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The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa Partner Maria del Carmen Ramos was voted by her peers as one of the Tampa Bay area’s top immigration attorneys on Tampa Magazine’s 2020 Top Lawyers list.
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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that is a sponsor of AILA Central Florida Chapter’s 33rd Annual Immigration Law Conference, which is being held at the The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club from October 24, 2019 – October 26, 2019.
This year’s conference is chaired by Immigration Practice Group Co-Chair and partner, Maria del Carmen Ramos. The conference will focus on business and family immigration. Experts from around the country will be presenting on a variety of immigration hot topics ranging from complicated issues in worksite enforcement to the latest on the public charge rule.
Limited spots are still available for law students, attorneys, and paralegals. If interested in registering, please click here.
For more information, please contact Maria del Carmen Ramos at 813.227.2252 or mramos@shumaker.com.
Important new research concludes immigration restrictions that prevent companies from hiring high-skilled foreign nationals in the U.S. represent bad economic policy and are counterproductive. The first-of-its-kind study examining company-level responses to government immigration rules found H-1B visa restrictions carry the unintended consequence of pushing jobs outside the United States and lead to less innovation in America.
Read the rest of the Forbes article here.
Shumaker was honored to have two of our partners, Maria Ramos and Mechelle Zarou, present at the 2019 AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law this past week in Orlando. Mechelle participated on a panel discussing unconventional uses of O-1 and EB-1 Visas and Maria joined two panels, one discussing what employers need to know about an employee’s criminal and medical history and another on congressional advocacy for clients.
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa partner Maria del Carmen Ramos was selected as TAMPA Magazine’s Top Lawyer 2019 in the category of Immigration as voted on by her peers. This is the third year in a row that Maria has received such a prestigious honor. Continue reading “Maria del Carmen Ramos Selected as a Top Lawyer for Immigration Law”
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa Partner Maria del Carmen Ramos will serve as a Faculty Member for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Education Department web seminar entitled “Perfecting the Job Description: A Modern Artform”. Continue reading “Maria del Carmen Ramos to Serve as a Faculty Member for AILA’s Webinar on “Perfecting the Job Description: A Modern Artform””
Maria del Carmen Ramos, an immigration partner in our Tampa office, has received the 2017 Readers’ Choice Award as one of the top authors who published content through JD Supra. Maria was recognized for the outstanding reach and engagement she consistently attained through The Immigration Bulletin blog to readers across various industries. Continue reading “Maria del Carmen Ramos Receives JD Supra 2017 Readers’ Choice Award”
Maria del Carmen Ramos, immigration partner in Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick’s Tampa office and The Immigration Bulletin co-author, was interviewed by Telemundo Tampa on February 1, 2017, to discuss how the President’s Executive Orders could affect the Latino community.
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Mechelle Zarou, partner in the Toledo office, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. Continue reading “Mechelle Zarou Inducted as a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Association”
