Lori Bean Geisinger

Lori is a Partner in the firm’s Immigration practice. She is a seasoned business immigration attorney who partners with domestic and multinational companies to navigate the complexities of today’s dynamic U.S. immigration laws and policies. She works closely with employers of all sizes — from growth-stage companies to established global organizations — as well as their professional foreign national employees, to design and facilitate immediate and long-term immigration strategies that support their business needs.

Lori’s practice covers the full spectrum of employment-based immigration, including obtaining and extending temporary nonimmigrant status and visas (such as B-1, E-1/E-2, E-3, F-1, H-1B, J-1, L-1, O-1, and TN), immigrant visas and permanent residence in the EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories, post-approval compliance and maintenance, and U.S. citizenship applications. In addition, employers routinely rely on Lori’s business-minded advice to design and implement immigration compliance and employment eligibility programs. She also advises on family-based immigration, such as marriage-based permanent residence, and advises clients about immigrant and nonimmigrant visa consular processing.

Clients value Lori’s responsive, practical and solution-oriented approach and her ability to anticipate both legal and business considerations. With significant experience advising technology, life sciences, consumer goods, financial services, manufacturing, education, healthcare and non-profit companies — including those establishing or expanding their U.S. presence — she brings experienced insight into the unique challenges faced by employers in competitive industries that rely on global talent.

Representative Experience

• Successfully support clients and their foreign national professional employees in obtaining approved H-1B “specialty occupation” worker status; routinely guide clients through the H-1B lottery process; provide counsel regarding compliance with H-1B-related Department of Labor regulations, status expirations and extensions, and required amendments due to material changes.
• Partner with global companies seeking to expand operations in the U.S. to develop and manage L-1A/L-1B immigration pathways for intracompany transfers of executives, managers and specialized knowledge personnel, including “new office” petitions.
• Effectively support investors, founders and entrepreneurs in obtaining E-1/E-2 treaty visas for foreign investors, managers, executives, and essential employees.
• Counsel employers and their “extraordinary” and “outstanding” highly-skilled professionals to develop O-1A, EB-1 and EB-2 immigration pathways, including strategies for professionals in life sciences, healthcare, data science, AI and other STEM endeavors.
• Strategize with employers regarding TN eligibility for their Canadian and Mexican professional employees and options to apply for and obtain TN visa status.
• Successfully guide employers through the PERM labor certification process and other EB-2 and EB-3 immigration options for obtaining U.S. permanent residence for their professional employees, including National Interest Waiver strategies.
• Effectively coordinate and manage adjustment of status and immigrant visa consular processing filings.
• Train and educate clients’ HR and talent acquisition teams about immigration options and internal sponsorship policies, hiring practices and onboarding of foreign national employees.
• Develop proactive processes for employers to prepare for and respond to workplace ICE raids and Department of Homeland Security site visits; counsel business clients about Form I-9 compliance, audits and remedying defects found during audits.
• Consistently stay abreast of evolving immigration policies, regulatory changes, and enforcement trends to provide proactive guidance and updates to clients.