BARRY WALKER

Barry Walker

Barry J. Walker is admitted to practice in the state of Mississippi . Mr. Walker has been a practicing attorney since 1975. Since 1992, his practice has been concentrated in employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant cases. He practices before the US Department of Labor, US Immigration Service, and US State Department. He represents employers and employees in the processing of H-1B specialty occupations, O-1 visas for persons with Extraordinary Ability. He regularly represents health care facilities and foreign medical graduates in J-1 waiver cases. He processes labor certification for skilled workers and college graduates. He prepares and processes visa petitions for aliens of extraordinary ability, and outstanding professors and researchers. He has obtained approval of national interest waivers in each of the four Immigration Service Regional centers and has been successful in this procedure in over 100 cases.

Attorney Walker is a regularly invited speaker on immigration matters involving Foreign Medical Graduates and is author of business employment and foreign physician immigration topics.

Barry holds a Master Degree in International Law and Trade from Tulane University in New Orleans , Louisiana where he was a distinguished graduate. His curriculum included the study of Immigration Law. He obtained his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Mississippi and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Mississippi State University .

He has been listed in "Who's Who in Corporate Immigration Law" for the years 2014-2019.

Bar Admissions:

  • Mississippi (1975)
  • Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education:

  • Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana (LL.M. in International Law of Trade, 1989)
  • University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1975)
  • Mississippi State University , Starkville , Mississippi (B.S. , 1973)

Professional Memberships:

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (1992)
  • Mississippi State Bar (1975)

Publications:

  • “Change of Employers by the Foreign Medical Graduate”, 2 Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook (2003-04 Ed).
  • “Chapter 20: Immigration & Naturalization Issues”, Mississippi Employment Law Practice Handbook , University of Mississippi (2003).

 

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