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Kelly Simon

Kelly Simon

Partner

St. Louis
314 552 6537 direct
314 552 7537 fax

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  • Education

    • Georgetown University Law Center,

      J.D., 2004

      Articles, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal

    • Drake University,

      B.A., magna cum laude, 1997

  • Admissions

    • Missouri

    • Illinois

  • Affiliations

    • Missouri Bar Association

    • Illinois Bar Association

    • American Immigration Lawyers Association

  • Recognitions

    • Included in "Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers" Rising Stars list, 2010-2011; 2013-2014 (by Thomson Reuters)

    • Up & Coming Lawyers Award, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2014

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2014-Present

      Associate, 2004-2014

      Summer Associate, 2003

    • Hogar Hispano-Immigrant Legal Services

      Legal Intern, 2002

    • Office of Senator Tom Harkin, United States Senate

      Assistant to the Chief of Staff, 1999-2001

  • Community

    • Migrant and Immigrant Community Action (MICA) Project

      Board Member

Kelly uses her experience with US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the US Department of Labor and the US Department of State to gain compliance for employers with all aspects of US immigration law, including I-9 compliance and the E-Verify program.

Kelly frequently assists clients in developing nonimmigrant (temporary) and immigrant (permanent) strategies on behalf of their foreign national employees. Such strategies are critically important when H-1B shortages and visa backlogs create complicated roadblocks for U.S. employers and their foreign national employees.

Kelly's cost-effective, time-sensitive and creative solutions reflect her commitment to achieving the business and human resource goals of her clients and to facilitating a swift, responsive immigration process for employees.

Kelly currently serves as a board member for the Migrant and Immigrant Community Action (MICA) Project, a non-profit that provides direct legal representation to immigrants in the St. Louis area.