Elise A. Fialkowski

Elise Fialkowski has practiced immigration law for over twenty-five years and she handles all aspects of employment-based immigration. Her clients run the gamut from multinational corporations and their employees to universities, startups, entrepreneurs and private individuals.

In addition to employment-based immigration work, Elise has particular experience in working with venture capital and startup companies through all phases of growth. She has obtained all types of visas for startup clients including for example, J-1 visas, temporary work visas, and immigrant visas/green cards for startup clients. She also regularly presents at conferences and other forums regarding effective immigration options and programs for startups and entrepreneurs.

Elise also has a particular expertise in worksite enforcement and leads our worksite compliance group. Elise regularly counsels clients regarding I-9 compliance, E-Verify and H-1B Labor Condition Application (LCA) compliance. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Fialkowski’s practice also included advising employers in traditional employment and labor law matters, including litigation as well as advice regarding proactive action to avoid and minimize claims. With her immigration clients, she has provided counseling, training and policy development services to employers in a diversity of industries including, for example, pharmaceutical, financial, university, food and beverage, manufacturing, healthcare, e commerce, and technology.

Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP is nationally renowned for providing creative solutions to many of the most complex issues in immigration law to multinational corporations, small businesses, hospitals, universities, research institutions and individual clients. Our firm practices immigration law exclusively from offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, NY.

Our creative solutions have helped thousands of our clients to advance careers in the United States by qualifying as professionals, managers, immigrants of extraordinary ability or national interest, and small business investors. We help overcome immigration obstacles, including two-year return waivers, labor certifications, and defending clients in enforcement actions.

The founding partners of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP have national reputations for cutting-edge immigration law practice. Whether on behalf of Fortune 500 companies or individuals, our lawyers bring decades of experience to bear on complicated issues, and are personally involved in every case our office handles.