Maya Salah is a member of Ballard Spahr's Labor and Employment Group as well as its White Collar Defense/Internal Investigations practice. She advises national and international clients on employment and business immigration matters, focusing her practice on employment-based immigration, I-9 audits, and corporate immigration compliance.
Maya is a former prosecutor with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office and a former investigator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the City of St. Paul Department of Human Rights. She leverages her experience and insight into the way government investigations and enforcement actions work and applies that knowledge when handling complex employment and immigration compliance matters.
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
Maya is a member of minority bar associations, including MABL, MNAPABA, MHBA, MNIABA, MNLBA, and NASBA
Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection for the Second Judicial District
Recognition & Accomplishments
North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2016
Speaking Engagements
Presenter, "Eliminating Implicit Bias from Investigations and Disciplinary Decision-Making," Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, September 16, 2020
Presenter, "U.S. Immigration Compliance During COVID-19," Ballard Spahr webinar, April 9, 2020
Speaker, "5th Annual Immigrant Attorneys Among Us - Successes and Challenges of Our Colleagues Who Were Born Outside of the U.S.," Minnesota State Bar Association, January 18, 2019
Board Memberships & Community Service
Saint Paul Human Rights Commission, Commissioner
Community Mediation Services, Mediator
Volunteer Lawyers Network, Board Member
Publications
Co-author, "DHS Extends Form I-9 Compliance Flexibility Rule for an Additional 60 Days<s<></s<>
Credentials
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., Certificate in International Law, 2007)
University of Maryland University College (B.S., 2002)
Admissions
Minnesota
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota