Associate

Board Certified in Immigration & Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Megan Raesner focuses her practice on Corporate Immigration. Ms. Raesner counsels corporations, educational institutions, and individuals on a broad array of business immigration issues.

Ms. Raesner’s previous experience includes working at a full-service immigration boutique, where she represented clients not only in employment-based cases but also in federal litigation, international adoption, family matters, and immigration court proceedings. Ms. Raesner is fluent in Spanish and proficient in three additional languages.

Representative Experience

• Employment-based nonimmigrant petitions for specialty workers, intracompany transferees, NAFTA workers, trainees, individuals with extraordinary ability, treaty traders and investors, and religious workers
• PERM labor certification process for skilled workers, professionals, and educators
• Permanent residency options where a labor certification is not required: extraordinary ability, multinational managers/executives, outstanding professors/researchers, Schedule A nurses, religious workers, and national interest waivers
• Investments that qualify for employment-creation visas as well as removing the conditions of status for investors
• Waivers for grounds of inadmissibility from the U.S. consulates and USCIS
• I-9 audits and training, E-Verify issues, and defensive measures with respect to worksite enforcement

Education

J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2002
B.S., Vanderbilt University, 1999

Bar Admissions

State Bar of Texas

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Professional Affiliations

• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Languages

French
German
Italian
Spanish

Previous Law Firm Experience

Epstein Becker Green Wickliff & Hall
Tidwell Swaim & Associates