Chairman Emeritus
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.
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- English
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
800 NW 62nd Avenue, Suite #590
Miami FL 33126
United States
Over the course of his career in immigration, Austin served as assistant counsel, subcommittee on immigration, citizenship and international law, U.S. House of Representatives, and as an adjunct professor of law at New York University Law School.
Austin has testified before committees of Congress on a variety of business immigration topics.
Currently, Austin serves as Chairman of the Business Mechanism of the Global Forum on Migration and Development and has participated at a number of GFMD and UN sponsored events and proceedings, including the Global Compact on Migration. He also serves as Vice-Chair of Jesuit Refugee Services and a Board Member of the Center for Migration Studies. Additionally, Austin is an Advisory Board Member of the Investor Migration Council.
He is a co-author of the treatise Immigration law and Business, as well as a series of Handbooks published by Thomson Reuters/West.
Education
- Case Western Reserve School of Law, J.D., 1968
- Georgetown University, B.S., 1965
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Admissions
Bar Admissions: New York, District of Columbia
Court Admissions: U.S. Supreme Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Southern District
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
Recipient, Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022
Listed in Who's Who Legal's Thought Leaders in Corporate Immigration, 2019 to 2021
Listed in The American Lawyers’ Northeast Trailblazers, 2021
Shortlisted, LegalWeek Leaders’ Innovators of the Year (Individual), 2021
Recipient, New York Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award, 2019
Named to "Immigration Trailblazers," The National Law Journal, 2018
Recipient, Lifetime Service Award, Center for Migration Studies, 2016
Listed in Chambers USA
Listed in Who’s Who Legal
Featured in Best Lawyers in America
Named in New York Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in New York Metro Area”
Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
Listed in Who's Who in the World
Listed in SuperLawyers
Listed in Lawdragon's Employment Lawyers Hall of Fame
Listed in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers
Professional accomplishments
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Migration Studies
Editorial Board Member of the International Migration Review
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Council for Global Immigration
Chairman of the Practising Law Institute's Annual Immigration Institute
Distinguished Author, Thomson Reuters/West
Member of the Board, Institute of Marine and Coastal Studies, Rutgers University
Member of the Board, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Former Chairman, City Bar Justice Center of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Publications and lectures
Austin has co-authored a number of publications including:
- Immigration Procedures Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West.
- Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West.
- State Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West.
- Immigration Legislation Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West.
- H-1B Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West.
- Labor Certification Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West.
- Immigration Law & Business, with Alfred J. Del Rey, Jr. and Sam Bernsen, Thomson Reuters/West.
- Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law & Practice, with Steven C. Bell, Practising Law Institute.
- Immigration Business News & Comment, with Careen Shannon, Thomson Reuters/West.
Austin has written numerous law review articles and articles for legal and professional publications.
Austin’s insights
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