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Nonimmigrant Employment Visas
Nonimmigrant Employment Visas
Nonimmigrant Employment Visas provide employers the ability to hire foreign employees seeking temporary work status in the United States. Employers may file a petition with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for a variety of temporary work visas pursuant to…
Galloway Mourns the Loss of John Valenti
Galloway Mourns the Loss of John Valenti
John Valenti, an Associate in Galloway’s Tampa, Florida office, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on April 20, 2021. We are still shaken and miss him dearly. Those who worked with John remember his incredible sense of humor and personality. He…
Does Your Company Plan to Hire Foreign Workers Temporarily in a Specialty Occupation? Important Dates to Remember
Does Your Company Plan to Hire Foreign Workers Temporarily in a Specialty Occupation? Important Dates to Remember
Important Dates for the Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Electronic Registration Process March 2, 2021: Petitioners and registrants can begin creating H-1B registrant accounts at noon Eastern. March 9, 2021: H-1B registration period opens at noon Eastern. March 25,…
Juvie Cruz Cardenas Selected to Serve on Steering Committee for the 2021 Texas Minority Counsel Program
Juvie Cruz Cardenas Selected to Serve on Steering Committee for the 2021 Texas Minority Counsel Program
After a highly competitive selection process, Juvie Cruz Cardenas was selected to serve on the Texas Minority Counsel Program’s (TMCP) Steering Committee for the 2021 Annual Conference. The TMCP was created in 1993 and is the premier client development, networking,…
Helping Employers Open for Business: Alabama Law Seeks to Protect Businesses from COVID Exposure Claims
Helping Employers Open for Business: Alabama Law Seeks to Protect Businesses from COVID Exposure Claims
Alabama Passes Law Providing Businesses with Civil Immunity from COVID
Galloway’s Managing Director Jason P. Waguespack to Speak at Marine Insurance Nordics
Galloway’s Managing Director Jason P. Waguespack to Speak at Marine Insurance Nordics
Director Jason Waguespack will participate in a panel discussion at Marine Insurance Nordics on May 6, 2021. The panel discussion topic is Geopolitics and Sanctions- Keeping the Right Side of the Law. The session will review the latest sanctions rules, including…
Galloway Director Joe Hassinger Has Successfully Completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation
Galloway Director Joe Hassinger Has Successfully Completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation
Galloway Director Joe Hassinger has successfully completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation PON Global program. As Harvard explains, PON Global, offered by the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School, is designed to provide cutting-edge negotiation skills, teach overcoming…
Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of Local Live Music Venue
Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of Local Live Music Venue
In a security and premises liability case that garnered significant media attention, the Louisiana Supreme Court has recently denied plaintiff Kimi Seymour’s writ of certiorari, choosing to uphold the trial court’s dismissal of Seymour’s case against our client, a local live music…
Remote Work – A Flash in the Pan or Here to Stay? Tips for Minimizing Workers’ Compensation Liability from Remote Workers
Remote Work – A Flash in the Pan or Here to Stay? Tips for Minimizing Workers’ Compensation Liability from Remote Workers
Even with the aspiration that widespread vaccination distribution may allow for more in-person activities, some of the changes in workplace operations that were placed at the forefront by the pandemic are likely to continue including the prevalence of remote work.…
Galloway Director Implements Key Strategies for Win in Florida
Galloway Director Implements Key Strategies for Win in Florida
In a non-jury trial, Director Edward Krakauer partnered with our insurance carrier in implementing key strategies over three years in a matter that was substantial and significant to our client’s claim handling practices. Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith understood the implications…
Jason Waguespack Highlighted by LADB for Committee Work
Jason Waguespack Highlighted by LADB for Committee Work
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith Managing Director Jason Waguespack was highlighted in the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board August 2024 Newsletter. Jason serves as a LADB Hearing Committee member. Below is the Hearing Committee Member Spotlight: A desire to give back to the legal…
Galloway Associate Returns to Firm, Secures Win in Dallas
Galloway Associate Returns to Firm, Secures Win in Dallas
Shortly after returning to Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, Associate Jonathon Austin secured a summary judgement win on behalf of our clients in a death injury case in Dallas. Jonathon originally joined Galloway in 2021, advocating for clients in…
Galloway Animal Law Attorney Wins Highly Contested Dog Bite Case
Galloway Animal Law Attorney Wins Highly Contested Dog Bite Case
Director Anna Kirkpatrick recently won summary judgment on a highly contested dog bite case in Florida. When the Plaintiff was bit by a foster dog, the legal dispute centered on the legal definition of “owner” under Florida’s dog bite statute…
Galloway Transportation Attorneys Secure Major Win in Missouri
Galloway Transportation Attorneys Secure Major Win in Missouri
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith successfully secured a favorable result in a rear-end trucking case in New Madrid County, Missouri, led by Director Jennifer Woulfe and Associate Allison Thompson serving as second chair. In this case, the Plaintiff’s counsel…
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