Lori S. Patterson

Shareholder
Office: 904.346.5569
Fax: 904.348.5869
E-mail: lspatterson@rtlaw.com

Education:

Duke University, B.A., With Honors, 1992
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1995

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Ms. Patterson is a member of Rogers Towers’ Labor and Employment Department. Her practice is focused on the areas of labor and employment law and employment-based immigration law representing management. She handles the processing of non-immigrant visas, which include H-1B, B-1, L-1, J-1, F-1, E-2, O-1, P-1, R-1 and TN visas. She also handles permanent residency cases from labor certification, to the immigrant visa petition, to adjustment of status or consular processing. Ms. Patterson regularly counsels companies on a wide range of business immigration issues, including employment verification and I-9 compliance.

Ms. Patterson also handles a broad range of labor and employment law cases before federal and state courts and a variety of administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Wage and Hour Division and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. A large part of her practice consists of the day-to-day counseling of companies on employment issues prior to litigation or government agency involvement. Her expertise covers employment discrimination and harassment claims, retaliation claims, non-competition disputes, wage and hour issues and affirmative action plans.