Helen L. Konrad

Helen is a director in the Immigration Practice Group. She concentrates her practice on employment-based and professional immigration, including:

• Employer sanctions & government investigations
• I-9 Compliance and worksite enforcement
• H-1B Visas for high-tech and professional personnel
• University-based immigration for students, researchers and professors
• Visa issues for physicians
• J-Waivers
• Visas for teachers in public and private schools
• PERM green cards
• Outstanding researcher/professor immigration issues
• Multi-national Manager and Executive Visas and Green Cards
• National Interest Waivers

Helen has guided numerous clients through Department of Labor and Office of Special Counsel audits, Immigration and Customs Enforcment, and  investigations. She provides comprehensive I-9 and E-Verify training to HR professionals. She also publishes immigration updates for national trade organizations on I-9 compliance and E-Verify, providing critical expertise in this complex area. She has spoken, by invitation, at regional and national meetings of the American Staffing Association (ASA), National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), and the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and to numerous other national organizations on immigration issues significant to business communities and employers.

Recognitions

• International Who's Who Corporate Immigration
• "Best Lawyers in America" for Immigration
• Virginia "Super Lawyers" in Immigration Law
• Virginia Business Legal Elite in Immigration Law
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
• Recognized for Outstanding Achievement on behalf of international students by the Western Virginia International Educators Association

Professional and Community Involvement

• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Virginia State Bar

Publications and Presentations

• Co-Author, NACUANOTE E-Verify
• Co-Author, Immigration Law: Faculty and Staff Issues: published by the National Association of College and University Attorneys (2009)
• Co-author, "A Practical Guide to Employment-Based Immigration: The State of Employment-Based Immigration in the Wake of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," Race and Ethic Ancestry Law Digest, Volume 3, April 1997
• Co-Author, McCandlish Holton U.S. Immigration Law Handbook and I-9 Basics Handbook (2009)
• Multiple publications for National Associations on immigration related topics