Thompson Hine LLP

Immigration

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

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