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Nancy K. Canter

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Nancy K. Canter is an experienced litigator and seasoned advisor, leveraging her extensive experience at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC to guide clients through complex regulatory challenges, administrative law matters, constitutional claims, and all aspects of commercial contract disputes and civil litigation. Nancy is experienced in both employment-based and family-based immigration matters, as well as workplace compliance, and can advise on governmental investigations relating to compliance with U.S. immigration laws, including worksite enforcement actions and raids, immigration compliance audits, H-1B site visits, civil denaturalization, and responding to administrative and judicial warrants.

As a Senior Litigation Counsel with the Department of Justice, Nancy’s practice focused on federal immigration, advising senior leadership at the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, and Department of Health and Human Services on complex legal and policy matters.

In district courts throughout the country, Nancy managed litigation strategy for complex and high-profile cases, serving as lead counsel in numerous cases, including challenges to agency regulations, policies under the Administrative Procedure Act, constitutional challenges to federal statutes, class actions, contract disputes, and labor and employment matters. She also has substantial appellate experience and has argued dozens of cases before the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Nancy is a former adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where she taught first-year law students written and oral advocacy.

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