Laura Foote Reiff has more than 32 years of experience representing businesses and organizations in the business immigration and compliance field. She is also a business immigration advocate and has long chaired prominent business immigration coalitions. Laura is Co-Founder of GT’s Business and Immigration and Compliance Group which she co-led since 1999. She currently chairs the Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. Immigration and Compliance Practice. Laura is also Co-Managing Shareholder of the Northern Virginia Office of GT, a position she has held since 2010. As a global leader in the business immigration community, Laura has served on the Boards of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Forum and is currently the President of the America is Better Board.
Laura advises corporations on a variety of compliance-related issues, particularly related to Form I-9 eligibility employment verification matters. Laura has been involved in audits and internal investigations and has successfully minimized monetary exposure as well as civil and criminal liabilities on behalf of her clients. She develops immigration compliance strategies and programs for both small and large companies. Laura performs I-9, H-1B and H-2B compliance inspections during routine internal reviews, while performing due diligence (in the context of a merger, acquisition or sale) or while defending a company against a government investigation.
Laura represents many businesses in creating, managing and using "Regional Centers" that can create indirect jobs toward the 10 new U.S. jobs whose creation can give rise to EB-5 permanent residence for investment. She coordinates this work with attorneys practicing in securities law compliance, with economists identifying "targeted employment areas" and projecting indirect job creation, and with licensed securities brokers coordinating offerings. She also represents individual investors in obtaining conditional permanent residence and in removing conditions from permanent residence.
Laura's practice also consists of managing business immigration matters and providing immigration counsel to address the visa and work authorization needs of U.S. and global personnel including professionals, managers and executives, treaty investors/ traders, essential workers, persons of extraordinary ability, corporate trainees, and students. She is an immigration policy advocacy expert and works on immigration reform policies.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Laura Foote Reiff
- First Senate Bill Introduced to Address Legal / High-Skilled Immigration Reform - (Posted On Thursday, January 15, 2015)
- Judge Issues Injunction Permanently Barring Implementation of the H-2B Program Rule - (Posted On Friday, December 19, 2014)
- 17 States Pull the Trigger and File an Action in Federal Court to Enjoin the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action Program - (Posted On Thursday, December 04, 2014)
- President Obama’s Recent Immigration Polices and EB-5 Impact - (Posted On Tuesday, December 02, 2014)
- President’s Executive Action on Immigration – Content and Preliminary Analysis of What it Means for Businesses and Compliance - (Posted On Thursday, November 20, 2014)
- What is Next for Immigration Reform? - (Posted On Monday, September 29, 2014)
- White House Delays Administrative Action for Immigration Reform - (Posted On Monday, September 08, 2014)
- Obama Administration Announces Plans to Advance Immigration Reform Through Executive Action - (Posted On Monday, July 07, 2014)
- Immigration Reform Efforts are Still Alive - (Posted On Saturday, June 14, 2014)
- Leading Executives Urge Congress to Act Now on Immigration Reform - (Posted On Wednesday, June 11, 2014)
The National Law Review names Greenberg Traurig, LLP a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of immigration law for their ongoing coverage of the latest EB-5 classification news and updates. In 2022, Greenberg Traurig authors have written on topics such as Congress’ EB-5 reform, the EB-5 regional center extension, and the EB-5 adjudication process. Regular contributors include (but are not limited to): Kate Kalmykov, Jennifer Hermansky, Dillon R. Colucci, Laura Foote Reiff, and others.