Our Team: Kate Kalmykov

Phone: 212-796-8856
Email: kkalmykov@klaskolaw.com

Kate Kalmykov, an Associate in the Firm's New York City office, focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance. Kate regularly works with various human resources departments on I-9 employment verification matters including the development and management of compliance programs, including I-9 internal audits and trainings. Additionally, she counsels employers on H-1B and LCA due diligence issues including internal audits and reviews. Kate has defended business under government investigation and successfully minimized exposure and liabilities. She also advises companies on immigration compliance issues related to mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring and contractor relationships.

Kate regularly publishes and lectures on I-9, H-1B and LCA compliance issues including civil and criminal penalties for non-compliance, employers responsibilities related to the E-Verify program, proper responses to Social Security No-Match letters and compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws.

Prior to joining Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP, Kate worked at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Publications and Presentations:

• An Overview of the Changing Definition of Specialized Knowledge, Volume XI, Issue 1 of the Immigration & Naturalization Committee Newsletter, a publication of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law (Summer 2009)
• Co-Author, “Immigration and Nationality Law: 2008 Year in Review”, The International Lawyer Volume 43 Number 2, a publication of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law (Summer 2009)
• Speaker, American Bar Association, 2009 Section of Litigation Annual Conference, AVOID GETTING ICE'D: What In-House Counsel and Companies Need to Know about Immigration, I-9s & E-Verify (April 2009)
• Speaker, Columbia University Business School The Impact of the Recession on the Foreign National Community (April 2009)
• Speaker, New York Academy of Sciences, Alliance Online: U.S. Visas and Immigration (April 2009)
• Speaker, Columbia University, Post OPT: Immigration Options for Foreign Students (April 2009)
• Downsizing and Layoffs: Immigration Strategies for Employers, The Legal Intelligencer (March 18, 2009)
• Speaker, New York University Stern School of Business, Immigration Options for the Entrepreneurial Student (March 2009)
• Speaker, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Post OPT: Immigration Options for Foreign Students (November 2008)
• Speaker, Columbia University, Post Student Years: Immigration Options(November 2008)
• Speaker, New York University, Immigration Options for Foreign Students, (October 2008)
• Restrictions on the L-1B Visa and what this Means for Employers and the Economy, The Legal Intelligencer (October 23, 2008)
• Co-Author, Operators, Be Prepared for New Immigration Regulations: Don't Let Your Business Be Caught Off Guard As Government Officials Crack Down With "No-Match" Letters, Nation's Restaurant News (September 17, 2007)
• Co-Author, "No Match" Regulation Will Have Monumental Impact, Employment Law 360 (August 23, 2007)
• Contributor, Immigration Compliance: Are You Next?, Builder/Architect Magazine (March 2007)