Laura Reiff

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 34 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 10 on The National Law Journal's 2012 NLJ 250.

BIO

Laura Reiff focuses her practice on business immigration laws and regulations affecting U.S. and foreign companies, as well as related employment compliance and legislative issues. 

Laura represents many businesses in creating, managing and using "Regional Centers" that can create indirect jobs toward the 10 new U.S. jobs whose creation can give rise to EB-5 permanent residence for investment. She coordinates this work with attorneys practicing in securities law compliance, with economists identifying "targeted employment areas" and projecting indirect job creation, and with licensed securities brokers coordinating offerings. She also represents individual investors in obtaining conditional permanent residence and in removing conditions from permanent residence.

Areas of Concentration

Advocacy and representation of clients' interests before legislative bodies, including administrative agencies
Corporate planning of both permanent and temporary international transfers of personnel
Compliance with the employer sanctions and antidiscrimination provisions of the immigration law (I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification)
Obtaining all types of U.S. nonimmigrant visas, including professional visas (H-1B), intracompany transferee visa (L-1), treaty trader/investor visas (E-1/E-2), student visas (F-1), scholar and exchange visas (J-1), cultural visas (Q), and extraordinary ability/artist/athlete visas (O and P)
Compliance with export control requirements pursuant to the deemed export rule
Obtaining U.S. permanent residence through employment, investment and family relationships
Outbound assistance with visa needs in other countries
Litigation before administrative law judges, as well as litigation in the federal courts
Advice concerning withholding of social security and taxation of foreign nationals and corporations
Corporate restructurings and impact on Immigration Status of Foreign National Workplace

Education

J.D., with honors, The George Washington University Law School, 1989
B.A., magna cum laude, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government, American University, 1986

Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia
Maryland
U.S. Court of International Trade