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Joan-Elisse Carpentier is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm's New York office. As part of the Regulation and Government Affairs Department, Joan-Elisse concentrates her practice in all areas of immigration and nationality law affecting corporations and other businesses.
Joan-Elisse's work includes evaluations of immigration practices of corporations, development of corporate policies and procedures for handling immigration matters and obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant visas as well as citizenship. She also works on behalf of United States citizens and foreign nationals to obtain visas for other countries.
Joan-Elisse represents clients in a wide variety of industries including finance and banking, publishing, entertainment, broadcasting, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, manufacturing, hospitality and energy, among others.
Joan-Elisse has written and lectured on business immigration topics for many different audiences. She has written articles on foreign hiring for Human Resource Executive Immigration Advisor and Management News. She has been a featured speaker at human resources conferences and meetings sponsored by Asea Brown Boveri and Random House, Inc.
Joan-Elisse is listed in Chambers USA as a top immigration lawyer. The publication praises her as "extremely knowledgeable, fast and accurate" and "always up to date with the knowledge of the law and informative on all occasions."
Joan-Elisse is involved with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where she has co-chaired the New York Chapter's Corporate Practice Committee.
Education:
Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1983.
St. Lawrence University, B.A. (cum laude), 1978. | 