Marcus B. Jaynes is the owner and senior attorney at Landis Arn & Jaynes. His practice is focused on business- and employment-related immigration matters – including processes involving temporary employment-based status (e.g., H-1B, H-2B, P, L, E, O, R, TN, J-1 status, among others) and processes involving permanent resident status (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, PERM, NIW, and more) – as well as advising F-1 students and international visitors/entrepreneurs. His work includes stateside and consular processing as well as I-9 compliance. Having practiced immigration law for well over 20 years, he brings to his work an extensive background which also includes citizenship and naturalization cases, family-based and humanitarian processes, and deportation defense matters.
Although originally planning to teach English and creative writing to high school students, he found in the practice of immigration law the perfect way to support the community and never stop learning. Outside of work, Marcus devotes time to his family and his love of music as well as crosswords, gadgets and electronics, and spending time in nature.
Marcus graduated from the University of Michigan (B.A.) and the University of Colorado School of Law. Marcus previously served as a Law Clerk to Justice Susan Calkins of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, before joining Landis Arn & Jaynes in 2002. Marcus is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Association of International Educators, Hospitality Maine, and the Maine Tourism Association. Marcus is also proud to serve on the Board of Directors of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, a Maine non-profit providing free legal assistance to low-income residents of Maine.