Associate
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New York, NY 10004-2756
United States of America

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Case Western Reserve School of Law
    ,
    J.D.
    ,
    2004
  • College of the Holy Cross
    ,
    B.A.
    ,
    1999

Elizabeth Reichard

Elizabeth currently represents multinational corporate clients in the financial services, fashion, consulting and higher education industries on all aspects of U.S. immigration, including permanent residence, non-immigrant visas and citizenship. Previously, Elizabeth served as the Fragomen Fellow at the New York City Bar Justice Center, a rotating fellowship the firm established to enhance the pro bono immigration services provided at the CBJC. In this position, Elizabeth coordinated the Immigrant Outreach Program, where she organized free immigration legal clinics in New York and a program that provides representation to immigrants in detention facilities.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Elizabeth practiced immigration law for an immigration firm based in New York. She handled a full range of business and family immigration activities.

Professional Accomplishments

Memberships

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member, New York City Bar Association

Secretary, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, New York City Bar Association

Member, Pro Bono Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association (NY Chapter)

Publications and Lectures

Publications

Cyrus D. Mehta, Elizabeth T. Reichard, Adam Ketcher, Is it Mandatory to Detain and Aggravated Felon?, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (June 10, 2007), at ilw.com.

Numbers Madness, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Apr. 23, 2007), at ilw.com.

Armed and Ready for the Marriage Based Adjustment, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Feb. 8, 2007), at ilw.com.

H-1B Cap Reached on First Day (Apr. 3, 2007), at cyrusmehta.com.

Update on NSEERS and Marriage Based Adjustment: What to Do if My Husband Is Placed into Proceedings (July 7, 2006), at cyrusmehta.com.

Update from the AILA 2006 Conference on Immigration Law, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (June 23, 2006), at ilw.com.

Preventing and Responding to the PERM Explosion, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Apr. 7, 2006), at ilw.com.

Special Registration and Marriage Based Adjustment: How Can My Husband Register Under NSEERS?, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Jan. 20, 2006), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Justifying “On-the-Job” Experience and Foreign Language Requirements, in PERM GUIDEBOOK FOR FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION, § 4.01-4.04 (Stephen Yale-Loehr ed., Lexis Nexis 2005).

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Firstland International Holding No Longer Available for Preventing DHS from Revoking Already Approved Immigrant Petitions of Aliens in the US, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Aug. 23, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Marriage with Transsexual Upheld under US Immigration Law, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (June 30, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, The Ethics of Practicing Law on the Internet: Advertising, Client Confidentiality and Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law (May 6, 2005), at cyrusmehta.com.

Allowing Alternative Experience Requirements: How PERM Adopted the Kellogg Standard, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (APR. 28, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Religious Freedom Inadmissibility Ground Invoked for the First Time against Narendra Modi, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Mar. 31, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Small Businesses Are Impacted under PERM, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Feb. 12, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Refiling under PERM, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Jan. 24, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Allowing On-The-Job Experience: How PERM Has Modified the Delitizer Standard, IMMIGRATION LAW WEEKLY (Jan. 7, 2005), at ilw.com.

Cyrus D. Mehta & Elizabeth T. Reichard, Requiring a Foreign Language under the New PERM Rule (Jan. 14, 2005), at cyrusmehta.com.

Lectures

Faculty Presenter, “Adjustment of Status Interviews: Be Prepared,” ILW Teleconference, 2009

Faculty Presenter, “PERM: Responding to Denials and Filing Appeals,” ILW Seminar, Vancouver, Canada, 2008

Presenter, “The Fragomen Fellowship & Pro Bono Initiatives at CBJC,” AILA Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2008

Faculty Presenter, “Immigration 101,” New York State Partnership Conference, Albany, New York, 2008

Panel Organizer, “Know Your Rights,” New York State Partnership Conference, Albany, New York, 2008

Faculty Presenter, “PERM Pointers, Pitfalls and Puzzles,” Seminar Sponsored by Immigration Law Weekly, 2006

Faculty Presenter, “Labor Certification: Fundamentals and best practices under the new PERM system to benefit your client and your practice,” CLE Sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, 2006

Awards

Described by 2007 and 2008 Chambers and Partners as “the new kid on the block” and an Associate to Watch in the New York Metropolitan Area.