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Firm: Dearson, Levi & Pantz, PLLC
1765 Greensboro Station Place Suite 320 , McLean (Tysons Corner) , Virginia 22102
Practice Areas: Immigration
Mr. Dearson is a business, technology, and employment/immigration attorney, with substantial experience in support of small-medium businesses and international transactions. His practice focuses on assisting foreign corporations doing business in the United States, as well as domestic corporations doing business overseas.. Main areas of practice: General Counsel services, Representing High-Tech Companies, Intellectual Property (inclu. Technology Contracts, Licensing, Trademarks, Trade Secrets), Employment law (HR Law, Hiring and Firing, Payroll Law), Commercial Leasing, and Business Immigration law (aka Employment-based Immigration).. The law firm's Employment-based Immigration practice centers on Immigration planning for foreign nationals entrepreneurs and corporations, Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visas (Permanent Residency) petitions, Corporate Relocation, Consular Processing, Loss of Nationality or Renunciation of Citizenship.. Mr. Dearson has substantial experience in representing multinational corporations and individuals in matters of corporate relocations, immigration, and employment of global workforce. He frequently represents clients before the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the U.S. Department of State (DOS), both in regular and controversy petitions. He has considerable expertise in submissions of specific immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions for the benefit of multinational managers, executives, skilled professionals, investors and traders (L-1, E-1, E-2, H-1B visa categories and employment-based petitions for permanent residence) as well as loss of nationality or renunciation of U.S. citizenship petitions.. Mr. Dearson's IP transactions practice involves structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and policies related to commercial and technology matters, including IP licensing, teaming agreements, channel-partner agreements, strategic alliance agreements, development agreements, SaaS and SaaP agreements, support and maintenance agreements, resale and distribution agreements, consulting and sub-contracting agreements, as well as advising clients on privacy and data protection matters.
