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Ms. Bower's practice is devoted exclusively to immigration matters, with primary emphasis on business-related nonimmigrant and immigrant visas. Her clients range from large, publicly-traded multinational corporations to small start-up companies and private individuals engaged in the following industries: manufacturing, engineering/construction, information technology, finance, healthcare, higher education, consulting, and film/media. Ms. Bower's cases have included B, E, H, L, and O nonimmigrant visas, labor certification, multinational manager, and extraordinary ability LPR, J-1 waiver, special immigrant religious workers, various family-based categories and naturalization. She has also advised clients on immigration issues related to corporate reorganizations, I-9 compliance, and the potential impact of criminal conduct on immigration status.
Ms. Bower serves as pro bono counsel on immigration-related matters to Catholic Charities and the Jewish Family & Children Services' Pittsburgh Regional Immigrant Assistance Center.
Ms. Bower was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Immigration (2003-Present). She also received the American Immigration Lawyers Association President's commendation for service as Chair of the 2000 Annual Conference Committee and the Catholic Charities Caritas Award for Service in 2003.
Areas of Law/Focus
- Immigration
- Labor and Employment
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1984) (Dillard Fellow; Member - UVA's Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team; Secretary - J.B. Moore International Law Society)
- B.A., Allegheny College (1981) (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
Professional & Community Activities
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Immigration Practitioners Committee
- Former Chair, (1990-1992)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Former Chair, Pittsburgh Chapter (1990-1992)
- Former Chair, National Annual Conference Committee (2000)
- Former Chair, National Membership and By-Laws Committee
- Member, Business Immigration Committee, Naturalization Task Force, J and Q Visa Subcommittees, various conference planning committees
- Board Member, United Methodist Foundation
- Frequent speaker at professional seminars on various immigration subjects
Bar Admissions
- Bar of Ohio (Inactive)
- Bar of Pennsylvania
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