Kristopher W. Peters

Associate

Phone: +1 212 404 8718
Duane Morris LLP
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1130
New York, NY 10169-0079
USA

Kristopher W. Peters practices in the area of immigration law, focusing on employment-based visa sponsorship and regulatory compliance. Kristopher has experience advising, preparing and reviewing nonimmigrant visa petitions and applications; employment and family-based immigrant visa petitions; and advising on related day-to-day immigration issues related to changes in employment, maintenance of status, work authorization, and I-9 compliance. He also assists employers through all stages of the PERM Labor Certification process.

Kristopher is a 2020 cum laude graduate of St. John’s University School of Law, where he was executive notes and comments editor for the ABI Law Review and a Fellow for the Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL). He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Areas of Practice

Temporary Visa Petitions and Consular Assistance: U.S. Business Visitors; Specialty Workers (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3); Intra-Company Transferees (L); Extraordinary Ability (O); and USMCA Professionals for Canadian and Mexican citizens (TN-1 & TN-2).
Immigrant Visa Petitions and Permanent Residency Applications: Noncitizens of Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers, and Multinational Managers (EB-1); PERM Sponsorship for Advanced Degree Professionals, Professionals, and Skilled Workers (EB-2 & 3); National Interest Waivers (EB-2); Family Based Petitions, and associated Adjustment of Status (AOS) applications.
Corporate Immigration Compliance: I-9 Compliance; Corporate Restructuring and Successor-in-Interest (SII); Changes in Employment.

Admissions

New York

Education

St. John's University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
- Executive Notes and Comments Editor, ABI Law Journal
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.A., 2015

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2023-present
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
- Associate, 2022-2023
Jackson Lewis PC
- Associate, 2020-2022

Professional Activities

The LGBT Bar Association of New York
New York City Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Selected Publications

Co-author, "White House Artificial Intelligence Executive Order Impacts Myriad Sectors of the Law," Duane Morris Alert, November 6, 2023
Co-author, "New White House Executive Order Highlights Increased Complexity in AI Regulation – A Cross-Practice Overview," Duane Morris Artificial Intelligence Blog, November 3, 2023
Co-author, "Homeland Security Announces New Form I-9 and Optional Alternative to Physical Document Examination for Employment Eligibility Verification," Duane Morris Alert, July 27, 2023
Co-author, "Ensuring I-9 Compliance As Remote Flexibility Sunsets," Law360, May 23, 2023
Co-author, "I-9 Remote Physical Inspection Flexibility Ending July 31, 2023: Employers Have Until August 30 to Bring I-9s into Full Compliance," Duane Morris Alert, May 19, 2023
Co-author, "USCIS International Entrepreneur Parole Program Gets Some Guidelines," Duane Morris Immigration Blog, April 24, 2023
“O-1 and EB-1 Visa Adjudication Following USCIS Change,” National Law Review March 10, 2022
“O-1 Visas Abound: USCIS Provides Detailed Guidance on O-1 Visa Eligibility, National Law Review, January 28, 2022
“Major Immigration Law Changes in House’s Build Back Better Act, National Law Review, December 3, 2021

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Immigration Compliance Update 2023," Duane Morris Institute (DMi) Webinar, September 19, 2023