Mr Ian Band > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Labor and Employment, Immigration, EB-5 Immigrant Investor

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Band’s practice focuses exclusively on business and family immigration law. He has in-depth experience providing legal services and counseling in all aspects of business and family immigration law to corporate and individual clients, as well as actors, directors, costume designers, and other individuals in the entertainment industry. Mr. Band represents businesses and individuals before the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Labor, State Department, Department of Homeland Security and US consular posts. Mr. Band advises and assists multi-national pharmaceutical companies, energy companies, technology companies, and medical centers in obtaining appropriate nonimmigrant status (H-1B, O-1, L-1, and TN) and permanent residence (EB-1, NIW and PERM based petitions) for foreign national engineers, software developers, scientists, and other professionals. He also counsels businesses on I-9 compliance and related governmental investigations. Mr. Band is a strong supporter and advocate of community service and is Chair of the Pro Bono Committee for the firm’s Washington office. He donates more than 100 hours of his time each year to pro bono matters, primarily for immigrant domestic abuse victims.

Memberships

Admitted to the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars

Education

  • JD, American University Washington College of Law, 1987
  • BA, University of Maryland, 1984

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Immigration

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is principally focused on compliance, global immigration, in addition to US immigration sponsorship matters, and advises both corporate and non-profit clients. The department assists on cases spanning across the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, banking and healthcare sectors, and is co-led by Adam Rosser and Ian Band, who advises clients on an assortment of immigration and nationality law in addition to family-related matters. Shaena Rowland assists corporate clients with naturalization, non-immigrant and permanent residence as well as corporate I-9 issues, while Lieselot Whitbeck is based in Miami and works with companies in the development of multi-destination strategies for their global workforce. All mentioned individuals are located in Washington DC unless stated otherwise.