Rebecca B. Schechter ^‡

Rebecca Schechter is a sought-after advisor on global immigration strategy, guiding Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and tech startups through complex cross-border workforce challenges. She counsels C-suite executives on high-stakes immigration matters, from building global talent pipelines to navigating their own families' immigration journeys. She has steered clients through complex Department of Labor and Department of Justice investigations. A former in-house counsel to an IT firm, Rebecca believes that the best legal partnerships align immigration strategy with business needs. Rebecca handles the full range of employment-based visa petitions, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, and E-2 filings, outstanding researcher petitions and labor certification applications. Her practice extends across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. On the compliance side, she assists with I-9 and E-Verify audits at the federal and state levels and has deep experience navigating third-party contractor complexities. She also handles the most personal and consequential immigration matters: family and employment-based adjustment applications and naturalization.

Concentrations

• I-9 compliance
• Global immigration
• Start-ups
• Third party contractors
• H-1B and L-1 petitions
• O-1 and EB-1 Petitions
• Labor certification applications