I-9s and E-Verify – New Compliance Challenges
Federal and state governments continue to raise the bar on employers to ensure you have a legal workforce. This session will help you:
· Ensure you are use the most recent forms.
· Understand best practices for verification.
· Ensure you do not discriminate in hiring, paperwork or internal audits.
Cynthia Lange
Cynthia leads the firm’s High Tech practice in the heart of Silicon Valley. As the Managing Partner of the firm’s Northern California practice, she directs the strategic representation of companies ranging from large Fortune 500 companies to small start-up companies in the firm’s “e-group.” She has worked with numerous companies to set up and manage worldwide immigration compliance programs. She also offers legal advice to individual investors (i.e., EB-5). Cynthia is a longtime Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law where she has taught since 1988. She also frequently lectures on corporate immigration and, as a thought leader in the industry, she has written numerous articles on business immigration law matters. Cynthia is also the Managing Partner in charge of the firm’s I-9 Service Center, which offers state of the art electronic I-9 tools and advisory services for proper I-9 and E-Verify completion. She is experienced in government investigations, audits and establishing compliance programs for companies. Cynthia serves as a member of Fragomen's Executive Committee. Cynthia joined Fragomen over 30 years ago, after beginning her career at the U.S. Department of Justice as an INS trial attorney.
Daniel Brown
Daniel is a Partner in firm’s Washington, DC office. His experience includes counseling corporate clients on business immigration and compliance and enforcement matters.
Prior to entering private practice, Daniel held a number of senior positions within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). From May 2005 to August 2006, he served as Counselor to the Assistant Secretary and then Director of the Office of Policy and Planning at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Daniel also served as the first director of ICE’s Secure Border Initiative Program Management Office, and was the Co-chair of the Federal Enforcement and Corporate Compliance team.
Daniel began his career as a trial attorney with the INS in New York City, and also held several positions in the INS General Counsel’s Office.
