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Thompson Hine LLP Offices
Thompson Hine LLP
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States
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Sarah Flannery
Work Department
Immigration
Position
Sarah leads our Immigration group that advises employers across the globe, including a number of Fortune 500 companies, on global talent management and cross-border employment issues. The immigration practice has three primary focuses: developing strategic immigration policies for employers consistent with their global talent acquisition and retention goals; supporting our clients immigration sponsorship for their employees; and advising our clients on compliance with immigration-based regulations. Sarah’s experience includes:
- Counseling employers on strategies for sponsoring employees for both immigrant and non-immigrant visas
- Representing employers before the various agencies of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor
- Advising companies through audits to determine compliance with DOL and USCIS laws governing employment of global talent
- Guiding athletes, artists and musicians through immigration process for temporary visas and permanent residency
- Developing I-9 policies and providing I-9 training
- Performing I-9 audits
- Counseling employers on use of E-Verify
- Developing immigration related policies, such as how sponsorship decisions will be made
- Conducting due diligence to determine immigration issues within corporate transactions
Education
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 2002, summa cum laude; graduated first in class; research editor, Cleveland State Law Review
- John Carroll University, B.S., 1999, cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Government > Government contracts
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport