Gunster expands immigration law practice with addition of April Bentley to its Tallahassee office
08/20/2021
Gunster expands immigration law practice with addition of April Bentley to its Tallahassee office
Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that April Bentley has joined the firm’s Immigration Law practice in its Tallahassee office.
Bentley brings nearly two decades of experience advising businesses and corporate immigration clients on administrative law matters and compliance with the government’s I-9 verification requirements and the E-Verify process. She provides defense of workplace enforcement actions and facilitates the admission of foreign nationals into the United States for employment purposes in a variety of non-immigrant classifications, such as E-1/E-2 treaty traders/investors, H-1B specialty occupations, H-2A agricultural and H-2B seasonal workers, L-1 intra-company transferees, O-1 extraordinary ability aliens, P-1 international athletes and TN NAFTA professional workers.
“April’s knowledge and expertise in handling complex business immigration law matters are the perfect complements to our existing team of skilled immigration attorneys,” said Bill Perry, managing shareholder of Gunster. “We’re thrilled her immigration guidance and insight will now be an accessible resource to our growing team.”
Bentley’s practice also involves assisting employers with the sponsoring of foreign national employees for legal permanent residence status, including extraordinary ability petitions, outstanding researchers and professors, multinational executives and managers, foreign nationals with advanced degrees and the labor certification process. Additionally, she advises clients on immigration options available for foreign physicians, including J-1 waivers for foreign medical graduates, national interest waivers and family-based immigration options.
Bentley was recently elected as Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Central Florida chapter and will serve on AILA National’s Board of Governors for the June 2021 – June 2022 term. She is also an active member of the Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG) Taskforce and the National Association of International Educators.
Bentley earned her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University.
Gunster expands immigration law practice with addition of April Bentley to its Tallahassee office
Bentley brings nearly two decades of experience advising businesses and corporate immigration clients on administrative law matters and compliance with the government’s I-9 verification requirements and the E-Verify process. She provides defense of workplace enforcement actions and facilitates the admission of foreign nationals into the United States for employment purposes in a variety of non-immigrant classifications, such as E-1/E-2 treaty traders/investors, H-1B specialty occupations, H-2A agricultural and H-2B seasonal workers, L-1 intra-company transferees, O-1 extraordinary ability aliens, P-1 international athletes and TN NAFTA professional workers.
“April’s knowledge and expertise in handling complex business immigration law matters are the perfect complements to our existing team of skilled immigration attorneys,” said Bill Perry, managing shareholder of Gunster. “We’re thrilled her immigration guidance and insight will now be an accessible resource to our growing team.”
Bentley’s practice also involves assisting employers with the sponsoring of foreign national employees for legal permanent residence status, including extraordinary ability petitions, outstanding researchers and professors, multinational executives and managers, foreign nationals with advanced degrees and the labor certification process. Additionally, she advises clients on immigration options available for foreign physicians, including J-1 waivers for foreign medical graduates, national interest waivers and family-based immigration options.
Bentley was recently elected as Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Central Florida chapter and will serve on AILA National’s Board of Governors for the June 2021 – June 2022 term. She is also an active member of the Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG) Taskforce and the National Association of International Educators.
Bentley earned her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University.
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