Attorney Directory: Ellen Freeman

Ellen Freeman focuses her practice on employment-based immigration such as temporary work visas and permanent residence, including PERM/labor certification applications, preference petitions and consular processing/adjustment of status.

Ellen assists clients in industries ranging from health care to manufacturing, on the full spectrum of immigration issues including:

Devising business immigration strategies for multinational, Fortune 500 and large privately held companies.

Advising corporate entities regarding the immigration impact of corporate reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including drafting opinion letters regarding continuous employment eligibility of foreign national employees.

Securing Blanket L status for numerous multinational corporations.

Assisting start up and foreign companies with the establishment of U.S. operations and recruitment of talent.

Assisting hospitals, medical research organizations and academic institutions with visas, Section 212 (e) J-1 waivers and permanent residence for medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists and researchers. Working closely with medical residents to ensure compliance with the terms of residency programs, as well as negotiating contract terms and selecting the best professional offers upon completion of residency programs.

Providing in-house training for personnel, human resources, benefits and compensation managers, including the development of training programs.

Conducting LCA and I-9 employment-eligibility audits.

Counseling U.S. permanent residents throughout the naturalization process and during their temporary assignments abroad.

Counseling spouses of international transferees at the onset as well as throughout international assignment in and outside of the U.S., including immigration assistance for their domestic workers.

Obtaining approvals on Waivers of Inadmissibility for both nonimmigrant and immigrant visa purposes through the USCIS, as well as U.S. Consulates.

While in law school, Ellen served as a teaching assistant for the Legal Analysis and Writing Program. She won the 1998 Niagara International Moot Court in Chicago.

While living in the former Soviet Union, Ellen assisted an international humanitarian organization with the distribution of aide and resettlement of civil war refugees, who were displaced during a conflict in Moldova in 1992. She is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.

Law School: J.D., Order of the Coif, 1999, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Other Education: M.P.I.A., 1999, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, master of international affairs with a concentration in international corporate environments

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