Bruce Buchanan

Bruce E. Buchanan counsels employers on immigration compliance issues and on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) inspections and audits. He also has significant experience with matters related to employment-based visas, family-based petitions, naturalization, asylum, and U visas. Bruce frequently handles I-9 compliance issues, including internal I-9 audits, investigations by the Immigrant Employee Rights (IER) Section on the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and E-Verify issues.

Before focusing on immigration, Bruce served as senior trial specialist for the NLRB for 20 years, counseled clients on union-filed representation petitions, represented employers in collective bargaining, and advised on wage and hour and Family and Medical Leave Act matters.

In addition to his legal practice, Bruce regularly writes and speaks on immigration compliance issues for employers and has served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Among his many publications, Bruce co-authored the book, I-9 and E-Verify Handbook, and is the long-time editor of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Newsletter. He is a member of the Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).