (Lexology):
  “Good News in the July Visa Bulletin for EB-3 Employment-Based Immigrant Category!” – 7.2015
  “Immigration Innovation: Will the H-1B Cap Be Raised This Year?” – 1.2015
  “President Obama To Take Executive Action Allowing Millions of Undocumented Immigrants to Stay and Work in the U.S. Legally.” – 11.20.2014
  “Immigration Options for Employment of International Physicians” – 06.25.2014
  “EB-5 Financing for U.S. Developers and Business” – 03.2014