Senior Associate
Elizabeth Brettschneider
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Liz is a Senior Associate at Fragomen’s New York office, where she counsels clients on all aspects of corporate immigration, including temporary visas and permanent residence. She helps human resource departments, global mobility teams and employees understand the ever-changing immigration landscape and develops tailored immigration solutions for companies and their employees. Liz has represented individual clients and small- and medium-sized organizations in various industries, including fashion, culinary, architecture, marketing, management consulting, information technology and insurance.
Prior to joining Fragomen, Liz worked for boutique immigration firms in New York, where she worked with companies in various industries as well as working on a range of family-based immigration matters, helping to unite family members and navigating clients through complicated applications for the removal conditions on permanent residency.
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., honors , 2004
- Bryn Mawr College, B.A., magna cum laude , 2001
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Admissions
Bar Admissions: New York, Connecticut
Court Admissions: Second Circuit Court of Appeals; United States Eastern District Court of New York
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Member, New York City Chapter USCIS District Director Liaison Committee, AILA (former co-chair of committee)
Former Vice-Chair, National Texas Service Center Liaison Committee, AILA
Former Chair and Vice-Chair, New York City Chapter, AILA
Former Secretary and Treasurer, New York City Chapter, AILA
Former Co-Chair, New York City Chapter New Member Division, AILA
Publications and lectures
Speaker, “Immigration Under Pressure: CHRO Strategies for Enforcement Readiness & Global Workforce Resilience.” HR Policy Association, Webinar, 7 August 20255.
Elizabeth’s insights
December 10, 2024 | Blog post
