Immigration Law

Vercruysse Murray & Calzone’s immigration law practice is devoted to a wide variety of immigration matters, with an emphasis on business and family immigration. The firm is proud to count among its attorneys four of the most respected immigration attorneys in the State of Michigan: Dorothy Basmaji, Debra Auerbach Clephane. Kathleen Saenz Poppenger, and Jesse Goldstein. With the help of highly trained and experienced associates and paralegals, we have built a robust immigration practice that serves businesses throughout Michigan and across the country.

Vercruysse Murray & Calzone provides guidance to U.S. and non-U.S. employers who seek to employ foreign nationals in the United States, as well as facilitating the employment of U.S. workers abroad. The firm counsels management on strategic immigration issues related to establishing new U.S. enterprises and provides on-site employer training to human resource personnel and industry groups on issues such as:

  • temporary work classifications
  • student employment
  • national interest waivers
  • "special handling" for university professors
  • extraordinary ability and outstanding researcher petitions
  • permanent residence procedures
  • use of contract employees
  • I-9 compliance
  • IRCA discrimination matters
  • NAFTA

The firm’s immigration practice is built on the overriding principal of performing high quality work for our clients at an economical cost.