Business Immigration Law

Immigration Practice Group, Chair

• Ohio, 1999
• Kentucky, 2003

• DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 1999
• • Art & Entertainment Law Journal
  • Member of Staff, 1997-1998
  • Technical Editor, 1998
    
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    University of Louisville, B.A., 1993

Matthew is a member in the Louisville office of Frost Brown Todd LLC and is Chair of its immigration practice group.  Matthew has practiced for more than ten years in the immigration group in the firm's Louisville and Cincinnati offices. He represents clients in a wide array of business immigration matters with particular emphasis on all forms of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for professionals and assisting employers in the preparation and execution of employment eligibility verification and compliance programs.  He is also a frequent lecturer and speaker at events covering a broad spectrum of immigration topics.

Experience

Matthew has represented Convergys Corporation and its Global Subsidiaries with their Immigrant and Nonimmigrant U.S. Immigration Program since 1999.

Has also represented a wide assortment of privately-held and publicly-traded corporations in securing temporary employment visas for degreed professionals (H visas) and work visa status under that North American Free Trade Agreement for Canadian born degreed professionals (TN visas), as well as representing clients in the intracompany transfer of their employees and in securing temporary work visa status on their behalf (L visas). His work has also benefitted local church organizations in obtaining temporary work visa status for their ministers (R visas).

He has represented employers with all forms of Immigrant Visa Application through both adjustment of status and processing through U.S. Consulates around the world and has counseled employers on employment eligibility verification issues and conducted employer I-9 audits.

• Ohio Bar Association, 1999
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Louisville Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Society for Human Resource Managers
• Leadership Louisville, 2006 Focus Louisville Graduate; 2007 Ignite Louisville Graduate; 2009 Bingham Fellows Program
• Japan American Society of Kentucky

• Implementation of New I-9 Rule Delayed until April 3, 2009
• New Form I-9 Required for Use February 2, 2009
• FY 2010 Initail H-1B Cap Filings Continue
• Hiring Illegal Aliens Costs Company $450,000
• Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Implemented at Land and Sea Ports of Entry
• USCIS Confirms I-9 Form Bearing 6/30/09 Expiration Still Valid
• USCIS Confirms I-9 Form Bearing - June 30, 2009 Expiration Still Valid
• USCIS and FBI Announce Name Check Backlog Eliminated
• USCIS Resumes I-140 Premium Processing
• Green Card Production Delays

Past

Looking Into the Immigration Crystal Ball: Critical Topics for 2009 and 2010
Kentucky World Trade Center, June 2009

University of Kentucky, National Equine Law Conference 
University of Kentucky, April 2009  

The Basics of Immigration Law
Society of Human Resources, February 2009 

The Immigration Process, Recent Updates and I-9 Compliance
Owensboro SHRM Chapter, June 2007.

Contractor Liability and Immigration Law
American Painting Contractors, March 2007

Immigration Compliance: Past, Present, Future
Allied Construction Industries Seminar, May 2006

Immigration Compliance: Employment Eligibility Verification
Kentucky Horse Farm Managers Club, September 2006

Author:  A Perspective on the Unique Challenges Faced By Employers, Employees, and Practitioners in the Field of Immigration Law published by Aspatore Books as part of the Immigration Law Client Strategies edition of its Inside The Minds series (2008)

Co-Author: Visa Options for Foreign National Athletes published by Kentucky Bar Association, Bench and Bar (November 2007).

Author:  Ask the Legal Professional articles published by Business First (May 2007)

Co-Author: Immigration Issues in Employment, for Employment Law Treatise published by the University of Kentucky, College of Law, Office of Continuing Legal Education (2007 edition).