Kristin Peresta Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa

Oversee client communications and client and team workloads to ensure timely response, even distribution of work throughout the firm and will manage firmwide immigration data and reporting. • Determine metrics to assist with workload, client and firm management. • Coordinate staffing, workload management for client teams• Work with client teams to understand their upcoming workload and to develop plans to manage their workload. • Provide Partners with recommendations for staffing changes and case reassignments for even workload among the client teams• Oversee the development of standard communications across teams. • Develop standard reports for use by client teams, including expiration date reports, visa bulletin reports, case status reports, etc.• Escalate data management and integrity issues to client teams• Review and disseminate critical immigration updates, including visa bulletin, filing location and form updates, among others• Coordinate with Immigration & Process Trainer on database training, data management processes, and process changes/improvements

Philadelphia, Pa

Responsible for client service and team management as well as internal staff management. Oversee and manage Supervisory Paralegals with team of paralegals and administrative and legal assistants. Ensure client needs are met. Find and develop possible business opportunities with clients and counsel on available services to meet clients' unique needs. Participate in recruiting, interviews and hiring process of staff.

Philadelphia, Pa

Manage corporate accounts within the healthcare and financial services industries as well as multinational chemical manufacturers & pharmaceutical companies; Supervise junior & senior-level paralegals; Respond to client & foreign national inquiries regarding immigration case status, public examination files & new immigration developments; Prepare & file nonimmigrant petitions (H-1B, H-3, J-1/J waivers, L-1A/L-1B, L-1 Blanket, TN, B-1 Business Visitor, B-1 Domestic Servant, etc.) and immigrant petitions (PERM, consular processing, I-130, I-140, I-485, EAD, AP, I-751 and Naturalization); Prepare monthly reports for corporate contacts to monitor expirations & create any specific case reports as requested; Participate in hiring of legal staff & interns; Participate in the creation & implementation of firm-wide immigration standard operating procedures (i.e. preparing and filing applications, questionnaires, e-mail templates, etc.) to ensure consistency and efficiency; Participate in the hiring of legal staff; Serve as liaison between the Immigration Tracker support team and our office.

Iselin, Nj

Responsible for initiation, preparation and completion of immigrant and nonimmigrant visa petitions and applications for submission to INS/BCIS/USCIS on behalf of large domestic and multinational corporations; prepared and filed H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, L-1 NAFTA, and TN nonimmigrant petitions; I-140 multinational manager petitions; Consular Processing immigrant petitions; Employment and Family-Based Adjustment of Status Applications for Permanent Residency, including Employment Authorization and Advance Parole Applications; Re-Entry Permits; Visa Re-issuance with the Department of State; Alien Labor Certification Applications (traditional and RIR) and Recruitment Responses to the Department of Labor; daily contact with foreign nationals and corporate Human Resource Representatives regarding information requests, case inquiries and updates; frequent contact with local and regional offices of the INS/BCIS, Department of State, Department of Labor and overseas Consular Offices