Lori is chair of Rogers Towers’ Labor and Employment Department, as well as Deputy General Counsel for employment matters. Her practice is focused on the areas of labor and employment representing management, and immigration. Lori handles a broad range of labor and employment law cases before federal and state courts and a variety of administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Wage and Hour Division and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. A large part of her practice consists of the day-to-day counseling of companies on employment issues prior to litigation or government agency involvement. She also focuses on employer policy development, internal audits and employee training to minimize the risks associated with employment disputes. Her expertise covers employment discrimination and harassment claims, retaliation claims, non-competition disputes, wage and hour issues and affirmative action plans.
In her comprehensive immigration practice, Lori handles the processing of non-immigrant visas, which include H-1B, B-1, L-1, J-1, F-1, E-2, O-1, P-1, R-1 and TN visas. She handles permanent residency cases from labor certification, to the immigrant visa petition, to adjustment of status or consular processing. Her practice includes the processing of visas and attainment of permanent residency through investment, employment and family-based applications. She also counsels clients on maintenance of permanent residence status and represents such clients through the naturalization process to become U.S. citizens. Lori regularly counsels companies on a wide range of business immigration issues, including employment verification and I-9 compliance.
