Suzanne K Sukkar

Practice Areas

Suzanne Sukkar is a U.S. Business Immigration Attorney at the law firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC. Her practice focuses on global workforce mobility, employment-based sponsorship and visa matters, immigration audit and compliance for corporate and individual clients across a vast array of industries. Suzanne renders expert strategic and tactical counsel to a broad clientele base including visa matters for client’s employees at all levels of the corporate organizational structure, from the highest level executives, to the entry-level business professional, investors, extraordinary ability workers, outstanding researchers and professors, musicians, artists and athletes, and more. She developed a niche expertise in the area of E treaty trade and investor visas, consular processing, and start-up ventures. Through strategic planning and by offering creative solutions, she has assisted with the seamless transfer of numerous workers worldwide.

Professional Memberships

Chair of the State of Michigan, Commission for Middle Eastern American Affairs (CMEAA); Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation, Trustee.; American Bar Foundation, Fellow; American Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Past-President; American Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC), Board Treasurer; Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS) Detroit, Board Member; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); Washtenaw County Bar Association; University of Michigan Alumni Association; Women’s Exchange; National Association of Women Lawyers.

Publications

Author, "10 Hot Tips for Employers to Consider This H-1B Cap Season,” Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, January 2023; Author, "H-2B Visa Program gets “Peak Load” Visa Numbers Boost for FY 2023", Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, November 2022; Author, "New Travel Restrictions and New Requirements for Air Travel," Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, December 2021; Author, “Remote Work Policy: Immigration and Post-COVID” Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, July 2021; Featured, Immigration Changes in 2021, DW’s Minutes on the Matter, April 2021; Author, “Immigration Update: Biden Administration Takes Action,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, February 2021; Author, “2020 USCIS I-9 Guidance Round-Up,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, November 2020; Author, “USMCA Implemented: What North American Companies Need to Know on Immigration,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, July 2020; Author, “USMCA: Immigration Chapter and TN Visas Unaffected by New Law,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, January 2020; Co-Author, “Canada, Cannabis, and Crossing the Continent: Considerations for Canada-U.S. Companies, Business Travelers, and Investors,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, September 2018; Co-Author, “New USCIS ‘Deportation’ Policy May Impact Legal Foreign Artists and Entertainers,” Dickinson Wright Gaming and Hospitality Legal News, September 2018; Author, “Workforce Mobility at Risk under NAFTA Renegotiation,” January 2018, Dickinson Wright HR Blog

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