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Philip J. Ripani
Profile : Phil Ripani is a partner in the Labor and Employment Group. Mr. Ripani represents employers in labor and employment matters regarding employee benefits, immigration, employment discrimination, employee misconduct, collective bargaining and contract disputes, and other general employment issues. He helps company management with additional labor issues, including union prevention, hiring, discipline and retention of employees, wage and hour, and plant closing issues. He also aids businesses with the immigration issues surrounding transferring employees internationally and obtaining visa status for foreign employees. He has helped companies, foreign workers and their families to obtain or extend appropriate temporary and immigrant status visas, including H-visas, student visas and permanent residence visa status. Mr. Ripani has been a practicing attorney since 1976. He is licensed to practice law in Colorado and Indiana.
Education
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., cum laude, 1976)
Indiana University (B.S. with distinction, 1973)
Appearances / Publications
"A Practical Approach to Labor and Employer Law - Responding to 'No Match' Letters under the New Department of Homeland Security Regulations" (November 2007)
"New Rules For Handling No-Match Letters" (Inside Indiana with Gerry Dick, August 26, 2007)
"New Rules for Handling No-Match Letters" (Inside Edge E-Newsletter, August 24, 2007)
"Recent Developments in Employment Law" (Central Indiana Chapter of the National Association of Church Business Administration, April 2007)
"Legal Topics for Engineering Managers" (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, January 2006 and April 2007)
"Employment Immigration" (Second Presbyterian Church Open Forum, March 2007)
"Employment Immigration Issues" (HR Professional Development Association, November 2006)
"Proceedings Before the Indiana Civil Rights Commission" (Indiana Civil Rights Commission, April 2006)
"Immigration Law - A Primer on Basic Issues" (Second Presbyterian Church Open Forum, March 2006)
"Indiana Employment Law Update 2006" (Council on Education in Management, February 2006)
Building a Business in Indiana (Co-author "Business Immigration", "Professional Employer Organizations and Contract Employees" sections, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, 2006)
"A Survey of Issues in Employment Discrimination Law" (Indiana Civil Rights Commission, November 2004)
Personnel Law Update 2003 (Council on Education in Management, December 2003)
Appointments / Memberships
Member: Indianapolis (Labor Law Section), Indiana State (International and Employment and Labor Law Sections, co-chairman of American Citizenship Committee) and American (Labor and Employment Law and International Law Practice Sections) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association (past chair, Indiana Chapter); National Association of College and University Attorneys; Indiana Bar Foundation (Fellow); Human Resource Professional Development Association, Human Resource Association of Central Indiana; Sycamore School (past board president).
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