TAMPA, FL –  Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Maria del Carmen Ramos, Partner in the Tampa office, spoke at Sterling Seminar’s Fundamentals of Employment Law Seminar on January 16, 2013.  Maria’s topic was “Mini-Primer on I-9’s, E-Verify and No Match Letters.”

Maria devotes a substantial portion of her practice to counseling clients on immigration and employment issues. On the immigration side, Maria has extensive experience helping employers obtain H-1B and E visas on behalf of foreign workers employed in specialty occupations.  She also helps companies with global operations obtain L-1 visas on behalf of their foreign-based employees so that the employees can open up an office in the United States or transfer to the U.S. operations, as well as helping those companies obtain visas in China and Mexico on behalf of their U.S.-based employees. 

Maria received her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 2000 and her B.A. from Yale University in 1996.

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