Atty. Miriam C. Thompson
Miriam advises employers across all industries on business immigration and compliance. She has experience with managing the full range of U.S. employment-based immigration filings, including intracompany transferee programs, specialty occupations, traders and investors, labor certifications, trainees, extraordinary ability petitions, religious workers, and national interest waivers.
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Miriam C. Thompson is a Shareholder based in Atlanta, Georgia, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. They have 12+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2014. Their practice focuses on immigration. Admitted to practice in Georgia Supreme Court of Georgia (2014). Educated at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D. Articles, 2014) and Les Roches International School of Hotel Management (B.B.A. University, 2007). Serands clients in Atlanta, GA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Miriam advises employers across all industries on business immigration and compliance
- She has experience with managing the full range of U.S. employment-based immigration filings, including intracompany transferee programs, specialty occupations, traders and investors, labor certifications, trainees, extraordinary ability petitions, religious workers, and national interest waivers
- Miriam’s representative matters within her practice area include providing legal and policy guidance to large multinational companies, as well as individual clients, startup companies, and small and mid-size domestic corporations, with a focus on delivering effective strategies in the realm of worksite immigration compliance and U.S. immigration programs
- Miriam also counsels employers in connection with internal and external audits to ensure regulatory compliance with I-9 employment verification, E-Verify, and U.S
- Department of Labor requirements
- Her representative work includes developing enterprise-wide immigration policies for large employers and advising on immigration-related concerns of companies undergoing corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and reductions in workforce
- She also supports multinational employers with complex global workforce needs and works with professionals from the firm’s labor and employment and tax and benefits groups to provide strategic planning on cross-border employee mobility
- Miriam lived, studied, and worked in Germany, Switzerland, and France
- Her native language is German and she is conversational in French
- Recognition & Leadership Awards & Accolades •Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 'Ones to Watch,' Immigration Law, 2023-2025 •Listed, Lawdragon, '100 Leading Immigration Lawyers,' 2025-2026
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Practicing law in Georgia. Legal matters in Georgia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Atlanta are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Georgia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Georgia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Georgia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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