David W Gearhart
Immigration
The Firm’s immigration practice group is committed to efficiently and effectively meeting each client’s dynamic and unique needs. Our experienced attorneys offer a wide range of services to businesses and individuals alike. Our consummate goal is to achieve the optimal solution for our clients while minimizing inconvenience and delay at the most economical, yet effective, level. As a testament to the excellent level of service we provide, the immigration practice group was selected as the "Immigration Law Firm of the Year" in Missouri by Corporate Intl Magazine for 2010.
The members of this group prepare petitions and applications for immigrant and non-immigrant visas, interact regularly with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of State (DOS), and various U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world, and frequently work with employers to ensure compliance with applicable immigration and labor laws. To that end, we have successfully counseled clients in the following matters:
- Employment-based Permanent Residence (1st, 2nd and 3rd preferences)
- Labor Certification (PERM and LCA);
- Family-based Permanent Residence;
- EB-5 Investor Permanent Residence;
- L-1A/L-1B Intracompany Transfers;
- H-1B Professionals;
- H-2A/H-2B Temporary Workers;
- H-3 Trainees;
- E-1/E-2 Traders/Investors;
- J-1 Trainees;
- J-1 Waivers (both physician and non-physician);
- National Interest Waivers;
- K-1 Fiancé Visas/K-3 visas;
- F-1/M-1 Student Visas;
- B-2 Business Visitor Visa;
- Tourists Visas;
- TN Visas: Free Trade Professionals from Canada or Mexico;
- Naturalization;
- I-9 Compliance/Audit/Reponses; and
- Appellate Advocacy (Administrative and Judicial Appeals of Immigration Determinations).
Over the years, we have helped small start-ups companies, educational institutions, non-profits, professional organizations, mid-sized businesses, and multinational corporations as they strive to hire and retain the foreign workers they need to secure a competitive edge in this increasingly global economy. Our ability to provide the careful and strategic advice employers seek sets us apart from other firms. Our attorneys are responsive and conscientious — keeping our clients regularly updated and compliant in this rapidly changing legal and regulatory landscape.
Additionally, the Firm’s immigration practice group provides thoughtful, measured and specialized advice to foreign nationals and their families as they explore and secure temporary or permanent status for eligible family members in the United States. We have also helped families appeal adverse immigration determinations and seek waivers of inadmissibility to secure entry into and permanent legal status in the U.S. Also, we regularly counsel permanent residents as they strive towards citizenship.
Further, attorneys for the Firm participate in national seminars dealing with immigration law and draft treatises, scholarly articles and practice guides in this area. Moreover, in an effort to forge a cooperative relationship between immigration lawyers and government services, our attorneys have participated in consultations with local and regional USCIS and immigration enforcement officials.
David W Gearhart
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh LC
500 N Broadway #2000
Saint Louis MO 63102
Tel: 314 444-1394
Fax: 314 612-1394
E-mail: dgearhart@lewisrice.com
ERISA, Immigration, Labor & Employment
David W. Gearhart practices in the areas of employment law, immigration and litigation. His practice includes litigation of employment and benefit disputes, and counseling on immigration, employment and human resource matters including hiring, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, discrimination, ERISA and employee leave rights, among others. His litigation practice focuses on the defense of complex individual and class action employment and ERISA disputes in federal courts, state courts and administrative agencies. His immigration practice focuses on counseling businesses and individuals with respect to immigration-related matters, including securing temporary and permanent work visas, permanent residence based on family relationships, J-1 visa waivers, student visas, visitor visas, and citizenship. Mr. Gearhart also advises employers with respect to work authorization compliance issues, audits, and investigations.
Mr. Gearhart is frequently asked to speak on immigration and employment topics, and regularly authors articles on pertinent immigration and employment issues. As a valued member of the Firm, Mr. Gearhart is a member of the Firm’s Recruiting Committee.
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