overview
Kate McCarroll practices in the area of immigration and nationality law and leads the firm's Immigration and Nationality law group.
Practice Areas
Bio
Kate has extensive experience in employment-related immigration law, including inbound and outbound immigration; health care immigration; I-9 and immigration-related compliance training; and, assisting corporations with Department of Labor/Department of Homeland Security audits. Kate has also handled immigration matters involving criminal and inadmissibility issues; family-based immigration; and asylum proceedings and has expertise in the specialized area of physician immigration.
Kate is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, and a mentor through the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where she answers questions from new and seasoned attorneys from around the country. Kate provides pro bono support to military families through AILA, and also offers pro bono counsel through the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and serves on the International Medical Graduate Taskforce, where she lobbies on behalf of physician-related immigration issues.
In 2012, she was named to the Michigan Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list. In 2016, Kate was selected as a “Michigan Super Lawyer” in immigration law. She was nominated as one of the “10 Best” Immigration Attorneys for Michigan by the American Institute of Legal Counsel, Immigration Division, in 2016. She was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of their Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017.
Articles and Videos
- “Immigration Changes Necessary for Pandemic,” Michigan Lawyers Weekly (2020)
- “Special Report: Tougher Scrutiny Slows Down Visa Petitions,” Interview with Crain’s Detroit Business (2019)
- “Renegotiated NAFTA not likely to impact immigration rules,” Interview with Crain’s Detroit Business (2019)
- “2019 Immigration Law Forecast,” Detroit Lawyer, p. 16 (2019)
- “Remembering ‘Sara and Jane’: Thoughts on immigration law and abuse victims seeking asylum,” Michigan Lawyers Weekly (2018)
- VIDEO: Kerr Russell attorneys Kate McCarroll and Katherine Cser discuss the top five issues today in immigration, labor and employment law: Sexual Harassment, Transgender Employees, Employment Manuals (NLRB’s Boeing Decision), Department of Homeland Security Oversight, Immigration Challenges
credentials
Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Michigan Healthcare Human Resources Association
- Chair of University of Detroit Mercy Alumni Board
- International Medical Graduate Taskforce
Bar and Court Admissions
- Michigan
- U.S. Federal District Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D.
- cum laude
- Title Editor, published author, Law Review
- University of Detroit Mercy, B.A.
- summa cum laude
Insights & News
September 12, 2023
Immigration Insider | September 2023
August 17, 2023
Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized By Best Lawyers In America© 2024 And Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch
July 26, 2023
Immigration Insider | July 2023
June 16, 2023
Immigration Insider | June 2023
April 27, 2023
Immigration Insider | April 2023
February 9, 2023
Immigration Insider | February 2023
January 18, 2023
Immigration Insider | January 2023
November 28, 2022
H-1B Status: Cap-Subject vs. Cap-Exempt
November 10, 2022
Immigration Insider | November 2022
September 15, 2022
Immigration Insider | September 2022
September 8, 2021
How Can a Dental Practice Sponsor a Foreign National to Work as a Dentist?
