Steve Plastrik

Senior Associate // Washington, D.C.

 

As a Senior Associate with BAL’s D.C.-based Government Strategies team, Steve advises clients on a range of topics, including compliance with H-1B worker regulations and policies, U.S. Citizenship, and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudication trends, as well as issues presented by mergers, acquisitions and other corporate restructuring. Steve conducts benchmarking on immigration issues and company policies, and frequently hosts BAL Community webinars focused on benchmarking.

Prior to joining BAL, Steve served as associate counsel for the USCIS Vermont Service Center, where he advised USCIS officers on employment-based nonimmigrant eligibility issues and coordinated litigation defense strategies for the agency. He has worked in-house for the immigration team of an e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

University of Michigan, J.D.
University of Michigan, B.A., Political Science and Asian Languages and Cultures

State Bar of Illinois

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