Benjamin T. Kurten
Wisconsin
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
1000 N Water Street
Suite 1700,
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tel: 414.298.8222
Email:
bkurten@reinhartlaw.com
Web:
www.reinhartlaw.com
Benjamin Kurten is the chair of Reinhart’s Immigration Law Group and a shareholder in the firm’s Labor and Employment and International practices. His broad experience and ability to connect relationally with clients make him especially effective at seeing possibilities. Because immigration laws and procedures are unique, complex and constantly evolving, Ben helps employers stay abreast of developments to ensure they remain in full compliance.
He advises large multinational corporations, small private companies and individual investors on transferring international personnel, hiring foreign-born talent with hard-to-find skill sets and establishing new investment enterprises or branch operations. Ben helps clients understand how immigration issues impact their business operations, including restructuring plans, hiring decisions and long-term growth. His deep experience enables him to offer proactive legal advice that anticipates potential problems and helps resolve them before they become issues.
He works with a range of industries including manufacturing, health care, research, financial services, technology, education, entertainment, professional sports, consumer goods and agriculture. Ben collaborates across practice areas, managing the full spectrum of immigration issues by leveraging counsel available from the firm’s labor and employment, employee benefits, international and domestic tax and business organization attorneys to ensure clients can capitalize on all opportunities. His experience also includes assisting individuals with bringing family members into the Unites States through the immigration process to obtain U.S. citizenship.
Ben has successfully argued cases before the Executive Office of Immigration Review, the Board of Immigrations Appeals and the Administrative Appeals Office, and he frequently speaks on immigration topics.
Our skilled immigration attorneys serve as strategic business advisers to U.S.-based employers wishing to recruit, hire, retain or sever foreign workers, and to international clients entering the U.S. marketplace. Our counsel is rooted in careful attention to and appreciation for your goals, organizational culture and long-term operational objectives. A multi-disciplinary collaborative approach ensures we have the resources and efficiencies to tackle big issues on your behalf. We draw upon our many practice areas to leverage broad knowledge and experience, including, Labor and& Employment, Employee Benefits, Tax, Corporate Law and, when necessary, Litigation.
Public and private companies of all sizes turn to us for practical, straightforward advice. We not only assist clients with complex immigration laws and regulations, but we also add value to our counsel by fully understanding your business, financial and human resource needs, and labor challenges. We represent clients in a variety of industries, including biotechnology, health care, manufacturing, consumer goods, food and beverage, banking and finance, entertainment and sports, professional services, education, religion, aerospace, and information technology.
Our attorneys keep employers educated about compliance issues and legal matters that can involve significant liability and complexity, such as Form I-9 compliance and worksite enforcement. Reinhart’s immigration attorneys are also able to provide strategic guidance to address immigration-related complexities encountered during corporate transactional matters, such as during business acquisitions or sales. Our comprehensive approach ensures your best interests are protected, that you are fully informed on legal matters executed on your behalf, and that all issues are handled by well-qualified, experienced lawyers.
Our team is actively involved in both state and national efforts to enact laws that enhance an organization’s ability to hire and retain foreign workers to meet its human talent needs.
At Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, we know that every trusted relationship begins with understanding. That is why our attorneys take the time to listen critically, learn the unique attributes of each client’s business, and work together to build a foundation for success that goes beyond providing legal services.
While doing so, we draw upon an exceptionally broad base of experience and a deep knowledge of the industries and sectors we serve. This blend of active understanding grounded by informed perspective equips our attorneys to deliver uniquely creative, yet efficient, legal counsel.
By consistently offering our clients cost-effective and innovative legal counsel, we have established ourselves as trusted advisors in many areas of corporate law. Our Client Service Standards, upheld to by all lawyers and staff, affirm our commitment to put the needs of our clients first and to pursue excellence in all that we do.
Reinhart meets the ever-evolving needs of today’s business with innovation, focus and commitment. The firm’s more than 200 attorneys are dedicated to providing accessible, responsive service from our nine offices throughout the country.
Founded in 1894, Reinhart is one of the nation’s 200 largest law firms. We serve as attorneys and business law counselors to public and privately held corporations, financial institutions, family-owned businesses, retirement plans, exempt organizations and individuals.
Throughout our history, we have relied on entrepreneurship, teamwork and dedicated service to help our clients achieve their business goals. Our client-driven approach is firmly rooted in creative thinking, intelligent advice and conscientious service, no matter what area of business law our clients require.
“Ben Kurten is known for his ability to spot opportunities where others see complexity. Clients rely on his forward-thinking guidance to align immigration strategy with business growth, while peers point to his strength in navigating evolving regulations and coordinating multidisciplinary solutions across large organizations.”