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Megan is an Associate at Fragomen’s Detroit office, where she assists clients with immigrant and nonimmigrant matters, particularly PERM, as well as related Requests for Evidence.

Megan has experience counseling clients on strategies for nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, including H-1B, L-1, O-1 and EB-1A visas. She has partnered with corporate clients of all sizes, ranging from venture-backed companies to large publicly traded companies.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Megan worked at a corporate and family immigration firm in Kansas City, Missouri, where she handled a wide variety of immigrant and nonimmigrant matters, including L-1, H-2A and EB-5 visas. She also worked at a boutique corporate immigration firm as a Supervising Attorney and at a university immigration law clinic advising local non-profits on family and humanitarian immigration services. 

Education

  • The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2017
  • Drake University, B.A., 2014

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: Iowa

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member, Chicago Bar Association

Member, The Missouri Bar Association

Experience

Filed a large number of third-party worksite H-1Bs and ensured continued immigration compliance for a large third-party contracting software development company.

Filed a high volume of L-1 visas, both consular and through USCIS, for an India-based software development company and partnered with them through multiple acquisitions and mergers to ensure continued immigration compliance.

Filed numerous highly technical and scientifically based O-1s and EB-1As for a biomedical company.

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