Kimberley Best Robidoux, Senior Associate

P: (858) 642-0420 x 368
F: (858) 642-0431
krobidoux@larrabee.com

Kimberley Best Robidoux has been with Larrabee | Mehlman | Albi | Coker LLP since 2004.  Prior to moving to California, Kimberley practiced immigration law for Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC in Boston, Massachusetts and immigration and employment law for Krupin O'Brien LLC in Washington, D.C. She also was a paralegal in Washington, D.C. in the area of immigration, labor, and employment law. Kimberley has over 18 years of experience in the field of immigration law as a practicing attorney, law clerk, and paralegal.

Representative Matters

Kimberley commenced her legal career in employment law focusing on workplace drug testing laws and as a paralegal in Washington, D.C. she assisted not only with employment law matters but also prepared many cases for the transfer of hospitality industry employees around the globe. Her enjoyment of the nuances of the immigration process and working with foreign nationals led her to spend more of her time on immigration law following law school.  She enjoys the challenge of keeping up with the ever-changing immigration laws and policies in order to better assist her clients, both corporate and individual.  

Kimberley focuses on corporate immigration matters for the high-tech, pharmaceutical/biotech and hospitality industries to assist companies with their implementation of immigration policies and procedures. She counsels corporate clients on immigration and related business matters, including corporate nonimmigrant cases, such as the H-1B, TN, O-1, L-1, E-1/E-2, and E-3 visa classifications, as well as employment-based immigrant petitions, such as outstanding researcher, extraordinary ability, multinational manager, and labor certification. She also advises on immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, and reductions in force. Kimberley also is well-versed in the area of employer I-9 and E-verify requirements and has successfully defended employers against I-9 compliance audits, conducted "in-house" audits to assess and assist employers in bringing I-9 records into compliance and performed I-9 management training. Kimberley also represents individuals with family-based and naturalization matters.

In addition to the day-to-day management of matters, Kimberley provides guidance on admission issues, consular applications, and also monitors changes in immigration laws and agencies’ policies and procedures in order to inform staff and advise clients about the rapidly evolving rules and regulations.  Kimberley also likes to get out of the office to visit clients and give presentations to management and foreign national employees, as well as speak about immigration issues at various conferences and gatherings with colleagues and government agency personnel.

Professional Activities

American Immigration Lawyers Associaton, National Office, Washington, D.C.
Member (1997 to Present)

Committee Member, I-9 Regulation and Reform Comment Committee (2009)

American Immigration Lawyers Association, San Diego Chapter
Member (2004 to Present)

Chair, Executive Committee (2011 to Present)

Vice Chair, Executive Committee (2010 to 2011)

Treasurer, Executive Committee (2009 to 2010)

Co-Chair, American Immigration Council’s 5th Graders Creative Writing Contest Committee (2009 to Present)

Chair, Social Security Administration and Department of Motor Vehicles Liaison Committee (2008 to Present)

Committee Member, Creative Writing Contest for 5th Graders Committee (2007 to 2009)

Committee Member, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Liaison Committee (2007 to 2011)

Committee Member, Advocacy/Congressional Committee (2010 to Present)

Chair, Consular Corps Liaison Committee (2006 to 2009)

Day Coordinator, 2007 AILA California Chapters Conference (November 2007)

Committee Member, U.S. Consulate, Tijuana Liaison Committee (2006 to 2007)

Chair, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Investigations Liaison Committee (2005 to 2006)

Committee Member, State Workforce Agency Liaison Committee (2005 to 2006)

Athena San Diego
Associate Member (2009 to Present)

Member, Mentoring Committee (2011 to Present)

Member, Signature Series Committee (2009 to Present)

Member, Forum for Executive Women Group (2009 to Present)

General Mentor (2011 to Present)

Society for Human Resource Management
Member, National and San Diego (2009 to Present)

Member, 2010 SHRM Sessions Host Conference Committee, SHRM National Convention, San Diego, California (June 2010)

Member, San Diego SHRM Holiday Party Committee (2011 to Present)

Presentations
Faculty Member, “How to Keep Fraud Out of Your Office and What to Do When It Sneaks In,” 23rd Annual AILA California Chapters CLE Conference, Monterey, CA (November 11-13, 2010)

Speaker, “General Principles of the H-1B Petition,” New Members Division Monthly Meeting, San Diego Chapter of AILA, San Diego, CA (January 28, 2009)

Faculty Member, “ICE Update,” 21st Annual California Chapters CLE Conference, San Francisco, CA (November 13-15, 2008)

Faculty Member, “Immigration Reform (or not)…What are the implications for…,” 8th Annual Resort Conference, Coronado, CA (April 16-18, 2008)

Faculty Member, “Career Opportunities and Legal Responsibilities in Hiring Foreign Workers in California,” National Business Institute Seminar, San Diego, CA (September 28, 2005)

Faculty Member, “Technology Immigration:  Update from the Trenches – Issues Important to H-1B Dependent Employers,” ILW.com Seminar (December 14, 2006)

Speaker, “Roundtable on Immigration,” San Diego Employers Association Monthly Meeting, La Mesa, CA (November 18, 2005)