Colleen F. Molner

Colleen F. Molner has practiced immigration law since 2013 and is one of a limited number of attorneys certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by the North Carolina State Bar.

Colleen supervises and manages the Firm’s Healthcare Specialty Practice Group, which is dedicated to providing innovative legal solutions to the healthcare community, including physicians, nurses, medical technicians and therapists, as well as IT and HR professionals in health-related industries.

Colleen has extensive experience representing healthcare providers and International Medical Graduate (IMG) physicians with J-1 Waivers through the Conrad 30 Program, ARC, SCRC and other regional agencies. She also advises and represents healthcare systems, employers, and employees in Physician NIWs; EB-1 petitions in academics and research; PERMs; Schedule A Group 1 I-140, H-1B, TN and O-1 petitions for physicians, nurses, therapists, technologists, etc.; as well as other complex nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications.

While her focus area is within the Healthcare Specialty Practice Group, she has vast experience working with a variety of other industries including, but not limited to, automotive, engineering, information technology and manufacturing.

In addition, she has substantial experience advising employers on merger and acquisition issues affecting their immigration employees, including compliance concerns, best practices and internal I-9 audits.

Colleen has been named and selected to Who’s Who Legal, Best Lawyers, the Business North Carolina (BNC) Legal Elite list, and as a Super Lawyers North Carolina Rising Star.

As a native of Charlotte, Colleen enjoys traveling the world. She previously studied abroad for a semester in Florence, Italy, at Lorenzo de’Medici, as well as for a summer in Dublin, Ireland, at the University College of Dublin, during law school.