Associate
David F. Mancia Orellana
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Languages
- English
- Spanish
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
800 NW 62nd Avenue, Suite #590
Miami FL 33126
United States
David is an Associate at Fragomen’s Miami office, where he represents multinational organizations and individuals in navigating a broad range of immigrant and nonimmigrant immigration matters. His practice encompasses a wide array of immigration processes, including L-1A and L-1B visas for multinational executives, managers and specialized knowledge professionals; the Blanket L Petition program; O-1A and O-1B visas for individuals of extraordinary ability; EB-1A and EB-1C immigrant classifications; and family-based immigration matters. David has successfully represented individuals in removal proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Courts, as well as those applying for adjustment of status and citizenship before USCIS.
After law school, David worked for a national law firm where he assisted a diverse range of corporate clients in various sectors, including technology, engineering, medicine and poultry, with immigrant petitions and nonimmigrant visas. He then returned to his hometown in Arkansas to strategically manage corporate immigration programs for small to international construction and agricultural operations, focusing on H-2A and H-2B visa programs for temporary agricultural and seasonal workers, TN visas and EB-3 (unskilled) immigrant petition. David also counseled corporate clients on immigration considerations arising from corporate reorganizations; the recruitment, hiring and employment of foreign nationals; and I-9 compliance matters. He has experience successfully responding to complex USCIS Requests for Evidence and IRS compliance issues related to foreign national workers, as well as successfully representing individuals in removal proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Courts and in applications for adjustment of status and U.S. citizenship before USCIS.
David served as a Clinic Fellow at University of Maimi School of Law’s Immigration Clinic. David provides pro bono assistance to unaccompanied minors from El Salvador.
David speaks English and Spanish.
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2022
- Florida State University, B.S., cum laude, 2019
More from David
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Arkansas
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
Fragomen Pro Bono Award, 2025
Miami Law “Ten to Watch”, Spring 2023
CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Immigration Clinical Fellow, Fall 2021
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member, Arkansas Bar Association
Member, Northwest Arkansas League of United Latin American Citizens Council, Education Committee
Experience
Led a team of clinic student-attorneys in a complex Asylum, Withholding of Removal and Convention Against Torture matter as well as a Prosecutorial Discretion request for a mentally ill Mexican mother held in upsetting jail conditions.
Assisted a Libyan political asylum seeker at his USCIS asylum interview who was granted political asylum.
Publications and lectures
Panelist, “Business Immigration.” Florida International University College of Law’s Immigration Law Society, Doral, FL, 27 October 2025.
Panelist, “Immigration Law 101.” University of Miami School of Law’s Student Association for Immigration Law, Coral Gables, FL, 23 September 2025.
Panelist, “Know Your Rights: Navigating the Future of Immigration.” Salvadoreños Unidos para Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 16 February 2025.
Speaker, “Pida trabajadores de otros países para laborar aquí.” Univision Arkansas, 26 September 2023.
Featured, “10 to Watch: Students and Recent Graduates to Keep an Eye On.” University of Miami School of Law Magazine, 20 February 2023.
Quoted, “Immigration Clinic Students Win Release of Mother Held in Shocking Jail Conditions.” University of Miami School of Law News, 30 March 2022.
