Lynn O’Brien is a partner at Orner & O’Brien, LLC where she practices in the area of immigration law. She is the founder of the Immigration Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and has served as its Chair. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has been published on other topics related to business immigration such as the use of E-Verify. Her practice is based in Bethesda, MD.
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Apr. 15, 2013 11:30 am
124k H-1B immigration visa requests for 85k spots shows reform need
The season to file for high-skilled immigration petitions has come and gone. And just like that, the country's businesses showed their collective hunger for STEM talent from abroad by using all available visas.
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Feb. 25, 2013 10:02 am
Startup Act 3.0: how does this federal legislation encourage immigrant entrepreneurs?
Another contribution from Maryland Immigration Attorney Lynn O’Brien on immigration reform impacting entrepreneurship. She previously wrote about the Immigration Innovation Act. Although previous attempts to get the Startup Act signed into law have been thwarted, on Feb. 13, 2013, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced [...]
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Feb. 18, 2013 10:00 am
Immigration Innovation Act: U.S. Senate bill ‘I-Squared’ focused on STEM pipeline for reform
You’ve heard time and again the term “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” or “CIR” among those who discuss it often. But while for most, the CIR discussion of 11 million undocumented foreign nationals is about those low on education and opportunity, the story of immigration reform has perhaps just as much to do with entrepreneurship, innovation and [...]