Professional Experience
Maria Frenn Kallmeyer practices in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Group and specializes in advising clients on all aspects of employment related immigration law. She counsels large and small corporations on employment strategies, corporate immigration compliance and visa processing for foreign national employees. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Ms. Kallmeyer worked at two different national business immigration law firms in Boston. Ms. Kallmeyer’s experience includes:
- Advising employers and employees regarding nonimmigrant visa status, including B, E, H, J, L, O, P, and TN categories.
- Managing the filing of PERM applications for several major corporate clients, including responding to PERM audits when necessary.
- Representing multinational managers, outstanding researchers and individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences or business through the permanent residency process.
- Counseling clients on consular issues, including counseling and preparing foreign nationals for visa application interviews.
- Conducting I-9 audits and advising clients with regard to compliance and discrimination issues.
- Advising clients on a wide variety of immigration-related matters, including citizenship, marriage petitions, asylum applications, U.S. Coast Guard Letters of Determination and the effects of criminal acts.
- Advising health care employers and physicians on J-1 waivers, H-1Bs and the permanent residency process for physicians.
Education and Honors
- Suffolk University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008)
International Law Certificate with distinction and participated in the Immigration Law Clinic.
- Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 2003)
Studied International Relations and Hispanic Language and Literature, and received the Common Ground Award for Multicultural Awareness.
Bar Admissions
Illinois,
2008
Professional and Civic Activities
American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member).
Chicago Bar Association (Member).
American Bar Association (Member).
Quarles & Brady Chicago Women’s Forum (Chair).
Quarles & Brady Diversity Committee (Member).
Languages
Spanish
German