Carl Hampe is exceptionally fluent in all aspects of immigration law. Mr. Hampe has testified before Congress on immigration issues and is responsible for providing responses to immigration/worksite investigations by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement. He is also a frequent contributor to the Firm’s Client Alert newsletter on immigration matters.

Practice Focus

Mr. Hampe focuses his practice on immigration and legislative matters. He has represented clients on a wide variety of matters, including successful legislative efforts to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, as well as formal and informal regulatory efforts on behalf of clients before the Departments of Homeland Security (previously INS), Labor and State. Mr. Hampe also assists companies and individuals in obtaining temporary and permanent immigration benefits or US citizenship, among other related matters.

Representative Legal Matters

• Represented numerous companies since 2006 in response to criminal law enforcement approach of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
• Devised compliance strategy for numerous multinational companies in response to government-recommended or mandated employment verification requirements.
• Counseled numerous companies in response to USCIS's "on-site audit" initiative.
• Represented a coalition of IT companies before the Department of Labor seeking to reform various inappropriate practices in the labor certification process and advocating changes in the agency’s proposed "PERM" rule.
• Managed an I-9 compliance audit for a Fortune 10 company which involved review and analysis of all immigration records relating to its 250,000 employees.
• Obtained relief from INS for a commercial transport company regarding post-9/11 security requirements for entering pilots and crew.
• Represented numerous companies since 2006 in response to criminal law enforcement approach of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
• Devised compliance strategy for numerous multinational companies in response to government-recommended or mandated employment verification requirements.
• Counseled numerous companies in response to USCIS's "on-site audit" initiative.
• Represented a coalition of IT companies before the Department of Labor seeking to reform various inappropriate practices in the labor certification process and advocating changes in the agency’s proposed "PERM" rule.
• Managed an I-9 compliance audit for a Fortune 10 company which involved review and analysis of all immigration records relating to its 250,000 employees.
• Obtained relief from INS for a commercial transport company regarding post-9/11 security requirements for entering pilots and crew.

Admission

U.S. District Court, District of Columbia~United States (2000)
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit~United States (2000)
U.S. Court of Federal Claims~United States (1996)
District of Columbia~United States (1994)
California~United States (1992)

Education

Georgetown University Law Center  (J.D. magna cum laude) (1991)
Stanford University  (B.A. Honors) (1982)