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3,878 H-1B & PERM records for "Counsel", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
New York Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Counseling $750000 - $850000 Green Card Jan 22, 2025
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Counsel $600000 - $700000 Green Card Nov 29, 2023
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Counsel $575000 - $800000 Green Card Sep 18, 2024
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Senior Luxembourg Counsel $550000 - $600000 Green Card Sep 30, 2024
Cooley LLP Special Counsel New York, NY $475000 H-1B Nov 24, 2025
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan OF COUNSEL New York, NY $465000 H-1B Feb 1, 2024
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Counsel New York, NY $460000 H-1B Mar 5, 2026
Sidley Austin (US) LLP Counsel New York, NY $460000 H-1B Jul 25, 2024
LATHAM WATKINS LLP Litigation Counsel New York, NY $460000 Green Card Sep 13, 2021
Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC General Counsel - Global Mars Wrigley Chicago, IL $460000 H-1B Dec 20, 2021
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP Counsel New York, NY $455000 H-1B Feb 18, 2026
Milbank LLP Special Counsel $455000 Green Card Nov 27, 2024
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Counsel Redwood Shores, CA $455000 H-1B May 13, 2025
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison… Counsel, ESG Attorney New York, NY $455000 Green Card Feb 15, 2023
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Counsel New York, NY $455000 H-1B Jun 28, 2024
Greycroft LP General Counsel New York, NY $450000 H-1B Feb 18, 2026
Hogan Lovells US LLP Counsel New York, NY $445000 - $500000 H-1B May 21, 2026
MILBANK LLP Special Counsel $435000 Green Card Jan 26, 2024
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garriso… Counsel Los Angeles, CA $435000 - $535000 H-1B Sep 19, 2024
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS NEW YORK LLP Counsel New York, NY $435000 H-1B Aug 1, 2024
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garriso… Counsel Santa Monica, CA $435000 - $535000 H-1B Sep 19, 2024
MILBANK LLP Special Counsel New York, NY $435000 H-1B Dec 8, 2022
Cooley LLP Special Counsel New York, NY $430000 H-1B 2025
SANITEX-GLOBAL LLC GENERAL COUNSEL NEW YORK, NY $430000 H-1B Jul 20, 2022
Netflix, Inc. Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Stand… Los Angeles, CA $425000 H-1B Sep 30, 2020
Netflix, Inc. Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Stand… Los Angeles, CA $425000 H-1B Jun 25, 2020
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Corporate Counsel New York, NY $420000 H-1B Nov 24, 2025
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Counsel New York, NY $420000 H-1B 2025
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison… Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions New York, NY $415000 Green Card Feb 8, 2023
Milbank LLP Special Counsel Los Angeles, CA $415000 - $435000 Green Card Jan 30, 2023
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR L… Counsel New York, NY $415000 Green Card Sep 16, 2022
AustralianSuper US LLC Senior Legal Counsel-KBGFJG185187-4 New York, NY $400000 - $500000 H-1B Nov 10, 2025
AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC Associate General Counsel New York, NY $400000 H-1B Jun 5, 2026
AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC Associate General Counsel New York, NY $400000 H-1B May 5, 2026
Ashurst LLP Counsel Santa Monica, CA $400000 - $450000 H-1B Aug 26, 2024
AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC Associate General Counsel New York, NY $400000 H-1B Oct 6, 2022
Cooley LLP Special Counsel New York, NY $400000 H-1B Oct 7, 2021
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Counsel New York, NY $400000 H-1B Jan 11, 2022
DLA Piper LLP (US) Of Counsel New York, NY $400000 - $450000 H-1B Apr 30, 2021
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Counsel $390000 - $435000 Green Card Jul 3, 2024
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Corporate Counsel $390000 - $435000 Green Card Dec 19, 2024
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Tax Counsel New York, NY $390000 H-1B 2025
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP COUNSEL New York, NY $380000 H-1B Nov 2, 2021
AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC Associate General Counsel New York, NY $375000 - $400000 H-1B Aug 20, 2024
Schafer Cullen Capital Management, Inc. Vice President, Legal Counsel New York, NY $375000 Green Card Nov 15, 2018
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Counsel $370000 - $415000 Green Card Nov 2, 2023
CHEVRON CORPORATION General Counsel, Americas, Shipping & Pipeline Houston, TX $366600 Green Card Aug 19, 2020
PERSUIT, INC. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND GENERAL COUNSEL NEW YORK, NY $360000 H-1B Dec 16, 2025
CABLE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS INC General Counsel, CWC CORAL GABLES, FL $360000 Green Card Oct 10, 2018
Three Crowns US LLP Counsel (Lawyer) Washington, DC $355000 Green Card Nov 10, 2020
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