Jacob T. Muklewicz
Mr. Muklewicz counsels and advises large multinational corporations, local businesses, individual investors and professionals in areas involving employment-based immigration law.
Mr. Muklewicz has presented at state bar associations and published articles on topics concerning employment-based immigration and compliance with employment verification regulations.
- Advises companies and foreign nationals in connection E, H-1B, H-2B, H-3, L-1, TN, O, P, and R non-immigrant visa petitions.
- Assists foreign nationals seeking permanent residence (green cards).
- Consults with clients regarding the labor certification (PERM) process.
- Advises multinational managers, foreign nationals with extraordinary ability, and outstanding professors and researchers in connection with I-140 immigrant petitions.
- Counsels and advises immigrant investors with EB-5 cases.
- Represents foreign medical graduates with J-1 status seeking waivers of the two-year home residence requirement through state Conrad 30 programs as well as the Delta Regional Authority and Appalachian Regional Commission.
- Counsels foreign medical graduates seeking permanent residence through the National Interest Waiver process.
- Works with employers to develop, maintain and improve employment verification procedures in compliance with I-9 and E-Verify requirements and conducts internal I-9 audits to ensure compliance with federal and state laws.
- Provides training to managers and Human Resources staff regarding proper I-9 completion, re-verification, and compliance with E-Verify requirements.
Practice Areas
Accomplishments
The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D. and Certificate in International Trade and Development, 2001)
- 1999 Pulaski Scholarship Award in Law – Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
- Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow – Russian (1999 – 2000)
Brigham Young University, (B.A., International Relations, minor in Russian, 1998)
Mountain States Super Lawyers Rising Star: Immigration (2013)
Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star: Immigration (2012)
Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Past President and Past Member of Board of Directors, Razem Utah, charitable, cultural, and fraternal organization for Utah’s Polish community
Licensed/Admitted
Ohio, Inactive