Current Employment Position(s)

Chair, Immigration Group

Lawyer Overview

Lisa Stephanian Burton is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group and chair of the Immigration Group. She joined the firm in 1996.

Practice

As an associate member of the firm's Litigation Department, Ms. Burton was an experienced advocate, representing clients before state and federal agencies as well as before state and federal courts.

Professional Activities

Ms. Burton is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Women's Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Bar Association and the Armenian Bar Association. She is also a member of the board of editors for the Boston Bar Association.

Honors and Awards

Ms. Burton was named a "Massachusetts Super Lawyer" in immigration in the 2004 and 2005 issues of Boston Magazine.

Publications

Ms. Burton is the author of "Balancing the Business Side and the People Side of Things," a chapter in Labor and Employment Settlements and Negotiations: Leading Lawyers on Employment Contracts, Workplace Discrimination, and Dispute Resolution (Inside the Minds), published by Aspatore Books (2006), and of "1984 Bankruptcy Amendments: What Congress Intended by Changing Section 1475 to Section 1412," published in the Bankruptcy Development Journal (Vol. 8, No. 2, 1991). She is co-author of the "Final Rules Out on Family and Medical Leave Act," published in the Boston Business Journal.

Areas of Practice

• Labor and Employment
• Immigration
• Corporate and Transactional

Representative Cases

• Mirrus Systems

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employer, Immigration, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• Emory University School of Law, 1992
  JD
  Honors: with Distinction
• Smith College, 1989
  BA
  Honors: cum laude

Published Works

• USCIS Will Resume Premium Processing for Most Employment-based Immigrant Visa Petitions, 2009
• E-Verify Effective Date Postponed Again, 2009
• E-Verify Effective Date Postponed, 2009
• Visa Waiver Program and the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, 2008
• Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act Now Applies to Men, 2008
• FY 2009 H-1B Cap Exhausted and Some Relief for H-1B Applicants on OPT, 2008
• Time to Start Thinking About H-1B Visas Again, 2008
• USCIS Issues Revised I-9 Form for Immediate Use, 2007
• USCIS Removes Receipt Requirements for H and L Adjustment Applicants, 2007
• Department of Homeland Security Publishes SSA No-Match Safe-Harbor Provisions, 2007
• Revised Processing Procedures for the Adjustment of Status Applications Introduced by USCIS, 2007
• Fiscal Year 2007 Employment-Based Visa Numbers Exhausted, 2007
• USCIS Fees Change On July 30, 2007, 2007
• Significant Changes to the Labor Certification Process to Take Effect July 16, 2007, 2007
• USCIS Announces Exhaustion of H-1B Exemption Cap for Fiscal Year 2008, 2007
• USCIS Announces Acceptance of Additional H-1B Applications for Review, 2007
• H-1B Follow-up: USCIS Clarifies H-1B Numbers, 2007
• Labor and Employment Alert, 2007
• The Opening of the H-1B Visa Cap and Your Issues and Alternatives When the Cap is Reached, 2007
• Business and Vacation Travelers Be Wary: All Travelers Entering the United States by Air Will Soon Be Required to Present Passports, 2006
• Recent Rulings Address Limits of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Protections for Whistleblowers, 2006
• Balancing the Business Side and the People Side of Things, 2006
• Supreme Court Creates New "Reasonable Employee" Standard, Expands Worker Protection from Retaliation under Title VII, 2006
• Retrogression Expanded and E-3 Visas Made Available, 2005
• Contractors and Agents Beware: Non-public Bankruptcy Specialist Firm Held Liable for Whistleblower Retaliation As an "Agent" of Issuer under Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2005
• New Form I-9 Finally Available, 2005
• I-485 Adjudication for EBP-3 Workers Halted as of July 1, 2005, 2005
• Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Receive Reinstatement Prior to Full Hearings by Department of Labor, 2005
• Additional H-1B Visas Finally Available, 2005
• Supreme Court Expands Age Discrimination Protection in Allowing Disparate Impact Claims under ADEA, 2005
• Cap-exempt H-1B Visas Finally to Be Made Available, 2005
• USCIS Makes Sweeping Changes to the Implementation of the H-1B Visa Reform Act, 2005
• Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Wins Reinstatement and Monetary Damages, 2005
• PERM Regulations Finally a Reality, 2005
• President Signs L-1 Visa and H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004--A Limited and Expensive Blessing, 2004
• Lessons From The First SOX Whistleblower Cases, 2004
• Corporate and Litigation Update, 2004
• H-1B Applications Near Cap, 2004
• USCIS Changes Photo Standards, 2004
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: Failing to Comply Can Be Costly, 2004
• Changes Afoot at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, 2004
• Massachusetts Enacts Statewide Workplace Smoking Ban, 2004
• US Department of Labor Issues Long-Anticipated Final Regulations on FLSA Exemptions: What You Should Know, 2004
• Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Exclusion of Same-Sex Couples from Marriage Violates the Massachusetts Constitution: Ruling Likely to Have Far-Reaching Impact on Employment Laws, 2003
• Narrowing of Trade Secret Protection under California Law, 2003
• The Americans with Disabilities Act and Company Websites - the Ever-changing Legal Landscape!, 2002
• Do Employees Have a Legitimate Expectation Of Privacy in Their E-Mail and Voice Mail Use?, 2001
• Do Employees Have a Legitimate Expectation of Privacy in Their E-Mail and Voicemail Communications?, 1999
• Do Employees Have a Legitimate Expectation of Privacy in Their E-Mail and Voicemail Communications?, 1999

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