Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Labor and Employment, Immigration, Latin America

Counsel

Ms. Kern represents businesses and individuals in administrative immigration proceedings before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of State. She helps employers in the creative, banking, manufacturing, biotech, retail, and other sectors to obtain E, H-1B, H-3, L-1, O-1, TN and P visas and green cards for key employees and to manage their sponsorship and I-9 compliance programs. She also devotes more than 100 hours annually to immigration pro bono work through direct client representation and mentoring other attorneys. She coordinates one of the Washington office’s signature pro bono projects at the Montgomery County Family Justice Center in Rockville, Maryland, which helps victims of domestic violence obtain immigration relief. Ms. Kern is a contributing author to the Hunton Andrews Kurth Immigration Law Blog.

Spanish

Admitted to District of Columbia and Texas Bars

JD, The University of Texas School of Law, honors; Dean's Achievement Award, Mexican Law; Best Memo, Legal Writing, 2002 BA, Spanish/Translation & Interpretation, The University of Texas at El Paso, highest honors, 1987