Rebecca B. Schechter

Rebecca B. Schechter: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Biography

Rebecca Schechter focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance, representing multi-national corporations midsized companies, and startups, as well as individual clients. She has experience with all areas of employment-based immigration, particularly H-1B, L-1, O-1 and E-2 petitions, as well as outstanding researcher petitions and labor certification applications. Rebecca regularly assists GT clients with global immigration matters, including business and work visas to countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. She also works on state and federal I-9 and E-Verify audits. Rebecca has a thorough understanding of third party contractor issues and experience handling complex naturalization, deportation defense, family and employment-based adjustment applications.

Concentrations

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

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

•Panelist, Executive Orders Webinar, Greenberg Traurig, McLean, VA, September 6, 2017
•Panelist, PERM session, AILA DC Chapter Annual Conference, November 2016
•Panelist, Coffee Immigration Speak, Greenberg Traurig, McLean, VA, June 28, 2016
•Co-Author, Big Changes for Employees on Student Visas - What Employers Need to Know , GT Alert, May 31, 2016
•Moderator, Doing Business with Our Neighbors: An Overview of Canadian and Mexican Business Immigration, AILA DC Chapter, March 3, 2015
•Co-Presenter, Global Immigration and Potential Implications in Key Markets, GT Webinar, November 18, 2014
•Panelist, Immigration Laws, ALI Airline and Railroad Labor and Employment Law CLE, Washington, DC, April 10-12, 2014
•Co-Presenter, After Infosys: Are You Compliant? GT Webinar, January 27, 2014
•Co-Presenter, Onboarding: Hiring Foreign Nationals, GT Webinar, December 12, 2013
•Co-Author, How the U.S. Government Shutdown Affects Employers and Their Foreign National Workforce , GT Alert, October 2013
•Speaker, Government Shutdown: How it Impacts Immigration and Global Business, GT Webinar, October 2013
•Speaker, Key Trends in Accessing Talent Globally: Here, There, and Everywhere, TechServe Alliance Annual Conference, November 2012
•Speaker, Employment-based Immigrant Visas, AILA DC Chapter Fall Conference, November 2011

Associated News & Events

Press Releases

10.27.16 Greenberg Traurig's Rebecca B. Schechter to Speak on The Latest Guidance in Conducting Internal Form I-9 Audits

02.11.16 Greenberg Traurig Immigration Practice Hosts H-1B Cap FY2017 Webinar

02.05.16 Greenberg Traurig Elevates 4 Attorneys to Of Counsel in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia Offices

02.04.16 Greenberg Traurig Elevates 44 to Shareholder or Of Counsel

Alerts

02.14.17 Coming Soon to a Worksite Near You: Site Visits and Form I-9 Audits

05.31.16 Big Changes for Employees on Student Visas - What Employers Need to Know

01.13.15 Keeping You Up-to-Date: GT Immigration Newsletter (January 2015)

01.05.15 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Dec. 22-26, 2014

12.15.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Dec. 8-12, 2014

12.01.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Nov. 24-28, 2014

11.10.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Nov. 3-7, 2014

11.03.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Oct. 27-31, 2014

10.27.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Oct. 20-24, 2014

10.20.14 Inside Business Immigration: Weekly News Round Up, Oct. 13-17, 2014

Areas of Practice (2)

  • Business Immigration & Compliance
  • Global

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Colby College, B.A., cum laude; Colby College, B.A., 2001 Dean's List; American University, M.A., International Affairs, 2004; Published comment: Intentional Starvation as Torture: Exploring the Gray Area Between Ill-Treatment and Torture, 18 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 1233.
Law School Attended:
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., American University International Law Review; American University Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude; American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 2004 Note and Comment Editor
Year of First Admission:
2005
Admission:
2005, Connecticut; Maryland; Not admitted in Virginia
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Pro Bono Coordinator, Northern Virginia Office, Greenberg Traurig, 2017-Present
•Member, AILA National Online Course Review Committee, 2021-2022
•Council for Global Immigration, 2013-Present
•AILA National Distance Learning Committee, 2015-2016
•Alumni Committee, Human Resources Leadership Awards, 2013-2015
•Workforce and Education Committee, Northern Virginia Technology Council, 2012-Present
•Human Resources Leadership Awards, 2013-Present
•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-Present
•Member, AILA
•Member, Connecticut bar
•Member, Maryland bar

ISLN:
920948291

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