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Praveena Nallainathan joined Proskauer Rose LLP as an associate in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department, specializing in immigration law. Praveena assists employers in a variety of industries in obtaining immigrant and nonimmigrant visas on behalf of their employees. She also advises clients with respect to complying with related Department of Labor regulations. In addition, Praveena manages a number of pro bono matters, including representing an asylum applicant before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Praveena is a graduate of Cornell University, where she earned her B.A. in Spanish and Government. She received her M.S.W. from Columbia University, and her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, where she was awarded the Dean’s Merit Award and served on the Moot Court Board. While at Rutgers, she received the prestigious Eagleton Government Fellowship from the Eagleton Institute of Politics in New Jersey and was awarded public interest grants from the South Asian Bar Association of New York City and the Public Interest Law Foundation. In law school, Praveena gained broad experience in immigration law, interning with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York City, the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Immigration Court in Newark and the Catholic Charities’ Immigration Assistance Program.
Praveena is the author of "State Immigration Laws put Employers on Notice," published in Employment Law360 (January 2, 2007). She is admitted to practice in New Jersey. Praveena is proficient in Spanish and Tamil.
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