Corporate Immigration Law

Dagmar – who immigrated to the US from Germany and has practiced immigration law for over 30 years –works principally with businesses and families in the non-removal context. However, her firm - Parker, Butte & Lane - is a full-service immigration firm providing representation for all immigration related matters.

Dagmar’s business clients are in all sectors of the economy with a focus in high tech, health care, engineering, and education. She also does a substantial amount of work with entrepreneurs, startups and smaller employers who often lack experience with the convoluted US immigration system.

Parker, Butte & Lane, PC

Tel: +1 503-241-1320

Fax: +1 503-323-9058 www.pbl.net

Dagmar understands all too well the challenges faced by companies seeking to identify and retain talent and the difficulties encountered by employees in navigating the increasingly difficult US immigration system. Her mission is to make the process less daunting and ensure that each client receives personalised attention and individualised case strategy and support.

Whether the case involves non-immigrant visas or permanent resident applications, whether the case is for an H-1 professional, an intra-company transferee, an E trader or investor or someone whose skills and talents place them at the very top of their fields, Dagmar believes nothing beats knowing somebody has your best interests at heart and works diligently toward meeting your objectives and who approaches each case with that in mind. Dagmar understands that the more you know about how things work from the inside, the better you can serve the needs of your clients.

As an immigration law educator, Dagmar has spoken at dozens of conferences in the U.S. and abroad, written articles and book chapters and served as an editor for various publications. She is a go-to discussion leader for presentations because of her ability to present information in an organized and comprehensible manner which she tries to carry over into educating her clients one-on-one.

As an advocate she has lobbied in Washington, D.C. for the last 20 years, worked on several projects with members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation, been quoted in Forbes, Bloomberg, Wired and the New York Times, worked on public comments to Federal Regulations and proposed Federal laws, served on Barack Obama’s Immigration Task Force when he was a presidential candidate, served more than 10 years as liaison to the Portland USCIS Field Office and for almost two decades as a liaison to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center, USCIS Service Center Operations and USCIS Headquarters. She currently serves on AILA’s USCIS HQ Policy Committee, its H-1B Task Force and the Editorial Board of the AILA Law Journal.

Dagmar is a member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyer (ABIL) and has been elected to Corporate International’s Who’s Who in Business Immigration, SuperLawyers, Chambers and Best Lawyers in America. She served as an Elected Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) from 20052020 and received the 2018 AILA Susan Quarles Service Award and AILA President’s Commendations in 2020, 2017 and 2011. In 2009, she received the Oregon AILA Immigration Advocacy Award.