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

2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Mr Ian Band

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. He also counsels businesses on I-9 compliance and related governmental investigations. As the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee in Washington, DC, Mr Band counsels immigrant domestic abuse victims through a partnership with Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services.
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
Led out of its Washington DC office, the team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP handles global immigration mandates, sponsorship issues and compliance work for domestic and international corporates. Jointly managed by veteran professional Ian Band and business immigration expert Adam Rosser; the team is active in the healthcare, pharmaceuticals and retail sectors, advising clients on temporary work visas, including H-1B, O-1, and permanent residence matters through PERM. Counsel Suzan Kern handles green card applications for employers and maintains a busy pro-bono immigration practice. At the associate level, Sara Harlow advises on family-based immigration matters whilst Lieselot Whitbeck in Miami is the contact for global workforce transfers.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance