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Daniel, Partner in Fragomen’s Government Strategies and Compliance Group, draws on his distinguished background as a litigator to help clients tackle unique immigration challenges.

His initial encounter with immigration law came from a pro bono asylum representation he managed while an attorney at Williams & Connolly, a premier Washington, DC litigation firm. Today, Fortune 500 companies and prominent individuals alike seek him out to develop and implement offensive and defensive strategies in complex immigration-related disputes and crises.

Humanitarian Immigration Solutions: Daniel leads a group of Fragomen lawyers and business professionals that build immigration programs targeted at corporate employees and their families affected by global crises. Major international corporations, medical institutions and non-profits have relied on him to create immediate responses to evolving crises and to develop humanitarian programs and policies anticipating future conflicts and disasters.

To date, he has conducted more than 150 consultations to help Afghans, Ukrainians and other victims of crises and conflict safely navigate U.S. and global immigration pathways.

Corporate Immigration Dispute Strategy: Daniel fights for clients when changes in agency rulemaking or adjudication patterns threaten to disrupt their immigration business model or derail individual employee cases. He leads federal litigation against the U.S. immigration agencies, including through filing mandamus suits to force adjudication and through substantive challenges to adverse agency decisions.

Clients especially value Daniel for his ability to resolve novel or unexpected changes in agency policy and to leverage the breadth of his clientele to secure cooperative positions of strength in multi-party litigation.

Policy and Rulemaking Advice: Clients rely on Daniel’s comprehensive, up-to-the-minute understanding of current immigration policy—and the forces that shape it—to help them in government relations and lobbying efforts. Major multinational companies, foreign governments and international financial institutions have sought his advice to ensure their voices are heard in upcoming policy debates and legislative efforts.

Daniel’s career in immigration law is inseparable from his volunteer work on behalf of immigrant communities, which he first pursued by teaching English as a Second Language courses in his teens. Today, he works with Upwardly Global, a non-profit that helps highly skilled immigrants and refugees with international credentials restart their careers in the U.S. He also provides pro bono support for families seeking asylum in the U.S.

Daniel speaks English and Spanish.

Corporate Immigration Dispute Strategy: Daniel fights for clients when changes in agency rulemaking or adjudication patterns threaten to disrupt their immigration business model or derail individual employee cases. He leads federal litigation against the U.S. immigration agencies, including through filing mandamus suits to force adjudication and through substantive challenges to adverse agency decisions.

Clients especially value Daniel for his ability to resolve novel or unexpected changes in agency policy and to leverage the breadth of his clientele to secure cooperative positions of strength in multi-party litigation.

Policy and Rulemaking Advice: Clients rely on Daniel’s comprehensive, up-to-the-minute understanding of current immigration policy—and the forces that shape it—to help them in government relations and lobbying efforts. Major multinational companies, foreign governments and international financial institutions have sought his advice to ensure their voices are heard in upcoming policy debates and legislative efforts.

Daniel’s career in immigration law is inseparable from his volunteer work on behalf of immigrant communities, which he first pursued by teaching English as a Second Language courses in his teens. Today, he works with Upwardly Global, a non-profit that helps highly skilled immigrants and refugees with international credentials restart their careers in the U.S. He also provides pro bono support for families seeking asylum in the U.S.

Daniel speaks English and Spanish.

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude , 2008
  • Vanderbilt University, B.A., summa cum laude , 2005

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: Virginia, District of Columbia

Court Admissions: U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Awards

Listed in Chambers USA, 2021 to 2025

Experience

Litigated against the U.S. government to safeguard the rights of an Iraqi journalist affected by the Travel Ban.

Filed numerous mandamus actions across the U.S. to force the immigration agencies to reduce lengthy immigration processing delays.

Successfully overturned baseless immigration denials through suits under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Defended an executive of a Fortune 100 energy company and former bankers against potential extradition to South America, and coordinated U.S. discovery proceedings and litigation with local and corporate counsel.

Litigated breach of contract claim involving novel impossibility defenses on behalf of a Fortune 200 bank against a Fortune 100 bank.

Defended a Fortune 200 energy company against toxic tort claims brought by foreign citizens in a Delaware state court.

Publications and lectures

Speaker, “Key Immigration Updates for Students, Schools & Employers.” Fragomen, Webinar, 12 June 2025.

Quoted, “Harvard Dragged Deeper Into Trump’s ‘America First’ Visa Fight.” Bloomberg, 28 May 2025.

Speaker, “Supporting DACA Students and Employees Through Uncertainty and Legal Challenges.” NAFSA 2025 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 28 May 2025.

Quoted, “Trump administration reverses termination of student visas.” The PIE, 29 April 2025.

Quoted, “Social Media Activity Targeted in Trump Immigration Crackdown.” Bloomberg Law, 17 March 2025.

Speaker, “How the U.S. Election Could Shape the Future of Higher Education.” Fragomen, Webinar, 15 January 2025.

Quoted, “Is OPT safe under Trump’s presidency?” The PIE, 13 January 2025.

Speaker, “Empowering DACA Students in the Job Market: Work Authorization & Future Outlook.” Interstride Fall Symposium 2024, Webinar, 15 November 2024.

Quoted, “One part of Trump's immigration plan could help Boston. But some are skeptical.” Boston Business Journal, 28 October 2024.

Speaker, “Supporting Students, Faculty & Staff with Humanitarian Immigration Pathways.” 2023 NAFSA Region X and XI Conference, Montreal, Canada, 26 October 2023.

Speaker, “The Ukraine Crisis: How the Higher Education Community Can Help.” Fragomen, 23 March 2022.

Author, “Leading Cases, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act – ‘Strong Inference’ Pleading Standard.” Harvard Law Review, Vol. 121, No. 1 (Nov. 2007).

Author, “Recent Cases, Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Police Officer for Arrest for Speech at Public Meeting.” Harvard Law Review, Vol. 120, No. 8 (June 2007).

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