Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm is proud to announce the formation of a Religious Worker Specialty Practice Group (SPG).
The new practice group will be led by Partner Meredith W. Barnette and will centralize the Firm’s decades of experience developing innovative legal solutions across the spectrum of the Religious Worker community, including for ministers, instructors, missionaries, and other essential personnel who support religious organizations.
Barnette, along with a highly qualified team of paralegals and professional staff, will concentrate on strategizing and implementing best immigration practices for churches, temples, mosques, and other employers of Religious Workers of all sizes, in the Carolinas, the Southeast region, and across the United States.
“We are thrilled to launch Garfinkel’s new Religious Worker Specialty Practice Group,” Barnette said. “The group will focus on guiding our Religious Worker clients through the complex, ever-changing immigration process. Our team understands the nuances of the immigration system and the many ways in which it impacts these workers.”
Barnette has practiced immigration law for almost 20 years and has extensive experience with the preparation of R-1 Nonimmigrant Religious Worker Visas, EB-4 Special Immigrant Religious Worker Visas, and other alternative visa options for Religious Workers. Barnette has previously been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, Lexology (fka Who’s Who Legal) and for her pro bono work.
“We look forward to helping our existing and future clients in this field meet their short and long-term personnel and organizational needs,” Barnette said.
With 10 attorneys — five of whom are certified as Specialists in Immigration Law by the North Carolina State Bar — and more than 35 experienced paralegals and administrative personnel, Garfinkel Immigration is one of the largest law firms in the Southeast United States dedicated exclusively to the practice of immigration law.
In its 28th year, Garfinkel Immigration represents Fortune 100 companies and businesses of all sizes in the U.S and across the world. The Firm also launched Healthcare and Education Specialty Practice Groups in 2023 which focus exclusively on serving its many clients in those industries and assists individuals with investor and family-based immigration matters, as well.
Garfinkel Immigration has consistently been honored as a Tier 1 firm in Charlotte for Immigration Law by Best Law Firms® and with a top-level Band 1 designation in the prestigious Chambers USA’s Immigration in North Carolina Legal Rankings. The Firm’s attorneys are regularly recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®, Who’s Who Legal, for their pro bono work, and more.
Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm builds strong relationships with its clients based on trust and performance, leveraging creative approaches and industry-leading expertise to provide insight and legal advice. The Firm is known for its responsiveness, close contact, partnership with HR managers and leadership and, of course, effectiveness in executing the legal work.
Garfinkel Immigration’s top priority is providing high quality legal service to the businesses and individuals it serves.
Further Reading
How churches, other religious organizations can sponsor workers for U.S. visas