District of Columbia Immigration Lawyers: Becki L. Young

Ms. Becki L. Young

www.bakermckenzie.com

Baker & McKenzie
815 Connecticut Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20006
USA
(202) 835-6160

Becki L. Young has been working in the field of immigration law since 1995.  Ms. Young was an Associate in the International Transactions and Immigration Practice of one of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.'s largest law firms, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, from 1999 to 2002.  Since 2002, she has managed her own solo immigration law practice, focusing on employment-based immigration law.  Ms. Young has represented employers in a variety of industries, including investment banking and securities, information technology, health care, manufacturing, non-profit, and hospitality, providing advice on work permits and related immigration issues. In representing more than fifty of the most prominent hotels and restaurants in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>, Ms. Young has facilitated the sponsorship of nonimmigrant trainees, professional workers, and "aliens of exceptional ability." She also has guided numerous hospitality managers through the permanent residency process, and has counseled clients in the hospitality industry regarding international recruitment and immigration issues. Ms. Young's international work experience includes a summer clerkship at Baker & McKenzie's office in <st1:City w:st="on">Bangkok, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region>, and a year teaching English at a public high school in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wakayama, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>. Professional Associations   <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;">American Immigration Lawyers' Association     </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;">Restaurant Association of Metropolitan <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington  </li></ul>Major Practice Areas Temporary Employment Visa Categories   <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">E-1/E-2 Treaty, Trader, Investor  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">J-1 Trainees  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">H-1B Professional Workers in Specialized Occupations  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">H-3 Trainees  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">L-1A/L-1B Managerial and Specialized Knowledge Workers  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability in the Arts, Business  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">P-3 Entertainment Groups  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">Q-1 Cultural Exchange Trainees  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;">TN - Canadian or Mexican Specialists as Designated by NAFTA.  </li></ul>Family Based Immigration   <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;">Consular Processing  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;">Adjustment of Status  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;">Waivers  </li></ul>Employment Based Immigration  <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">PERM Labor Certification  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;">EB-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;">National Interest Waivers</li></ul>

1999

Law School

Georgetown - 1999

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Maryland

Types of Cases Handled

Business & Employment
Consular Processing
Family
General
Investor
Naturalization
Students and Exchange Visitors

Languages Spoken at This Law Office

French
Japanese
Korean
Russian

Becki L. Young - Baker & McKenzie

Ms. Becki L. Young

Law School

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