FordHarrison LLP, a national labor & employment law firm, has been named a top firm for immigration in the 2012 edition of The Legal 500: The Clients Guide to the US Legal Profession. The Legal 500 is a guide to commercial law firms in the United States and it conducts extensive research on lawyers it considers, including interviewing clients.
FordHarrison's Business Immigration practice group is dedicated to advising clients on the hiring or transferring of foreign employees in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act. The firm's immigration lawyers provide a full range of services to clients, including start-up immigration and employment law advice for new companies; volume immigration management; temporary employment visas; permanent residence; citizenship and naturalization; consular processing; international visa services, visa revalidation and reentry permits; consulting with tax and employee benefits specialists on expatriate issues; I-9 compliance training and audits; and administrative appeals and litigation.
The Legal 500 series of guides reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms in over 90 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and the Caribbean. Researchers spoke to thousands of law firm clients each year in order to distinguish the best law firms and attorneys.