Back to Fellows Directory Shanon Stevenson Profile Update form Share Program Year :* Title: First Name:* Middle Name: Last Name:* Suffix: Email Address:* Photo: Minimum size requirements: 200px wide, 200px tall. Current Employer:* Business Address 1:* Business Address 2: City:* State/Province/Region:* Country: --------- Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands [Malvinas] Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine, State of Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Zipcode: Phone: Company Web Address: Firm Type:* --------- N/A Minority Owned Women Owned LinkedIn URL: Twitter URL: Practice Areas: Administrative & Regulatory Alternative Dispute Resolution Antitrust Appellate Banking & Financial Services Bankruptcy Business/Commercial Class Action/Complex Litigation Compliance Construction Law Contracts Corporate Governance Criminal Drug & Medical Device eDiscovery Education Entertainment & Media Environment, Energy & Resources ERISA/Employee Benefits Ethics Executive Compensation Family Law FCPA Federal Government Food & Beverage Health Care Immigration Individual Rights Insurance Intellectual Property Internal Investigations International Law Labor & Employment Law Legislative Services Litigation Malpractice Marketing & Advertising Mergers & Acquisitions Other Outsourcing Personal Injury Privacy & Data Security Private Equity Product Liability Public Finance Public Utility Real Estate Regulatory Science & Technology Securities Sports State & Local Government Taxation Tort Transactional Transportation Trusts & Estates White Collar Industry:* --------- Airline Alcohol beverages, hotels and resorts, restaurants, retail Alcoholic Beverages ALL Automotive Aviation Banking Banking/Financial Institutions Benefits Consulting Beverage Beverages Biotech / Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Biotechnology, medical device, life sciences Broad-Based, National-Level Legal Services Capital Goods/Industrials Capital Markets Capital Markets and Finance; Aviation Chemicals Communications Computer Technology Construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Consumer Discretionary Consumer Goods Consumer Packaged Food Consumer Packaged Goods Consumer Products Consumer Products Goods Consumer Staples Corporate Law Corporate Law Firm CPG Drugs Electric Utility Energy Energy Industry Energy, Education, and Banking Entertainment finance Financial Financial Institutions Financial institutions, oil & gas, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, media, telecommuniations Financial Services Financial Services, Utilities, Retail Financial Services/Insurance Financials Food Food & Beverage Food and Beverage Food Industry Food Manufacturing Full Service Firm Full Service Law Firm Gaming Global biopharmaceuticals Global Innovation Global IT Infrastructure & Applications Services Global Science Company Government Health and Wellness Health Care Health care/Insurance Health Insurance Healthcare Healthcare system Healthcare, Life Sciences, Retail, Food & Beverage, Hospitality, Technology High Tech Hospitality Housing Finance I serve clients in a wide variety of industries. Industrial Industrials Information Technology Information Technology (IT) Insurance Insurance and Financial Services Insurance/Financial Services Intellectual Property Law Investing Investment Funds; Institutional Investor Representation; and Asset Management Transactions Large Equipment Manufacturing Law Law Firm Legal Legal Defense Legal Industry Legal Services Manufacturing Manufacturing; Government Contracting Manufacturing; Tobacco Products Materials Media Media/Television Medical Device Medical Devices Metals and Mining Multi-National Food, Agricultural, Financial & Industrial Products & Services n/a Oil & Gas Oil and Gas Other Packaged Food Petrochemical Phamaceutical Pharma Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Biotech, Health technology Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals and Health Care Private Equity Property & Casualty Insurance Property and Casualty Insurance Public utility Quarles & Brady LLP provides broad-based, national-level legal services through a strong network of regional practices and local offices. Quick Service Restaurant Business Real Estate Capital Markets Reinsurance and Insurance Represent various Businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, public entities, insurance companies, restaurants, retailers, manufacturers of consumer products, automobile companies, and financial institutions. Restaurant Restaurant Industry Restaurants Retail Retail - Home Improvement Securities Services Technology Technology, Computer Software Technology, Energy, Construction, Transportation, Aerospace Technology/ Manufacturing Technology/Outscourcing Telecommunication Services Tobacco Transporation Transportation Transportation & Logistics Transportation/Energy Travel Utilities Utilities / Energy Various Leadership Positions at Organization: Partner & Member of Diversity & Inclusiveness Committee Law School:* Personal narrative (bio, history, hobbies, goals, heroes, epiphanies, etc.): <p>Shanon Stevenson is a partner in the Atlanta office and a member of the firm's Global Immigration Practice Group. Shanon's practice focuses on corporate immigration law.</p> <p>She began practicing in this area in 1998. She has comprehensive knowledge and extensive experience in a broad range of immigration areas, including advising clients on current immigration legislation, handling nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications, outbound visas and advising employers on I-9 compliance.</p> <p>Shanon is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has been repeatedly recognized for her immigration practice in Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars. Shanon is "AV" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. She was also selected for inclusion in The Legal 500 – Immigration in 2015.</p> <p>Representative Experience:</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Provides U.S. immigration services for the leading European investor in R&D for the travel and tourism sector. This IT travel industry giant employs 14,000 people in 190 markets and has revenues of £3,913 million.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Worldwide immigration services for $2+ billion Fortune 1000 technology company with 7,000+ employees in 15 countries through North America, Latin America and Europe, including the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Brazil, Peru, Chile, India and Spain.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Advises employers during USCIS site visits, USDOL H-1B wage and hour investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement inspections, Homeland Security Investigation worksites enforcement investigations and immigration raids.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Obtains nonimmigrant visas, including H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, L-2, TN, E-3, H-3, H-2B, J-1, O-1, P-1, B-1, B-2, E-2 and E-1 visas.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Obtains immigrant visas, including PERM labor certifications, EB-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, EB-1 multinational executives and managers, EB-1 outstanding professors and researchers, EB-2 advanced degree professionals and EB-3 professional and skilled workers.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Obtains outbound visas, including business visas, work visas and permanent residence applications to the U.K., Canada, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Turkmenistan and Spain.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Advises employers on I-9 compliance, E-verify and the myriad of state immigration laws.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Represents employers in discrimination complaints filed with U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for immigration-related unfair employment practices.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">EB-1 Alien of Extraordinary Ability for a non-profit entity in New York for professional who detects human rights violations in South Africa utilizing satellite imagery.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">EB-1 outstanding researcher for prostate cancer at a university.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">J-1 waiver and H-1B for a pediatric cardiologist at a leading children's hospital.</span></li> </ul>