Thomas R. Ruge is a Director at Lewis Kappes in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a practice spanning immigration, litigation, health care, and corporate and transactional law. His immigration work includes assisting businesses, organizations, families, and individuals with matters involving employment authorization, visas, permanent residence, compliance, and removal proceedings. For those looking for an Indianapolis Immigration Attorney, Ruge offers decades of experience addressing immigration matters that often intersect with employment, business, health care, and other legal concerns.
A significant part of Ruge’s immigration practice involves helping employers hire and retain foreign national employees. His experience includes L, H, TN, and E visa matters, permanent visas, and visa portability when workers move to new employers. He also advises businesses on immigration compliance, an important consideration for organizations that employ or plan to hire foreign nationals.
Ruge also represents individuals and families in immigration matters. His profile lists adjustment of status, consular processing for immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, family immigration, deportation and removal defense, and matters involving the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. He has also handled post-conviction issues when a prior criminal matter could create adverse immigration consequences.
As an Indianapolis immigration attorney, Ruge brings additional experience from his work with health care organizations. He serves as general counsel to the Indiana Primary Health Care Association and a number of community-based health centers. His health care work has included foreign medical graduate J visa waiver matters, licensing and credentialing, employment agreements, regulatory compliance, and other operational issues affecting health care providers.
His practice is not limited to immigration. Ruge has handled complex civil litigation involving business-owner disputes, eminent domain, state securities matters, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, non-compete disputes, employment litigation, and civil rights matters. He also advises nonprofit organizations regarding tax-exempt status, corporate compliance, joint ventures, and unrelated business income issues.
Ruge earned his J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1976 after completing his undergraduate studies at Indiana University. He has been involved with the American Immigration Lawyers Association and previously chaired its Indiana chapter. He also spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching immigration law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
His professional background also includes dispute resolution. Ruge is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has completed the requirements associated with international commercial arbitration. His experience across immigration, litigation, corporate matters, and health care allows him to address situations where more than one area of law may be involved.
Thomas R. Ruge practices from Lewis Kappes’ Indianapolis office at One American Square. The firm provides legal services across numerous practice areas and represents clients in administrative proceedings and state and federal courts.
Individuals, employers, and organizations seeking an Indianapolis immigration attorney for employment visas, family immigration, permanent residency, compliance, removal matters, or related immigration concerns can contact Thomas R. Ruge at Lewis Kappes to discuss their legal needs.
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