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From the boardroom to the courtroom, C-suites, corporate boards, and immigration program managers rely on Eddie for practical, business-oriented counsel. In both arenas, he focuses on strategic risk management and bet-the-company and bet-the-immigration-program investigations and disputes.

Strategic Insight

For Eddie, the discipline of immigration law serves as a platform for enterprise risk management. He advises companies—especially Fragomen’s largest tech and infotech clients—on the subtle but consequential intersections between immigration programs and other business processes. Eddie develops immigration and global mobility strategies that harness the law while managing risk. He helps companies leverage immigration to enrich core business functions, including recruiting, human resources, operations, and mergers and acquisitions.

His wide-ranging strategic experience includes the development of immigration policies, compensation protocols, compliance programs, and anti-human trafficking campaigns. He is a key player in complex transaction strategy and due diligence. And the world’s most valuable companies have sought his advice on navigating the vagaries of the COVID-19 pandemic, changing educational trends, and the impact of the broader economy on their risk profiles.

Investigations

Eddie has a particular focus on complex cross-border immigration investigations involving unlawful employment of workers and visa fraud/misuse and has defended companies and individuals in all types of actions from securities, tax, and healthcare fraud to complex civil transactions gone wrong. He offers clients a unique perspective in immigration law: that of a practitioner who has not spent their entire career in immigration law.

He represents the largest users of U.S. business immigration programs and other publicly traded companies in immigration-related government enforcement investigations, ranging from administrative enforcement proceedings to grand jury investigations and asset forfeiture cases.

He has tackled the range of investigation topics and themes, including mandatory and voluntary disclosures of wrongdoing, vicarious corporate liability, forfeiture allegations and criminal investigations.

Disputes

Eddie is one of firm’s go-to courtroom attorneys. He has represented clients in contested proceedings in federal, state, and administrative courts across the country and has served as counsel on dozens of cases before the Justice Department’s Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer or the Labor Department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges.

Before joining Fragomen, Eddie spent six years representing companies and individuals in complex civil litigation and enforcement proceedings, including federal criminal jury trials, first at a boutique white collar defense firm and then as an associate at an AmLaw 100 firm.

Board & Volunteer Service

Eddie’s understands the complexities of large organizations as they manage risk. He previously served as the Legal Counsel to the Maryland Republican Party. Eddie is a member of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and serves on GBTA’s Government Relations Committee.

Outside of his work at the Firm, Eddie is a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington College Alumni Association, where he was previously the Secretary and is currently Chair-Elect. He served as a Legal Intern at the New York County District Attorney’s Office in 2010.

Investigations

Eddie has a particular focus on complex cross-border immigration investigations involving unlawful employment of workers and visa fraud/misuse and has defended companies and individuals in all types of actions from securities, tax, and healthcare fraud to complex civil transactions gone wrong. He offers clients a unique perspective in immigration law: that of a practitioner who has not spent their entire career in immigration law.

He represents the largest users of U.S. business immigration programs and other publicly traded companies in immigration-related government enforcement investigations, ranging from administrative enforcement proceedings to grand jury investigations and asset forfeiture cases.

He has tackled the range of investigation topics and themes, including mandatory and voluntary disclosures of wrongdoing, vicarious corporate liability, forfeiture allegations and criminal investigations.

Disputes

Eddie is one of firm’s go-to courtroom attorneys. He has represented clients in contested proceedings in federal, state, and administrative courts across the country and has served as counsel on dozens of cases before the Justice Department’s Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer or the Labor Department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges.

Before joining Fragomen, Eddie spent six years representing companies and individuals in complex civil litigation and enforcement proceedings, including federal criminal jury trials, first at a boutique white collar defense firm and then as an associate at an AmLaw 100 firm.

Board & Volunteer Service

Eddie’s understands the complexities of large organizations as they manage risk. He previously served as the Legal Counsel to the Maryland Republican Party. Eddie is a member of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and serves on GBTA’s Government Relations Committee.

Outside of his work at the Firm, Eddie is a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington College Alumni Association, where he was previously the Secretary and is currently Chair-Elect. He served as a Legal Intern at the New York County District Attorney’s Office in 2010.

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude , 2011
  • Washington College, B.A., cum laude , 2008

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: District of Columbia; Pennsylvania; Maryland

Court Admissions: U.S. Court of Appeals, Armed Forces; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Awards

Recipient, Distinguished Achievement in the Art and Science of Trial Advocacy Award, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2011

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section

Member, Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)

Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Experience

Eddie has represented many companies and high net worth individuals in litigation and investigations, including multinational corporations, government contractors, C-Suite executives, accountants, banks, doctors and entertainers.

