Brenda Eckert practices employment-based and family-based immigration. As head of the Immigration Law practice, she focuses on providing exceptional client service and communication. Since 1987, Brenda has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is a member of the Connecticut chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Brenda successfully provides timely employment-based immigration advice and services to a various business clients, ranging from small employers to Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, biotechnology, financial services, manufacturing, education (including public and private schools and colleges and universities), and publishing. Such services include the preparation and filing of employment-based EB-1-1, EB1-2, EB-2 and EB-3 [PERM and National Interest Waiver] immigrant visa or “green card” petitions for physicians and non-physicians as well as O-1A, L-1A, L-1B, H-1B, H-1B1, TN (NAFTA), J-1, nonimmigrant visa petitions and Conrad Medical Waivers for physicians.
Brenda helps clients navigate the array of travel bans and restrictions on visa issuance by embassies and consulates abroad, enabling clients to have access to critical foreign workers despite the COVID-19 pandemic. She represents a wide range of professionals including company executives and managers for start-up companies, investors, entrepreneurs, financial analysts, quantitative analysts, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, computer science and information systems engineers, and architects. She has successfully filed family-based immigrant visa petitions and adjustment of status applications, as well as U.S. Naturalization petitions. Additionally, Brenda counsels U.S. employers regarding I-9 compliance and self-audits, as well as compliance with the federal anti-discrimination immigration laws.
Brenda also practices employment law before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Combined with her knowledge of immigration law, her experience as an employment lawyer enables her to counsel clients on intricate employment law matters involving international employees.