Mr James King > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Atlanta, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr James King

(404) 885-6720 jking@seyfarth.com

Work Department

Labor and Employment Department; Business Immigration Practice Group.

Position

Jim King co-chairs Seyfarth Shaw’s global Business Immigration Group, helping clients to create efficiencies in their business immigration management programs while optimizing the stakeholder-user experience.  Jim leads  the group’s immigration process and systems strategy, working with Seyfarth Labs to bring innovation and automation to the every-day tasks involved in managing large immigration portfolios.   Within the last 18 months the group developed and launched the Caribou immigration case management and client portal platform, harnessing the full potential of the Salesforce-based system and moving forward with resources to help our clients navigate the changing and challenging immigration landscape.

Career

Jim has practiced business immigration law for nearly 40 years and is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Languages

Conversationally fluent in French and German.

Memberships

State Bar of Georgia (International Law Section, Past Chairperson (1994)); American Immigration Lawyers Association; Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow (1984-1985); Adjunct Professor, Emory School of Law.

Education

JD, University of Georgia Law School (1984), cum laude; BS, Georgetown University (1981), magna cum laude.