In addition to his substantial litigation experience, Eddie has conducted internal investigations and represented companies in enforcement matters, including:

  • Labor Department H-1B investigations
  • Homeland Security investigations into the employment of unauthorized workers and associated corporate criminality
  • Immigration fraud, smuggling and harboring investigations
  • Civil and criminal forfeiture investigations and proceedings
  • Civil and criminal False Claims Act violation investigations, including civil investigative demands
  • Justice Department inquiries into violations of the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act
  • Government investigations into violations of U.S. securities laws, including Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, healthcare regulations and anti-money laundering rules

Outside of litigation, Eddie has advised clients on the programmatic aspects of their global mobility programs. Representative work includes:

  • Reassessing degree requirements for certain positions due to the changing nature of education
  • Understanding the implications of Executive Orders affecting federal contractors’ use of temporary visa programs
  • Assessing the compliance risk of the Justice and Labor Departments’ settlement agreements with a private entity and their effect on the compliance analysis by other entities
  • Evaluating and advising on responding to COVID-19 related shutdowns and slowdowns

Publications and lectures

Co-author, “Grappling With Workforce-Related Immigration Enforcement.” Law360, 30 July 2025.

Speaker, “Business Briefing: The Future of Global Labour Mobility.” BritishAmerican Business, London, UK, 3 June 2025.

Speaker, “Navigating Evolving Immigration Enforcement – What Educational Institutions Need to Know.” Fragomen, Webinar, 30 April 2025.

Speaker, “The Future of Managing Foreign Talent in the Global Semiconductor Ecosystem.” Fragomen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 April 2025.

Speaker, “Understanding and Addressing New Immigration Challenges and Opportunities.” NetExpat and Fragomen, Webinar, 3 April 2025.

Speaker, “Are You Prepared? Key U.S. Immigration Compliance Updates for Employers.” Fragomen, Webinar, 24 March 2025.

Speaker, “Immigration Breakfast Briefing.” Fragomen, Los Angeles, CA, 5 March 2025.

Speaker, “Episode 16: The Impact of The New US Administration On Global Talent Mobility.” GME TV | Leaders LIVE!, Webinar, 6 February 2025.

Speaker, “Policy Shifts in the U.S.: What Immigration, Tariffs and Trade Mean for Global Business (Part II).” Fragomen, Webinar, 6 February 2025.

Speaker, “Immigration Policy Shift: What the Trump Administration Means for Global Companies and Talent (Part III).” Fragomen, Webinar, 23 January 2025.

Speaker, “Fragomen Webcast Series - Policy Shifts in the U.S.: What Immigration, Tariffs, and Trade Mean for Global Business.” Fragomen, Webinar, 19 November 2024.

Speaker, “Fragomen Webcast Series - The Impact of the Incoming Trump Administration on You and Your Employees (Part II).” Fragomen, Webinar, 13 November 2024.

Speaker, “Fragomen Webcast Series - Harris vs. Trump: Key Differences in Immigration Policy (Part I).” Fragomen, Webinar, 17 October 2024.

Speaker, “Ballots and Borders: Navigating Geopolitical Change and the Evolving Immigration Landscape.” Fragomen’s EMEA HR and Mobility Conference 2024, Hertfordshire, UK, 27 September 2024.

Speaker, “Another New Normal? Anticipating the Political and Processing Bumps in Business Travel.” Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) 2024 Convention, Atlanta, GA, 23 July 2024.

Speaker, “GME TV | Leaders Live!: Elections Follow-up.” Global Mobility Executive, Webinar, 11 July 2024.

Speaker, “GME TV | Leaders Live!: Talent Beyond Boundaries & Election Special.” Global Mobility Executive, Webinar, 27 June 2024.

Speaker, “GME TV | Leaders Live!: Strategies for Talent Management in Today's Volatile Environment.” Global Mobility Executive, Webinar, 21 March 2024.

Speaker, “Immigration Compliance for U.S. Conferences and Business Events 2.0.” GBTA Chicago Quarter 1 Meeting, Rosemont, IL, 5 March 2024.

Speaker, “Making the Case: Advocating for International Visa and Immigration Compliance in Your Travel Program.” GBTA Convention 2023, Dallas, TX, 15 August 2023.

Interviewed, “Interview with K. Edward Raleigh.” GBTA TV, 13 August 2023.

Speaker, “Visa and Mobility Compliance.” GBTA Chicago Chapter, March 2023.

Co-author, “Cos. Should Prepare For Harsher H-1B Program Enforcement.” Law360, 7 October 2020.

Co-author, “The Blunt H-1B Instrument Hidden in Trump Orders.” Law360, 26 August 2020.

Speaker, “Recent Trends in Criminal Enforcement.” 2019 AILA Fall CLE Conference: Worksite Compliance and Enforcement, 13 September 2019.

Speaker, “Compliance Considerations Under Trump’s Buy American, Hire American Policy.” Webinar, 24 July 2019.

Speaker, “Navigating the Current Enforcement Landscape.” 2018 Council for Global Immigration Symposium, Arlington, VA, June 2018.

Author, “Limited Mail and Wire Fraud’s Scope.” American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 2017.

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Law360: Grappling With Workforce-Related Immigration EnforcementRead more

July 21, 2025 — July 23, 2025 | Conference

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July 31, 2025 | Media mentions

Law360: Grappling With Workforce-Related Immigration EnforcementRead more

July 21, 2025 — July 23, 2025 | Conference

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GME TV | Leaders Live! From Chaos to Clarity: Rethinking Talent ManagementRead more

July 31, 2025 | Media mentions

Law360: Grappling With Workforce-Related Immigration EnforcementRead more

July 21, 2025 — July 23, 2025 | Conference

GBTA Convention 2025Read more
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