
Margot L. Watt
Areas of Practice
Admissions
- New York
Education
B.S., summa cum laude, Georgetown University
J.D., magna cum laude, University at Buffalo School of Law
Margot, who has been a member of Hodgson Russ's Immigration Practice for more than 20 years, has functioned as its leader since 2010. Over the years, the Immigration Practice has grown in size and stature, and has been awarded the prestigious National Tier 1 ranking by Best Lawyers/U.S. News and World Report.
Margot has extensive experience counseling multinational and other businesses on immigration matters for both nonimmigrant (L-1s, H-1Bs, O-1s, TNs, J-1s and F-1s) and immigrant (PERM, Outstanding Researchers, Multinational Managers & Executives, Persons of Extraordinary Ability) workers. Margot also has experience counseling foreign physicians on J-1 visa waiver applications, including Conrad Waivers as well as H-1Bs, National Interest Waiver petitions, O-1 petitions, and program electronic review management (PERM) labor certification cases.
Margot exclusively practices U.S. law and is admitted to practice in New York.
Honors
- Former publications editor, Buffalo Law Review
News
- U.S. Quotas Hinder Employment VisasBuffalo Law Journal, October 11, 2012
- January 4, 2011
Presentations
- United States Law Firm Group Immigration Practitioners Seminar: Overview of Immigration PracticeMarch 1, 2013
Publications
- Home Care Alert, December 26, 2018
- Home Care Alert, November 5, 2018
- Home Care Alert, October 25, 2018
- Home Care Alert, October 23, 2018
- Home Care Alert, October 8, 2018
- Home Care Alert, October 8, 2018
- Home Care Alert, September 27, 2018
- Home Care Alert, September 21, 2018
- Home Care Alert, August 24, 2018
- Home Care Alert, July 27, 2018
- Home Care Alert, July 27, 2018
- Home Care Alert, July 19, 2018
- Home Care Alert, May 10, 2018
- Home Care Alert, April 2, 2018
- Home Care Alert, March 7, 2018
- Home Care Alert, January 23, 2018
- Home Care Alert, January 22, 2018
- Home Care Alert, December 19, 2017
- Home Care Alert, December 19, 2017
- Home Care Alert, December 14, 2017
- Home Care Alert, December 13, 2017
- Immigration Alert, July 26, 2017
- Immigration Alert, June 27, 2017
- Immigration Alert, February 1, 2017
- Smarter Way to Cross Blog Archives, May 30, 2014
- Immigration Alert, May 1, 2013
- Immigration Alert, February 7, 2011
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, December 21, 2009
Social Media
Margot contributed to the archived Hodgson Russ Canada/U.S. cross-border blog, Smarter Way to Cross. Her entries can be found on the Publications page.
Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Bar Association of Erie County