TAMPA, FL – The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa partner, Maria del Carmen Ramos, received the 2016 Readers’ Choice Award as one of the top authors who published content through JD Supra. Maria was recognized for the outstanding reach she attained through The Immigration Bulletin blog to readers in the Broadcast Media, Semiconductor, and Medical Device industries.
The Readers’ Choice Awards was narrowed down from 34,000 to 200 JD Supra authors who published work throughout 2015. JD Supra editors selected the top ten authors with consistently high readership and engagement within 26 different industries.
Maria devotes a substantial portion of her practice to counseling clients on immigration and related employment issues. In particular, Maria has extensive experience helping employers obtain H-1B and E visas, as well employment-based green cards, on behalf of foreign workers employed in specialty occupations. She also helps companies that have global operations obtain L-1 visas on behalf of their foreign-based employees so they can transfer to the United States. In addition to helping employers obtain visas for foreign workers, Maria routinely conducts audits for clients to ensure they are complying with their obligation to verify their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States. Maria received her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and her B.A. from Yale University.
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