Practice Expertise
- Labor
- Employment
- Immigration
Areas of Practice
- Employment
- Immigration
- Labor
- Public Finance
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Profile
Melissa's practice focuses on public finance. She has assisted as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and borrower's counsel in a variety of tax-exempt and taxable financings.
She also has experience with immigration law, providing strategy and analysis regarding immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications focusing on business immigration. She prepared visa petitions, including H-1B, L-1, E, F, TN, and other visas. She strategized the best options for a variety of complex employment-based immigration issues, and advised businesses regarding I-9 and E-verify compliance.
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Education
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2017)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2011)
- International Relations
- Spanish
Areas of Practice
- Employment
- Immigration
- Labor
- Public Finance
Professional Career
- 2019 Barrister Leadership Program Participant, Columbus Bar Association
Professional Associations
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Student Success Store, Executive Board member, legal chair
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Columbus Bar Association
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