With 30 years experience in the practice of immigration law, David co-manages the Firm's Irvine office and is the partner in charge of Fragomen's Consular Practice, which facilitates the processing of U.S. nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications filed at U.S. Consulates and Embassies worldwide. He has been certified as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization for 20 years.
Representative Experience
Manages immigration accounts for Fortune 500 companies
Assists companies with start-up expansion, merger and acquisition relating to immigration law, compliance and case processing
Retained by many high net worth individuals in their immigration related investments
Files Regional Center applications and individual Green Card applications for investors under the EB-5 Investor Visa category- considered an expert in this particular field:
Has been involved with EB-5 cases since passage of the law in 1990
Was present in the Senate in Washington DC when the EB-5 bill was marked up and Senator Biden, now Vice President Biden was debating the proposed new law
In 1991, personally prepared and filed one of the very first EB-5 cases with the INS (now USCIS). The case was approved. The same case was the first case to be consular interviewed and approved at the AIT in Taiwan
Successfully filed and received approvals of many cases in the first 10 years of the program. Only about 300 cases were approved annually by the INS/USCIS in the early years of the program. After 2000 the program began to pickup and the approved EB-5 cases broke through the 1000 barrier
Personally argued appeals at the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) and had 4 cases approved after they were denied by the INS/USCIS and certified to the appeal unit
Has applied for several regional centers to be designated and approved by USCIS. The most recent of which was in 2009- the PUMA Regional Center in Riverside, CA; and a Regional Center covering the state of Utah
He is the partner leading the EB-5 team in the Irvine office, comprised of attorneys, supervising paralegals, paralegals, legal assistants and administrative staff
Referred many of the EB-5 cases within the US Fragomen offices – San Diego, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, and Washington DC