Kevin is a Partner in Fragomen’s Atlanta office. His practice includes working with clients to develop effective strategies for business immigration while ensuring compliance with applicable rules and regulations. This includes all aspects of nonimmigrant visas for high-skilled workers, the PERM labor certification process, immigrant petitions, consular processing and adjustment of status. He also has extensive experience in immigration compliance matters, and has represented Fortune 500 companies in U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Labor Condition Application compliance audits.
Kevin serves as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) USCIS Headquarters (Benefits Policy) Committee, and he is the Immediate Past Chair of the AILA Liaison Committee with the DOL, where he worked for many years with high-level DOL representatives to address policy and processing issues on behalf of AILA. He is also an Elected Director on the Board of Governors of AILA, where he participates in governance of the association.
Kevin is a co-author of Business Immigration – Law & Practice, 2nd Edition, a leading multi-volume treatise on high-skilled immigration published in 2017. He also speaks frequently around the country on topics relating to high-skilled immigration, with a focus on the PERM labor certification process.
Education
William & Mary School of Law | J.D., 1995
University of Vermont | B.A., 1992, cum laude
Awards
Presidential Commendation for Outstanding Volunteer Service, AILA, 2021
Named as Atlanta 2021 Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2021
Listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers, 2020
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2017 to 2021
Named to Chambers USA, 2020 to 2021
Named a Thought Leader: Corporate Immigration, Who’s Who Legal, 2019 to 2021
Named in Who’s Who: Corporate Immigration, 2014 to 2021
Named as one of the United States’ Top 40 “Up and Coming” Immigration and Employment Law Attorneys, Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon, 2016 to 2019
Professional Accomplishments / Memberships
Bar Admissions: New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Memberships
Past Elected Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Board of Governors
Vice Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association – USCIS Headquarters (Benefits Policy) Committee
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Sustainability Task Force
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Technology and Innovation Committee
Immediate Past Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association – DOL Liaison Committee
Past Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Governance Committee
Past Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Business Immigration Response Team
Past Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Spring Conference Planning Committee
Past Member, Board of Directors, Connected Content Society of the Technology Association of Georgia
Past Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – H-1B Taskforce
Past Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – USCIS Transformation Liaison Committee
Past Member and Past Vice Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association – USCIS Texas Service Center Liaison Committee
Past Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association – USCIS Atlanta District Office Liaison Committee
Represented domestic and international business clients with a wide variety of immigration issues.
Provided various immigration services to business clients across multiple industries, including technology, manufacturing, health providers and financial services.
Experience in immigration compliance matters, including H-1B compliance, prevailing wage issues, and defense of government audits.
Publications and Lectures
Speaker, “Labor Certification 101.” AILA National Virtual Annual Conference, June 11, 2021.
Speaker, “Immigration Policy Changes in the First 6 Months of the Biden Administration.” AILA Virtual Roundtable, June 2021.
Speaker, “Labor Certification and Virtual Work Locations.” Worldwide ERC Spring Virtual Conference, May 25, 2021.
Speaker, “Wage Determinations and SOC Updates.” AILA Upper Midwest Virtual Conference, May 14, 2021.
Speaker, “H-1B Cap Season Redux: Looking Back and Moving Forward.” AILA National Virtual Annual Conference, July 21, 2020.
Speaker, “Regulatory and Policy Changes at USCIS and DOS.” AILA National Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 19, 2019.
Speaker, “PERM Updates.” Federal Bar Association 2019 Immigration Law Conference, Austin, Texas, May 17, 2019.
Speaker, “PERM Issues and Trends; Wage & Hour Policies; Latest Audit Trends; BALCA Trends.” AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 11, 2019.
Speaker, “PERM: The One Thing Holding (Mainly) Steady.” AILA Georgia-Alabama Chapter Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February 14, 2019.
Speaker, “Running to Stand Still: PERM Update.” AILA Midwinter Conference, Indian Wells, California, January 25, 2019.
Speaker, “BALCA: Using Current Decisions as a GPS For Best Practices.” AILA PERM Conference, Washington, DC, December 7, 2018.
Speaker, “Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals – Update.” AILA Webinar, October 23, 2018.
Co-author, “High Stakes for High-Skilled Immigrants: An Analysis of Changes Made to High-Skilled Immigration Policy in the First Year of the Trump Administration in Comparison to Changes Made During the First Year of Previous Presidential Administrations.” Mitchell Hamline Law Review, September 2018.
