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Christine is a Senior Associate at Fragomen’s Houston office with more than 10 years of immigration experience. In her role, she focuses on advising corporate clients, ranging from startups to Fortune Global 200 companies, in a variety of industries, including energy, engineering and information technology, through all stages of immigration. Christine’s current practice includes all aspects of corporate U.S. immigration, including nonimmigrant visas, permanent residence, citizenship and immigration support for corporate restructuring. She has also provided extensive advice to human resources professionals and corporate counsel regarding immigration compliance matters. Christine has dedicated her career to providing strategic and practical solutions for her clients in the evolving immigration environment.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Christine served as an Associate and later a Senior Associate at another full-service immigration firm, where she represented large multinational and mid-size corporate clients on nonimmigrant petitions, such as L, TN, H-1B, E-2, E-3, O-1 and B visas, and immigrant visa matters, such as PERM Labor Certification and EB-1. She advised foreign nationals seeking self-petitioned green card options, as well as other matters relating to legal permanent residence, including re-entry permits. During law school, Christine participated in Immigration Law Moot Court competitions as a Brief Writer and Speaker.

Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2012
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2009

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Bar Admissions: Texas

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Awards

John W. Skelton Jr. Award for Outstanding Comment in International Law, 2011

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Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Experience

Advised U.S. and international clients on immigration implications for complex corporate restructuring.

Partnered with clients to proactively address the issues related to maintaining and deploying an international workforce.

Assisted corporate clients with immigration programs, strategies and best practices in the development and management of multiple visa programs.

Counseled corporate clients in strategies to overcome new and unusual travel restrictions to assist in the transfer of key employees. Prepared successful filings to obtain waiver of the now defunct EO 9645 and National Interest Waivers during the Schengen and other COVID related travel bans.

Publications and lectures

Co-author, “Don’t Let a Lack of U.S. Immigration Due Diligence Derail Corporate Reorganization.” Texas Lawyer, 14 September 2022.

Co-author, “Congress Must Keep Conrad 30 To Aid Ailing Health System.” Law360, 13 August 2015.

Author, “Environmental Refugees: The Latest Enterprise of Corporate Social Responsibility.” Houston Journal of International Law, Volume 34, Number 1, Pages 109-146, 1 September 2011.

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