A member of the International practice group, Marty Hereford provides immigration and naturalization services to businesses, families and individuals.

Marty has an extensive background in providing all types of business immigration services for national and international corporations in a wide variety of industries, including agricultural, engineering, information technology, scientific research, financial, insurance, manufacturing, energy, higher education, heath care and architecture. Her clients include multinational, publically traded and closely held corporations, Fortune 500, as well as small to mid-sized companies.

Working with publicly-traded, privately-held organizations who employ a diverse workforce, Marty navigates the bureaucratic pathways to ensure proper recruitment, retention and compliance. Much of her time is spent obtaining a variety of non-immigrant visas, including Specialty Occupation (H-1B), Intra-Company Transferees (L), Treaty-Trader (E), Seasonal Workers (H-2), Trainees (H-3), Cultural Exchange (Q-1), Extraordinary Ability (O-1) and visas pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement (TN).

For those wishing to live and work in the United States, Marty assists in acquiring permanent residence status through labor certification or petitioning the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to classify individuals with extraordinary ability or as outstanding researchers, multinational managers and executives.

Marty guides corporate clients on immigration-related due diligence in connection with reorganizations. She ensures that the foreign employees involved in corporate reorganization maintain their immigration status. Her experience extends to I-9 workplace compliance issues and counseling on E-verify and ICE’s IMAGE program.

In addition to her work with corporations, Marty guides families and individuals in attaining permanent residence through marriage to U.S. citizens or sponsoring of parents and children. 

Through Armstrong Teasdale LLP's membership in Lex Mundi, Marty is able to assist domestic clients on a variety of outbound immigration matters. She has experience in transferring abroad employees who are either United States citizens or citizens of other countries residing in the United States by securing appropriate work and travel documents.

Marty was named director of the firm’s Program for the Advancement of Women (PAW) in 2010. The program, which broke new ground when it was formed in 1988, is aimed at creating a positive and supportive environment for women lawyers through mentoring, networking and educational opportunities. It also aims to strengthen existing relationships with women clients and prospects as well as forge new relationships between professional and executive women in the community.