Elizabeth H. James

My focus

My particular areas of focus include corporate and family-based immigration.

Our corporate immigration clients range from local think-tanks to a global medical technology company. Recently, I assisted a client (a supplier of specialty chemicals) in successfully navigating the PERM process, including an off-site worker audit, for an executive telecommuting position.

My family-based work recently involved securing Naturalization for a family of entrepreneurs involved in the supply and manufacturing of machinery, in addition to working on a pro bono Special Immigrant Juvenile petition.

Looking ahead

As a member of the Global Immigration team, I seek to develop successful strategies to help clients obtain foreign talent, particularly on a permanent basis. With Department of Labor’s ever-changing PERM processes and procedures, it can be a daunting and often confusing task to sponsor a foreign-worker for permanent employment. I aim to make that process as transparent and seamless as possible for our corporate clients by keeping abreast of adjudicatory trends and hot-topic issues.

Representative experience

• Obtained labor certification for roving employee serving in an executive capacity at a global provider of software solutions
• Secured continued L-1B specialized knowledge status for valuable sales employee of leading provider of industrial productivity solutions
• Provided comprehensive labor certification/green card guidelines to international beverage producer to reorganize the company’s permanent residence strategy
• Obtained U.S. Citizenship for executives with histories of extensive international travel
• Worked with business-intelligence company to obtain extension of L-1A status for the CEO of recently developed U.S. company