Rebecca Mancini

Representative Matters:

Corporate Restructuring

• Advised and assisted automotive supplier during corporate restructuring to prepare and implement strategy to maintain work authorization and I-9 compliance for thousands of employees.
• Advised large global engineering and technology firm on immigration consequences of corporate spin-off.

Hiring and Retaining Foreign Workers

• Created strategy and managed successful transfer of hundreds of foreign employees hired as consultants to direct hire for major financial services provider.

Global Mobility

• Performed management assessment and implementation of large-scale global mobility program on behalf of Tier 1 Automotive employer by managing relocation, tax and immigration and other legal considerations.

I-9 and E-Verify Compliance

• Assisted large engineering services corporation with nationwide internal I-9 audit: prepared and conducted training for HR and management staff on best I-9 practices and implementation of E-Verify.
• Served as lead counsel to major I-9 electronic software solutions provider.

Immigration Case Management

• Managed nonimmigrant, immigrant, and global visa services needs for multiple large multinational corporations.

Employment Compliance

• Developed immigration policy and employer handbook sections on sponsorship for immigration benefits to protect U.S. employers from exposure to liability for non-compliance.

Extraordinary Ability

• Successfully obtained extraordinary ability classification for various researchers, business leaders, and professional athletes based on demonstrated experience and prominence in their fields.

Start-Up and Entrepreneurs

• Supported immigration aspects of obtaining work authorization and securing financing compliance for new business growth from foreign sources.
• Advised visa strategies for Asian Tier-1 automotive parts company to establish U.S. manufacturing facilities and successfully obtain work authorization and visas for executive, management and specialized support team to join U.S. operations.

Overturn Adverse Decisions

• Obtained numerous successful decisions on appeals and motions to reopen through filings with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Consular Services

• Facilitated expedited processing of treaty trader and investor company registration to ensure E visa employees approval timely to avoid delays in start-up operations in the U.S.

Individual Immigration Matters

• Secured visas and admission to the U.S. for various dependent family members of foreign workers filing to join in the U.S.

Clark Hill’s Immigration Practice Group Awards

• Corporate LiveWire’s Legal Award Winner – Corporate Immigration Law Team of the Year in 2016.
• International M&A Awards – Corporate LiveWire – Immigration Law Team of the Year – USA in 2015 and 2016.
• Winner in the category of “Immigration Law” by Corporate LiveWire – Global Awards in 2015.
• Clark Hill received an Award for Excellence in Immigration Law – Michigan by AI Global Immigration & Logistics 2015.
• Clark Hill was listed as Tier 1 Nationally for Immigration Law in 2015 by U.S. News.
• Clark Hill was listed as US – Regional Immigration Law Firm of the Year in the ACQ Law Awards in 2014.
• Clark Hill was listed as US – Immigration Law Firm of the Year in the ACQ Law Awards 2014 and 2015.
• Clark Hill won the Best Immigration Specialist for Fortune 500 Companies in Michigan –Acquisition International – Global Mobility and Immigration Awards in 2014.
• Clark Hill won the Best International Immigration Team, Michigan – Acquisition International – Legal Awards in 2014

Presentations

• WEBINAR: “Worksite Compliance and Enforcement Update”