Maria F. Kallmeyer, Partner

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 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.