Meredith Doll is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Dallas office and a member of the Immigration practice group. As a dedicated employment-based immigration attorney, Ms. Doll advises clients on all facets of business immigration compliance, from sponsoring foreign-born employees to I-9 audits. Her public sector clients include universities, hospitals, and healthcare systems, including medical schools, faculty physician groups, and individual faculty, researchers and medical providers. Her private sector clients range from early-stage start-ups to established multinationals in the financial services, healthcare, heavy industry, industrial manufacturing, medical technology and life sciences sectors.
Whether a client has one foreign-born employee or hundreds, Ms. Doll has the experience to navigate the interplay between U.S. immigration laws, the operational needs of client organizations, and employee expectations. She strives to anticipate challenges, communicate proactively, and put strategies in place to prevent problems before they start. Client services include:
- Employment-based Immigration Sponsorship: Advises companies on recruitment, hiring, retention and/or termination of foreign-born workers in the U.S., from the C-suite to the front line. Robust experience with E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, J-1, L-1 (Individual & Blanket), O, P, and TN; B-1/ESTA for after-sales service; and PERM (Basic, Professional and Special Handling), Schedule A, EB-1 (Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors & Researchers, and Multinational Managers & Executives), National Interest Waivers, and EB-2/3 immigrant petitions.
- Post-Filing & Denial Strategy: Advises companies and individuals on issues arising after filing (e.g., requests for evidence (RFE), notices of intent to deny (NOID), long-pending cases, etc.) or following denial; represents clients in post-denial actions from agency appeals to federal court litigation
- Corporate Immigration Compliance: Conducts internal I-9 audits and remediation; immigration-related due diligence for transactions, including I-9 liability and foreign worker immigration impact analyses; helps export-controlled employers identify and navigate restrictions and licensing requirements when recruiting for sensitive positions or hiring “foreign persons”; assists companies in developing nondiscriminatory recruitment and hiring policies, compliant workforce verification processes (Form I-9 and E-Verify); and immigration-sensitive restrictive covenants for employment agreements.
- Government Investigations: Represents companies in government investigations involving foreign-born employees and/or company compliance with immigration-related regulations, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) I-9 audits, independent and complaint-based Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) investigations, and Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) site visits.