Attorneys Shiva Karimi and Autumn Tertin--both from the Immigration Law Practice Group of McLane Middleton--will cover the following immigration topics relative to HR:

Immigration 101

I-9s

Immigration Hot Topics

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Shiva Karimi practices immigration law at McLane Middleton, where she is the Managing Director of the firm’s Boston office and Chair of the Immigration Law Practice Group. Shiva’s practice focuses on business immigration where she and her team advise employers and employees in developing creative and effective strategies for temporary and permanent immigration solutions. She also counsels organizations in immigration compliance matters and assists employers in responding to audits and investigations.  She represents clients across a range of industries including technology, healthcare, schools and universities, service businesses and families.   

Shiva gives back to her profession and community and has been a leading voice in Boston’s immigration law community.  Some examples include her work as Treasurer and Executive Committee of the Boston Bar Association, Trustee of the Boston Bar Foundation and service on its Grants Committee, and advocacy through the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association.  She was recently part of the Working Group that developed and drafted the Boston Bar Association’s “Statement of Principles Concerning Immigration and Related Issues,” as well as an author of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s I-9 handbook. 

Shiva is a frequent speaker on immigration matters, having presented for a variety of organizations including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Suffolk University Law School, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston College Law School, Babson College, Franklin Pierce School of Law, the Iranian Association of Boston, and other organizations. Shiva has also authored educational material and articles about immigration law, including for MCLE, the Boston Bar Association, the Union Leader, and other publications. 

Previous to McLane Middleton, Shiva established and directed Karimi & Associates, PC for fourteen years. She has also previously served as co-chair of the BBA’s Immigration Law Section, and was a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Immigration Law Steering Committee. She served as a Council member of the Boston Bar Association. She was a board member of the Lawyers Weekly Board of Editors, and Suffolk University Law School’s Law Alumni Board. 

Shiva earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and is currently admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Northeastern University.

Autumn Tertin is an Attorney in the firm’s Corporate and Immigration Department, where her practice focuses exclusively on U.S. employment-based immigration law.  She assists employers across the U.S. with temporary and permanent visa solutions in a wide variety of industries.  Autumn also assists immigrant investors and entrepreneurs, as well as other specialized foreign nationals such as individuals with extraordinary ability, professors and researchers, and those seeking national interest waivers.  In addition, she works with many New England employers seeking short-term staffing solutions through the H-2B visa program.  Autumn also handles I-9 audit and compliance matters, and is a frequent presenter to the HR community on these topics. 

 She works with area universities on student visa issues and I-17 certifications as well.

Autumn serves as Chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers Immigration Law Affinity Group and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She has also served as the NH USCIS Liaison for the American Immigration Lawyers Association New England Chapter. Autumn was previously selected as a Super Lawyers New England Rising Star in 2021 – 2023, an honor only bestowed upon 2.5% of attorneys per state.  She is a lifetime member of the Polish Women’s Alliance of America (now part of FCSLA), and has held various chapter officer positions within the organization.  Autumn is also a former Vice-President of the Polish American Congress of New Hampshire.

Prior to joining McLane Middleton, Autumn was an Attorney at GoffWilson for over 10 years.  She has been active in the immigration law field since 2005, having worked as a Legal Assistant/Paralegal for several Metro Detroit immigration firms prior to and during law school.

Autumn earned her Juris Doctor from Western New England University School of Law as a Public Interest Scholar, and is a member of the New Hampshire Bar.  She received her B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit Mercy.

SCHEDULE

8:00am -- Registration & Networking
8:30am -- Announcements & Legal Updates
9:00am -- Speaker Presentation

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Tickets

$15.00 Member Ticket

$25.00 Non-Member Ticket

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