Immigration Compliance for Schools and Religious Institutions: Legal Responsibilities and Risk Management

Mr. Grode serves as the U.S. Practice Director and Managing Partner for Green and Spiegel. He has worked continuously in the U.S. business immigration law field since 1999 and has amassed considerable experience obtaining nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for new company start-ups, professional workers, artists and entertainers, athletes, physicians, and scientific researchers. In addition, Mr. Grode has significant experience dealing with Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security enforcement actions as well as immigration related aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions. He has been a panelist and moderator on immigration law topics for numerous organizations, including the American Bar Association, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, French Chamber for Commerce and Industry (Paris, France), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Mr. Grode also writes regularly for industry publications and academic journals. In addition, he is an Adjunct Faculty at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law where he teaches Business Immigration Law, Advising Global Corporations, and Law Practice Management.

Mr. D’Arduini is the Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Washington, DC office and a member of the global immigration and mobility, corporate immigration, and worksite compliance teams. He is known for his holistic, collaborative, and proactive approach to managing his clients’ immigration programs and sponsored populations in the United States and across the globe. Mr. D'Arduini thinks critically about his clients’ business goals and devises and tailors immigration strategies that amplify their talent and compliance goals. He primarily serves multinational corporations and Fortune 500 companies in financial services, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, health care, insurance, and defense industries. In order to advance their talent attraction, productivity, and retention goals, Mr. D'Arduini advises these clients on policies, procedures, and operating models for sponsoring their foreign national staff members for visas, work authorizations, paths to permanent residence, naturalization, and citizenship. He also has experience advising clients on the immigration-related impact of mergers and acquisitions for companies across multiple sectors and multiple continents.