Barbara W Menefee

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Frost Brown Todd is a law firm with over 475 attorneys, serving some of America's top corporations and emerging companies.

Barbara W Menefee
Frost Brown Todd LLC
400 W Market St - 32nd Floor
Louisville KY 40202-3359
Tel: 502 568-0378
Fax: 502 581-1087
E-mail: bmenefee@fbtlaw.com

Practice Areas
* Immigration
* International Services Group

Dan L. Owens has an extensive thirty year background in Immigration and Nationality Law. He has practiced extensively both in U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service offices throughout the U.S., and before a number of U.S. Consular posts overseas, representing the interests of both individuals and U.S. businesses and universities which employ foreign nationals. A significant portion of his practice involves representing foreign medical graduates and the health care providers employing them. A growing segment of the practice includes representing foreign investors, particularly those seeking EB-5 investment status through either direct investment or investment in an accredited Regional Center.

Immigration

Frost Brown Todd assists employers from around the country in securing employment-based temporary visas and permanent resident status for their foreign national employees. A diverse group of professionals, including researchers, professors, physicians, athletes, and entertainers also regularly retain our immigration lawyers to handle their individual employment-based immigration cases.

Our full-service team can meet any and all immigration needs covering five core practice areas:
* Employment-Based Immigration
* Removal Proceedings
* Employer Compliance and Training
* Family-Based Immigration
* Naturalization

Employment-Based Immigration

Temporary Visas

Our Immigration lawyers are skilled in every facet of employment-based immigration. We serve as lead immigration counsel for Fortune 500â„¢ companies as well as privately owned and start-up companies, counseling clients in the preparation and filing of employment-based temporary visa petitions and applications, Including:
* E-1/E-2 (treaty trader/investor) visas
* H-1B (specialty occupation) visas
* H-3 (trainee) visas
* J-1 (exchange visitor) visas
* L-1 (intra-company transferee) visas
* O-1 (extraordinary ability) visas
* P-1 (athlete/artist/entertainer) visas
* Q (cultural exchange) visas
* R (religious worker) visas
* TN (Trade NAFTA professional) visas
* B-1 (business visitor)

We also assist our clients in obtaining B-2 tourist visas, F-1 student visas, M-1 vocational student visas.

Employment-Based Permanent Residence Processes:
* Labor certification cases, including Reduction in Recruitment, conventional and special handling labor certifications
* Extraordinary Ability Immigrant Petitions
* Outstanding Researcher/Professor Immigrant Petitions
* National Interest Waiver Petitions
* Multi-National Manager and Executive Immigrant Petitions
* Applications for Permanent Residence

A significant portion of the employment-based practice includes the representation of healthcare professionals including:
* Assisting foreign nurses through the Visa Screen and Immigrant Visa Application Processes
* Assisting foreign medical graduates in securing waivers of the J-1 two-year Home Residence Requirement and in obtaining employment authorization
* Assisting in health care professionals with the Permanent Residence Process, either through traditional labor certifications or National Interest Waiver petitions.

Employment Compliance and Training

Our attorneys provide our clients with the following types of guidance and advice on employer compliance and training involving:
* Employer I-9 compliance
* Design and implement of Self-Audit programs
* Providing training on the proper completion and retention of I-9 documents
* Assisting Employers in Defending Against I-9 audits

Family-Based Immigration & Naturalization

Frost Brown Todd’s Immigration Group also provides services to individuals. The group's family-based immigration practice consists of the following types of cases:
* K-1/K-3 (Fiancé/Fiancée) Visas
* V-1 (Relative) Visas
* Spousal Immigrant Petitions
* Immigrant Petitions by other U.S. Citizen and Permanent Resident relatives
* Permanent Resident Applications based family relationships
* Immigrant Visa Applications

Removal Proceedings and Appellate Practice

Our immigration lawyers vigorously represent clients before the various courts and triers of fact throughout the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. District Court and U.S. Appellate Courts. We oversee:
* Asylum Cases and Hearings
* Removal Hearings
* Appellate Hearings at the BIA and the Federal Appellate System

Naturalization

Frost Brown Todd takes great pride in assisting our clients seeking U.S. Citizenship through Naturalization application and derivative citizenship claims.