Attorney Profiles

Lorna Rogers Burgess is a member of the Employment Law department. Since 1984, she has concentrated her practice on immigration and nationality law. She is active in the national organization of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and was the founder and first chair of the Utah Chapter. Ms. Burgess has been a member of the faculty at the Annual Conferences of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1988, where she has spoken on the issues of Bars to Admissibility in 1996 Immigration Act, Employment Based Immigration, Labor Certification and Employer's Sanctions under the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986.

Related Activities and Skills:

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Immigration Law
• Received an outstanding services award as a member of the faculty for the 2002 AILA Annual Conference
• American Immigration Lawyers Association: Committee on Business Regulations, Faculty Member, 1988-2004, Chair and Founder of Utah Chapter, 1989
• The only Utah lawyer listed under immigration in the Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
• Chair of the Business and Nonimmigrant Visas Program of the 2005 AILA Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 22-25, 2005
• Authored more than 25 peer reviewed articles and book chapters in the field

Published Works:

• Book Chapter "How the PERM Labor Certification Process Evolved", The David Stanton Manual on Labor Certification, 3rd Edition, AILA, May, 2005
• Editor-In-Chief, Travel for Work and Business, AILA, February 2005
• "Provisions Relating to H-1B Nonimmigrants in the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act," Bender's Immigration Bulletin, 1998
• "Unlawful Presence and Bars to Admissibility, Practice Under IIRIRA: One Year Later," 1997
• "Requirements, Justification and Recruitment in Recent BALCA Decisions", Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, Vol. II, June 1996
• "The National Interest Waiver of IMMACT 90," Florida Bar Continuing Education Committee, 17th Annual Immigration Law Update, Feb., 1996
• "The Measure of the Ability Above the Norm," 1995/96 Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, Vol. II, Advanced Practice, 101-131, 1995
• "Immigration and Business Development: Practical Considerations for Business People and Entrepreneurs," American Immigration Lawyers Association, January, 1995
• "A New Look at Actual Minimum Job Requirements and Experience in Similar Occupations and with the Same Employer: BALCA's 20 C.F.R. Section 656.21 (b)(6)," 27 San Diego Law Review, March, 1990
• "Being and Becoming an American: Citizenship in the United States of America," 16 Colorado Lawyer 1563, September, 1987
• "Actual Minimum Job Requirements in Labor Certification," 23 San Diego Law Review 375, May, 1986.
• Beware: Nonimmigrant Overstays and Entrants Without Inspection, March 24, 1996 by Lorna R. Burgess