Renée Steinle is a shareholder in the firm’s Labor and Employment Law practice, where she leads the immigration law team.

Today’s global economy has generated an increasing demand for knowledge about immigration law and how it relates to cross-border employment. Renée works with her clients to develop creative and flexible workforce strategies, including obtaining temporary and permanent work visas for non-U.S. executives and employees. She also counsels U.S.-based employers on employment-related immigration laws and compliance, working on issues related to mergers, acquisitions and corporate reorganization.

Renée represents an array of clients, including U.S. and multinational corporations, health care organizations, educational institutions and businesses in the information technology sector, as well as nonprofit organizations.

Prior to joining Leonard, Street and Deinard, Steinle worked on and developed interest in immigration matters at prominent firms in Minneapolis and Chicago.

Renée was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers®–Rising Stars in 2008. She is fluent in Spanish.

Professional and Civic Activities

• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter, secretary, 2006-2007, member, 1997-present
• AILA National Committee, Admissions and Interior Enforcement, 2006-2007
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Immigration Law Section
• Friends of FANA, Minnesota, board of directors, 2007-2008
• The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago Adoption Guild, board member, 2002-2004
• Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, past volunteer attorney

Representative Publications

• Coauthor, “H-1B for Fiscal Year 2011 Opens on April 1, 2010,” GPM Employment Edge, 109th Edition (Immigration), March 3, 2010
• Coauthor, “The Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Use E-Verify Goes Into Effect Today, September 8, 2009,” GPM Employment Edge, 104th Edition (Immigration), September 9, 2009
• Coauthor, “How Employers Should Respond to Recent Immigration Law Enforcement Changes Targeting Employers,” GPM Employment Edge, 101st Edition (Immigration), May 21, 2009
• Coauthor, “USCIS Delays Implementation of New Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification,” GPM Employment Edge, 95th Edition, February 2, 2009
• Author, “Start Your Petitions: Plan to File Your New H-1B Visa Petitions on April 1, 2008,”GPM Employment Edge, 81st Edition (Immigration), January 1, 2008
• Coauthor, “Special Alert: Federal Judge Blocks ‘No-Match’ Regulation,” GPM Employment Edge, 75th Edition (Immigration), September 1, 2007
• Coauthor, “DHS Releases Final ‘No-Match’ Regulation,” GPM Employment Edge, 74th Edition (Immigration), August 1, 2007
• Author, “New Rule on Storage of Immigration Form I-9: Helping Companies Keep Up with Immigration Challenges,” GPMemorandum, September 2006
• Coauthor, United States Business Immigration Manual, Baker & Mackenzie, 2001
• Coauthor, “Easing the Nursing Staff Crisis with Qualified Foreign Workers,” Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Emerging Issues in Long-Term Care, June 1999

Representative Presentations

• “Beginning PERM: A Step-by-Step Introduction,” 2012 Upper Midwest Immigration Law Conference, April 2012
• “Immigration Compliance,” GPM Employment Law Seminar, April 21, 2010
• “Immigration Compliance in the Aging Services Workplace,” Aging Services of Minnesota 2010 Institute, February 2010
• “Degree Equivalence and the 2009 Amendments,” 2009 Upper Midwest Regional Immigration Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2009
• “Advanced Business Immigration,” 2008 Upper Midwest Regional Immigration Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2008
• “Hiring and Keeping Foreign Professors: Immigration Advice for Colleges and Universities,” GPM Breakfast Briefing, March 2006
• “Employment Related Records in Illinois,” Lorman Seminars, Chicago, Illinois, March 2004

Education

• J.D., Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
• B.A., College of St. Catherine
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Admissions

• State of Minnesota