Senior Associate
Cate Hill
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Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
7500 N Dreamy Draw Dr Suite 230
Phoenix AZ 85020
United States
Cate is a Senior Associate at Fragomen’s Phoenix office. Since joining the firm in 2015, she has represented a wide array of clients, from small technology firms to multinational semiconductor companies. Cate’s practice is exclusively focused on U.S. immigration and nationality law, providing counsel on all aspects of corporate immigration with a special emphasis on short-term mobility matters including L-1 transfers. She serves as a strategic business partner to her corporate clients, advising them on the ever-changing U.S. immigration landscape and helping them to tailor their corporate programs accordingly.
Cate specializes in fast-paced mobility solutions for large and medium-sized multinational corporations seeking to expand their U.S. workforce, particularly through corporate L-1 movement. She regularly collaborates with U.S. consulates around the world to facilitate efficient, streamlined and effective case processing, and she brings high value to her clients by combining complex strategy with a broad global reach. Through her work, Cate designs and implements scalable immigration programs that align with business growth objectives and strengthen compliance infrastructure.
Her current practice also includes significant experience in nonimmigrant visa matters with a special emphasis on J-1 program coordination. She serves as an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO) for three corporate J-1 programs: Trainee, Research Scholar and Specialist. In this work she ensures thousands of Exchange Visitors’ programs run smoothly, efficiently and in full compliance with U.S. Department of State requirements.
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2014
- Barcelona Institute of International and Comparative Law, Diploma, 2012
- California State University, San Marcos, B.A., Cum Laude, 2005
More from Cate
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Arizona
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Professional accomplishments
Member, Arizona Women Lawyers Association
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations
Member, Arizona Relocation Alliance
Past Chair, State Bar of Arizona, Immigration Law Section, Executive Council
Experience
Coordinated the planning and execution of obtaining more than 1,200 J-1/J-2 visas over a less than two-year period notwithstanding COVID-19 travel bans, restricted consular staffing capabilities and more.
Represented clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in complex Adjustment of Status (AOS) interviews at a variety of field offices in the Western U.S.
Publications and lectures
Panelist, “Wait, a J-1 Can Do What?? – Creative Uses of the J-1 Exchange Visitor Category.” AILA Rome District Chapter, 29 November 2022.
