Overview

Kirat Goraya helps clients manage the challenges of an international workforce. She advises multinational companies on I-9 compliance and worksite enforcement issues, U.S. employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, and labor certification applications. Kirat works with clients to develop immigration strategies and advocates on their behalf before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).

Prior Experience

Kirat brings substantive experience supporting the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana as a legal intern. She also worked as a summer associate for the firm and a law clerk for Gresk & Singleton PC, in addition to participating in her law school’s immigration clinic through the Indiana Legal Services Immigrants’ and Language Rights Center.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Indiana

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Languages

Punjabi
Hindi

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude (2020)

Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
B.A. in Philanthropic Studies and Women's & Gender Studies, with high distinction (2016)

Insights & Events

Latest
最新 February 2025

Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Designation for Venezuela and Other Humanitarian Parole Programs Under the Trump Administration 2.0

TPS Designations for Other Countries Remain Uncertain and Under Scrutiny
5 min read  
最新 January 2025

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Under the Trump Administration 2.0

What We Know on Week One
4 min read  
最新 January 2025

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Under the Trump Administration 2.0

What We Know on Week One
19 min read  
最新 December 2024

USCIS Announces H-1B Cap Has Been Reached for Fiscal Year 2025

Completion of the First Lottery Under USCIS’s New Beneficiary-centric Process
4 min read  
最新 November 2024

Lebanon Designated for TPS

3 min read  
发表文章 November 2023

Feds’ Ongoing Efforts to Recruit, Retain Foreign Talent in STEM

1 min read  
最新 July 2023

What Employers Need to Know About the New Form I-9 as of August 1, 2023: Big Changes on the Horizon

3 min read  
最新 June 2023

O-1A Status: An Extraordinary Alternative to Consider at the Close of a Disappointing H-1B Season

5 min read  
Recorded Webinar May 02, 2023 CLE

Employment-Based Immigration 101: Basics You Need to Know about Work Visas and Permanent Residence - Webinar

Business Immigration Series: How to Stay Compliant and Solve Hiring Challenges in 2023 and Beyond
2 min read  
News January 2021

Faegre Drinker Welcomes 46 Associates to Inaugural First Year Class

4 min read  

Leadership & Community

Pro Bono

  • Indiana Legal Services Immigrants’ and Language Rights Center — Volunteer, 2019-20
  • The Julian Center — Protective Order Clinic Volunteer, 2015-17

Professional Associations

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • Indiana State Bar Association

Civic Activities

  • Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault —Sexual Assault Response Team Program Assistant, Training Coordinator, 2016-18

Honors

  • Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2022-23