Profile
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
תחומי התמחות
הישגים ותפקידי מפתח
- Listed, Lawdragon, 100 Leading Immigration Lawyers, 2026
- Member, AILA National Online Course Review Committee, 2021-Present
- Council for Global Immigration, 2013-2016
- AILA National Distance Learning Committee, 2015-2016
- Alumni Committee, Human Resources Leadership Awards, 2013-2015
- Workforce and Education Committee, Northern Virginia Technology Council, 2012-2015
- Human Resources Leadership Awards, 2013-2018
- AILA DC Chapter Regional CBP Committee, 2012-2013; 2014-2015
- AILA DC Chapter Webinar Committee, 2014-2015
- Co-Chair, AILA DC Chapter Citizenship Day, April 2010
- Coordinator, AILA Ask the Experts, 2009
- Site Coordinator, AILA DC Chapter Citizenship Day, April 2009
- Capitol Hill Chorale, 2007-2018
- Muswell Hill Chorus, 2023-Present
- Cinnamon Trust Volunteer, 2024-Present
- Member, AILA
- Member, Connecticut Bar
- Member, Maryland Bar
הכשרה מקצועית וכישורי שפה
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J.D., cum laude, American University Washington College of Law
- Note and Comment Editor, American University International Law Review
- Published comment: Intentional Starvation as Torture: Exploring the Gray Area Between Ill-Treatment and Torture, 18 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 1233.
- M.A., International Affairs, American University
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B.A., cum laude, Colby College
- Dean's List
- Maryland
- Connecticut