Immigration
Troutman Sanders focuses on all aspects of business immigration law. We assist with the transfer of international business personnel for U.S. and foreign companies, the defense of corporations charged with employer sanction violations, training of HR personnel, the acquisition of work visas, labor certification, permanent resident status, and citizenship in the United States, as well as the representation of corporate clients and individuals before various administrative agencies and in the federal courts.
Troutman Sanders offers the multidisciplinary resources of a full-service law practice. Members of the Immigration practice work closely with attorneys from other practice areas, including tax, corporate, compensation and employee benefits, labor and employment, and international. Furthermore, our in-house language capabilities, use of the latest technology developments, including Immigration Tracker, and knowledge of different cultures and legal systems allow us to better understand the particular needs of our clients and to translate that knowledge into effective and efficient resolution of problems and attainment of our clients' goals.
In addition to representing university professors, information technology professionals, health care providers, professional service firms, restaurants, entertainers, religious institutions, scientists, and entrepreneurs, Troutman Sanders has represented, among others, Bank of America, Degussa, Makita, CNN, SKC, WorldSpan, UPS, Randstad, Georgia Pacific, Mizuno, AmSouth Bank, AGCO, Univision, TBS, Marcam, Ross Systems, Georgia Power, Southern Company, Takahashi Works, TRAX, Foresight, Clarus, Mitsubishi, Cabot, Holiday Inn, Norsan, Caribiner, Unisource, Respironics, Aeronomics, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Immigration Team Experience:
Troutman Sanders' breadth of experience with business immigration law is reflected in a sampling of the issues in which the firm has been involved:
- I-9 training for one of the country's leading personnel companies;
- planning international personnel transfer strategy for one of America's leading financial institutions, coordinating use of Blanket L-1 program, J-1 exchanges and centralized regional service center adjudications;
- successful processing of Investor petitions for permanent residency; petition to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- successfully challenging the Immigration Service on retroactivity and due process grounds;
- advising multinational corporations concerning use of engineers for temporary assignment in the U.S.;
- handling the transfer of key executives for new factory construction and operation;
- representing clients in obtaining labor certifications and immigrant visas at U.S. Embassies; obtaining E-2 visas for investors; and
- processing work visas for Japan, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Belgium, France and the U.K.
Team Profiles
ATLANTA
Mark Newman
Mark Newman is a partner and the head of the Immigration law practice at Troutman Sanders LLP. Prior to joining the firm in 1989, Mark practiced Immigration and International Law in Florida for 10 years. He served as lead counsel in the federal class action proceedings to acquire lawful permanent residence for more than 100,000 Cubans. Mark is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where he served as Chairman of the Atlanta District Director's Liaison Committee. He chaired the 2000 and 2001 Georgia Bar's ICLE Business and Litigation Immigration Seminars and the ABA/Prentice Hall Seminar on the 1990 Immigration Act and co-authored Immigration Law and Practice in Florida. He has spoken to audiences abroad about U.S. immigration and is a frequent speaker on immigration issues throughout North America. He was the keynote speaker at the American Immigration Lawyer Association Conference in Washington, D.C. in October 2003 and has presented at the AICA Annual Conference. Mark received his undergraduate degree in 1976 from Princeton University and his law degree in 1979 from the University of Miami, School of Law.
Hon-Vinh Duong
Vinh joins us from Virginia where he practiced with an immigration boutique firm and also had his own immigration law office. He has particular expertise in the healthcare industry and a wide variety of business immigration experience.
Patricia Dietz-Selke
Patricia is an immigration paralegal with over 10 years of experience.
Angela Davis
Angela is an immigration paralegal with over five years of experience.
Shirley Jones
Shirley is an immigration paralegal with over 25 years of experience.
Beverly Grant
Beverly is an immigration practice administrator with over 25 years of immigration law experience.
Hanna Shimeles
Hanna is our practice support specialist who is originally an attorney from Ethiopia.
NEW YORK
Susie Kim
Susie focuses her practice on immigration law. She represents members of the multinational business community in bringing employees into the
United States and establishing new business enterprises in the
United States. She is the former principal of Susie Kim and Associates, PC, which was one of the largest immigration boutique practices in the greater
New York area.
James MartinJames initially worked as an immigration paralegal for seven years after which time he graduated from law school, was admitted to the
New York and
New Jersey bars, and has since worked as an attorney in the immigration field for approximately ten years. James advises both corporate and individual clients on an array of employment-based and family immigration matters. He has appeared in the federal courts on both the trial and appellate levels and has represented clients before the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Laura Vea
Laura has nearly 10 years of experience in employment and family-based immigration law. She advises corporate and individual clients on a full range of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa options and immigration-related compliance issues. She is experienced in the preparation of a wide range of petitions and applications for both large multinational and start-up companies and specializes in labor certification applications.
VIRGINIA
Michael Gladstone (Richmond)
Michael is a partner focusing in a variety of areas, including immigration, and has been named one of the outstanding immigration practitioners in the State of Virginia. He is also very active in the German-American business community and is a frequent speaker on legal topics.
Thomas Kleine (Virginia Beach)
Tom is a partner specializing in government agency law and relations, including general immigration matters. He formerly served as general counsel to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and has specific and in-depth knowledge of consular processing and State Department procedures.