 Kimberley Best Robidoux is a Senior Associate with Larrabee | Mehlman | Albi | Coker LLP. Prior to moving to California, Ms. Robidoux previously 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. Ms. Robidoux has over 14 years of experience in the field of immigration law as a practicing attorney and paralegal.
Ms. Robidoux specializes in corporate immigration matters for the high-tech, pharmaceutical/biotech and hospitality industries to implement overall immigration policies and procedures. She specializes in counseling corporate clients on immigration and related business matters, including corporate nonimmigrant matters, 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. Ms. Robidoux also is well-versed in the area of employer I-9 requirements and has successfully defended employers against I-9 compliance audits, conducted "in-house" audits to asses and assist employers in bringing I-9 records into compliance and performed I-9 management training. She also speaks on business immigration issues to human resource personnel and management, as well as at seminars throughout the United States on business immigration and related issues. Ms. Robidoux also represents individuals in family and naturalization cases.
Ms. Robidoux is a 1996 graduate of Albany Law School at Union University where she earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude. Prior to law school, Ms. Robidoux completed her undergraduate work at Cornell University, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Ithaca, New York, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with Honors, in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1991. She is licensed to practice law in California, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Ms. Robidoux is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and currently participates on the Consular Corps, SSA/DMV, Essay Contest, and USCIS San Diego District Office Liaison committees with the local San Diego AILA Chapter. She also is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the Society for Human Resource Management.
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