Corporate immigration counsel sits between your business, your employees and several federal agencies. The right firm keeps filings on schedule, keeps your I-9 and public access files defensible, and tells you early when a plan will not work.
The questions below work for any firm, including ours. Ask them before you move a single petition.
Questions to Ask Any Firm
Which case types do you handle for employers like us?
H-1B, L-1, O-1, PERM and EB-1C each have their own timelines. Ask for experience with the mix your company actually files.
Who will work our files, and who is our point of contact?
Ask whether a named attorney owns the relationship and how quickly employees and HR can expect answers.
How is the fee structured?
Ask whether fees are flat per filing or hourly, what is included, and which costs the law requires the employer, not the employee, to pay.
How do you handle compliance, including I-9 and public access files?
Audits and site visits test records you created years earlier. Ask whether the firm reviews them proactively.
How do you handle investor or source of funds questions for founders and executives?
Founders on E-2 or EB-5 paths need the corporate and personal records to match.
Can you take a case to federal court?
When a petition is delayed or denied on questionable grounds, a mandamus action or challenge may be the only path.
Which languages can you work in?
Employees and their families often need advice in their own language.
Can you support employees in every state and abroad?
Remote work and consular processing mean your workforce may be spread across many locations.
How Samper Law Answers These Questions
- Cases handled
- Samper Law has extensive experience in employer immigration programs. What sets the firm apart is its active collaboration with Kloss Martino, a separate business advisory firm, from the first consultation through the final result, so the business, financial and legal sides of a case are built together. Kloss Martino is not a law firm; its engagements and fees are independent of Samper Law's, and clients remain free to choose any adviser.
- Who works the file
- Corporate matters are led by Daniel Lopez, Esq., with Maeve Healy, Esq. on I-9 compliance and worksite defense; each client has a dedicated Client Service Associate as day to day contact.
- Fee structure
- Corporate filings are billed as flat fees by case type under a master services agreement. I-9 audits and compliance defense are billed on an hourly retainer.
- Compliance
- The firm advises on I-9 practice and penalty exposure, including self audits before an inspection.
- Source of funds for founders
- Founders and executives on investor paths have their personal and corporate records traced together, with Kloss Martino supporting the financial record.
- Federal litigation
- The firm handles federal court matters, including mandamus actions for unreasonable delay and challenges to agency decisions. Court admissions: Lidice Samper, Esq.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the First (1st) Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth (10th) Circuit; U.S. Federal Immigration Court. Maeve Healy, Esq.: U.S. Federal District of Massachusetts; U.S. Federal District Court of New Hampshire. Daniel Lopez, Esq.: U.S. Federal District Court of New Mexico.
- Languages
- Consultations and client communication are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu and Punjabi. Documents in those languages are reviewed in the original before translation.
- National reach
- Immigration law is federal, so Samper Law represents clients in every state and abroad, with consular matters handled at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. The firm is based in Massachusetts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should an employer ask corporate immigration counsel?
Ask which case types they handle, who works your files, how fees are structured, how they handle I-9 and public access file compliance, and whether they can litigate in federal court.
Should corporate immigration counsel review our I-9 forms?
Yes. A periodic self audit with counsel helps correct errors before an inspection.
Can corporate immigration counsel help with an H-1B alternative?
Yes. Depending on the employee, the L-1, O-1 or a green card petition may be available.
Does corporate immigration counsel need federal litigation capability?
It helps. Some delays and denials can only be addressed in federal court.
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