Martha Hereford

• Representation of employers in employment-based petitions for temporary and permanent visas
• Representation of employers on I-9 compliance issues
• Representation of employers on outbound immigration matters
• Representation of individuals on matters concerning family immigration and naturalization
• Training of human resources professionals and managers in immigration employment compliance and other immigration issues

• Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1996)
• University of Missouri - Columbia (B.A., 1989)

Co-author, "Missouri H.B. 1549: What Employers Need to Know about the Employment of Unauthorized Aliens and OSHA Training Requirements," Missouri Chamber of Commerce Newsletter (May 2008)

Author, "Violations of Immigration Laws Set to Become Costlier," Missouri Employment Law Letter (April 2008)

Author, "Employment Eligibility: How Far Must Employers Go," AAIM Connection Newsletter (August/September 2006)

Author, "Look Who is Singing the Mexicali Blues: How far can the EPA travel under the Toxic Substance Control Act?," 50 Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 265 (1996)

Co-Presenter, “Law Firm Practice from the Female Perspective,” Washington University School of Law Brown Bag Lunch series (March 2010)

Speaker, “Immigration Compliance Concerns for Employees,” The Ever Changing Landscape of Employment & Labor Law seminar (January 2010)

Presenter, "E-Verify," AAIM Management Association’s HR Executives Roundtables (September 2009)

Panel Participant, "E-Verify Webinar," Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce (September & November 2008)

Speaker, "Immigration Update," Building Owners and Managers Association of Nevada (July 2008)

Speaker, "Immigration: Employment Issues Concerning Documented and Undocumented Non-U.S. Citizens," 27th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute (May 2008)

Speaker, "Overview of Family Immigration, "Saint Louis County Bar Association (April 2008)

Speaker, "Immigration Options for Dairy Farmers," sponsored by Dairy Growth Council (March 2007)

Speaker, "Recent Immigration Issues," sponsored by AAIM, St. Charles Human Resources Roundtable (June 2007)

Speaker, The Midwest Regional Conference for Women in Law (June 2006)

Speaker, "Business Immigration Law In Missouri," Lorman Seminar (April 16, 2004)

• The Missouri Bar
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Mentor Attorney for American Immigration Lawyers Associaton
• Voices for Children (Board Member)
• Covenant House of Missouri (Secretary to the Board)
• Boys & Girls Town of Missouri (Junior Board Member, 1994-1999)
• Mathews-Dickey Boys Club (Tutor, 1995-1997)