October 13, 2020
Proposed Changes to H-1B Program & New Wage Requirements Implemented
August 18, 2020
Webinar: Employment-based Immigration Amid Our Current Climate
July 27, 2020
Upcoming Webinar: Immigration Law and the Impact on Employers
June 23, 2020
Presidential Proclamation Suspends Entry of Some Non-Immigrant Workers
May 22, 2020
Changes to Immigration Policy are Necessary to Fight COVID-19
April 23, 2020
Presidential Proclamation Barring Entry of Immigrants
April 3, 2020
COVID-19 Immigration FAQs (Part 2)
March 27, 2020
COVID-19 Immigration FAQs (Part 1)
March 24, 2020
COVID-19: Immigration Impact - Update (Part 2)
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus/COVID-19 Business Continuity: A Message to Our Community, Clients and Friends
March 16, 2020
COVID-19: Immigration Impact
December 18, 2019
Immigration Insights for the End of the Year
November 15, 2019
19 Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized as DBusiness Top Lawyers for 2020
October 23, 2019
Kate McCarroll Recognized as Most Influential Woman in Immigration Law 2019
September 4, 2019
Immigration Attorney, Kate McCarroll Featured in Lawyer Monthly
June 21, 2019
Immigration Insider - Summer 2019
March 19, 2019
Immigration Insider – USCIS Processing and Cap Filings of H-1B Petitions
March 5, 2019
Kerr Russell Attorney Discusses Immigration Matters And The H-1B Visa Approval Process
December 18, 2018
Immigration Insider - Potential Changes to Fiscal Year 2020 H-1B Cap Filings (Winter 2018)
September 21, 2018
Kerr Russell sponsors, partners attend Metropolitan Detroit's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For 2018 event
September 20, 2018
Kerr Russell recognizes our 2018 dbusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit honorees
September 18, 2018
Immigration Insider - Updates regarding premium processing, petition denials (Fall 2018)
September 11, 2018
Sneak peek of Dbusiness Magazine Top Lawyers photo shoot with Kerr Russell
September 6, 2018
Kerr Russell attorneys, friends attend second annual New Americans Appreciation Gala - September 6 at The Henry
July 20, 2018
Kate McCarroll published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly - “Remembering 'Sara and Jane': Thoughts on immigration law and abuse victims seeking asylum”
June 27, 2018
Remembering “Sara and Jane” - Thoughts on immigration law and abuse victims seeking asylum
June 25, 2018
Kerr Russell featured as advertiser in Corp! Magazine's annual Human Resources Guide
June 18, 2018
Immigration Insider: Change in Delivery of Secure Documents, FY 2019 H-1B Lottery Petitions, and I-751 Removal of Conditions Extension (Summer 2018)
June 8, 2018
Kerr Russell celebrates power of friendship while attending Inforum's 56th Annual Meeting
May 10, 2018
VIDEO: 5 in 15 - Immigration, Labor, & Employment Legal Trends: Sexual Harrassment, Transgender Employees, Employment Manuals (NLRB's Boeing Decision), Department of Homeland Security Oversight, Immigration Challenges
January 26, 2018
Download Kerr Russell's updated firm brochure and overview of services
January 25, 2018
“And this is how it goes. For more than 15 years.” Finding resolution for DACA, Dreamers
January 12, 2018
What is Temporary Protected Status?
December 18, 2017
Kerr Russell team makes holiday donations to Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Wigs 4 Kids, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ann Arbor, and Children's Hospital of Michigan
December 14, 2017
Immigration Insider - Travel Restrictions, USCIS Ends Deference to Extensions of Nonimmigrant Status, Online Naturalization Application, New H-1B Filings (Winter 2017)
December 12, 2017
Kate McCarroll named one of Crain's Business Detroit's Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan - 2017
December 12, 2017
Kate McCarroll named one of Crain's Business Detroit's Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan - 2017
December 7, 2017
William Blasses honored as Up & Coming Lawyer at Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2017 luncheon
November 30, 2017
Merry and bright ... Kerr Russell welcomes the holiday season
November 16, 2017
Culture of Connection - new Kerr Russell ad to appear in Michigan Lawyers Weekly and dbusiness
November 6, 2017
Kerr Russell salutes Zonta Club of Pontiac North Oakland for 90 years of service
November 3, 2017
Kerr Russell launches new advertising in upcoming issues of dbusiness and Crain's Detroit
November 2, 2017
What is the Diversity Visa Lottery?
November 1, 2017
Kerr Russell ranked in the 2018 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list nationally in 1 practice area and regionally in 17 practice areas
October 18, 2017
Kerr Russell colleagues run Detroit Free Press Half Marathon
October 10, 2017
Attorneys celebrate "30 in Their 30s" at dBusiness breakfast
September 15, 2017
Immigration Insider - In-Person Interviews Expanded, Attorney Representation at Border, Denial of Advanced Parole, and DACA (Fall 2017)
August 10, 2017
A culture of giving
June 11, 2017
Kate McCarroll speaks to the Zonta Club-Pontiac/North Oakland
January 30, 2017
Immigration Alert: Executive Order & Travel
November 1, 2016
Kerr Russell Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers
December 14, 2011
Kate McCarroll authors "I-9 Compliance in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions"
Representative Matters
Employment-based non-immigrant petitions and permanent residence processes.
I-9 and immigration-related compliance training.
Department of Labor/Department of Homeland Security audits.
J-1 Waivers, including Conrad 30 Waivers for Physicians.
Family-based immigration and naturalization.