Kate Smith counsels clients in a wide array of immigration and workforce mobility matters, helping employers hire and retain workers across a diverse set of industries, including technology, healthcare, manufacturing, education and more. Her practice focuses on complex issues related to U.S. immigration laws and securing nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, including for executives, managers, researchers, scientists, investors, artists and specialty occupations. Kate also counsels employers on employment eligibility verification topics, including I-9 and E-Verify compliance, and immigration considerations in corporate transactions.

Kate has significant experience in:

• Advising international companies, domestic employers and investors on issues related to U.S. immigration laws and mobility
• Preparing H-1B, L-1A/B, O-1, E-2, E-3, TN, J-1 waivers, PERM, EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 petitions, among other filings, with U.S. government agencies abroad and stateside
• Counseling businesses on employment eligibility verification topics, related to new hires, federal contracts, mergers/acquisitions, etc.
• Assisting employers with large-scale internal and external (ICE) I-9 audits
• Defending businesses in federal and state government investigations stemming from immigration matters