Mr Eric Bord > Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Work Department

Latin America Team; Labor & Employment; Immigration

Position

Eric S. Bord counsels clients on corporate immigration issues involving the recruitment, hiring, transfer, and retention of personnel worldwide. He also advises businesses on compliance and risk management in connection with their global immigration programs. This includes counseling on compliance with I-9 and E-Verify rules, advising clients during immigration investigations, and conducting immigration due diligence for corporate transactions. Eric heads Morgan Lewis’s immigration compliance and risk management practice.

Memberships

American Immigration Lawyers Association; U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Immigration Subcommittee (Member)

Education

Emory University, BA; Emory University Law School

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Immigration

Predominantly based out of Washington DC, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP boasts a wide geographic reach, with Eleanor Pelta and Shannon Donnelly jointly managing the team out of DC, providing a full-service global employment and immigration offering including handling matters pertaining to employment discrimination, corporate change, including M&As and downsizings, and corporate policy development. The group continues to count leading names in the technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and financial services sectors among its clients. Both chairs counsel clients in legal and strategic issues arising from the international movement of key personnel and offer expertise in federal litigation for clients challenging immigration decisions. With a specialty in Department of Justice investigations and litigation related to immigration, Eric Bord leads the immigration compliance practice and advises clients on I-9 and E-Verify issues. Miami-based counsel Laura Garvin focuses her practice on employment-based immigration law, advising employers on broad immigration compliance and agency facilitation issues before US federal agencies. Next to her business immigration practice, counsel Christina Gonzaga in San Francisco provides pro bono legal representation in immigration cases involving asylum, deportation, and family-based matters.