Professional Profile

J. Claire Razzolini is a partner in Gibney’s Immigration Practice Group where she practices in the area of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law, concentrating in employment-based immigration.

Ms. Razzolini counsels established global companies regarding the employment of foreign nationals and related federal compliance issues. She represents corporate and individual clients before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of State, and has extensive experience securing temporary employment authorization, permanent resident status, and naturalization benefits on behalf of executives, multinational managers, professional workers, specialized workers, students, and artists across a wide-range of industries.  She is a frequent speaker on U.S. immigration best practices, and has presented at business immigration seminars and Continuing Legal Education seminars in New York and California.

Prior to joining Gibney, Ms. Razzolini practiced corporate immigration law at an immigration law firm in San Francisco, California and with a large law firm in New York. Her experience also includes working for a legal services organization coordinating pro bono representation for indigent individuals and non-profit organizations.

Ms. Razzolini is a cum laude graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law where she was a member of the Buffalo Law Review.

Representative Matters

Management of comprehensive immigration benefits and compliance programs for corporate clients.  Representation of established companies in wide-ranging industries, including:

• Film, Entertainment and Media
• Financial Services and Consulting Firms
• Healthcare and Universities
• Information Technology
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Telecommunications

Counseled corporations regarding compliance with U.S. immigration regulations and employment verification processes

Represented individuals in family-based immigration applications, petitions for lawful permanent residence and naturalization applications

Represented non-profit social service organization and individual clients as pro-bono counsel to facilitate training of individuals working with autistic children in Romania

Memberships and Affiliations

American Immigration Lawyers Association
American Civil Liberties Union

Articles, Publications and Lectures

Ms. Razzolini has lectured at Continuing Legal Education and business immigration seminars, including the following:

• U.S. and Global Immigration: Corporate Compliance in an Enforcement Era
• E-Verify and Worksite Enforcement: A Government Perspective
• Hiring and Retaining International Personnel: Strategies and Emerging Issues in U.S. and Global Immigration
• PERM Labor Certification
• Immigration Basics for Corporate and In-House Counsel
• I-9 Compliance Training
• Business Immigration After 9-11: New Rules of the Game
• Immigration 101 for HR and Hiring Managers

Professional and Community Involvement

Works with various legal aid organizations in New York to provide legal services to underrepresented individuals

Education

J.D., cum laude, University at Buffalo School of Law
M.A., Boston College
B.A., magna cum laude, State University of New York at Fredonia, New York

Bar Admissions

New York

Court Admissions

New York Court of Appeals
United States District Court for the Western District of New York