Speaker, “Immigration Session.” 9th Annual USA India Business Summit and 23rd Annual Georgia Tech Global Business Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, August 28, 2018.
Speaker, “PERM BALCA and FAQ Review.” AILA National Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, June 16, 2018.
Speaker, “PERM – What's in Store for 2018 and Beyond.” AILA Georgia-Alabama Chapter Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February 22-24, 2018.
Author, “One Year In, Trump’s ‘America First’ Immigration Approach Slows Access to Skilled Labor.” Global Atlanta, 5 December 2017.
Author, “High-Skilled Immigration in a Time of High Uncertainty?” American Immigration Lawyers Association Think Immigration Blog, 4 December 2017.
Presenter, “Business Immigration Hot Topics: Best Practices and Current Trends.” Association of Corporate Counsel Deep Dive Luncheon, Dunwoody, Georgia, November 17, 2017.
Speaker, “Hot Topics in Business Immigration.” 8th Annual USA India Business Summit and 23rd Annual Georgia Tech Global Business Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, September 20, 2017.
Co-author, Business Immigration Law & Practice. 2nd Edition, Washington, DC: American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2017.
Speaker, “PERM Hot Topics.” AILA National Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2016.
Speaker, “Department of Labor Open Forum.” AILA National Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2016.
Speaker, “PERM-Does a Decade Make a Difference?” AILA Upper Midwest Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2016.
Speaker, “Advanced PERM: Successful Reconsiderations and Appeals.” AILA Web Seminar, April 2016.
Speaker, “DOL Open Forum.” AILA National Spring Conference, Washington, DC, April 2016.
Speaker, “PERM Challenges in a New Age.” AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 2016.
Co-Author, “An Immigration Year-End Review.” Global Atlanta, 6 January 2016.
Speaker, “Does the USCIS L-1B Memo Change Things?” AILA Web Seminar, November 2015.
Speaker, “BALCA Decisions, DOL FAQs, and PERM – What’s New?” AILA Web Seminar, September 2015.
Speaker, “PERM Recruitment – The Five W’s: Who, What, Where, When, and Why.” AILA National PERM Conference, Miami, Florida, August 2015.
Speaker, “Department of Labor Open Forum.” AILA National Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 2015.
Speaker, “Advanced PERM Issues.” AILA Upper Midwest Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2015.
Speaker, “DOL Open Forum.” AILA National Spring Conference, Washington, DC, April 2015.
Speaker, “Recent Immigration Law Changes.” Indian American Cultural Association, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2015.
Speaker, “Executive Action Hot Topics.” Georgia-Alabama Regional Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2015
Speaker, “PERM Audits – What’s Trending.” AILA Web Seminar, February 2015.
Author, “Will Businesses Benefit from the President’s Executive Action on Immigration?” Atlanta Business Chronicle, 19 December 2014.
Speaker, “Department of Labor Open Forum.” AILA National Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2014.
Speaker, “Perplexing PERM Issues – Secrets from Experienced Practitioners.” AILA Web Seminar, May 2014.
Speaker, “DOL Open Forum.” AILA National Spring Conference, Washington, DC, April 2014.
Speaker, “PERM Hot Topics.” AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 2014.
Speaker, “Latest Developments in PERMs.” Georgia-Alabama Regional Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2014.
Speaker, “Recent Trends and Trouble Spots with PERM.” AILA National PERM Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 2013.
Speaker, “High Skilled Immigration Developments.” Kettering Executive Network, Roswell, Georgia, August 2013.
Speaker, “E-Verify and I-9s.” Cobb-Cherokee Employer Committee, Marietta, Georgia, July 2013.
Speaker, “Department of Labor Open Forum.” AILA National Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, June 2013.
Speaker, “Prevailing Wage Dilemmas.” AILA National Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, June 2013.
Author, “Truths and Myths About the Senate Immigration Bill.” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 21, No. 6, June 2013.
Speaker, “DOL Open Forum.” AILA National Spring Conference, Washington, DC, April 2013.
Speaker, “PERM – Surviving the Ordeal.” AILA New England Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1, 2013.
Speaker, “Kellogg Language in PERM Cases.” AILA Audio Conference, November 1, 2012.
Speaker, “What Every Immigration Attorney Should Know About Export Controls Regulations and Licensing.” AILA National Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2012.
Speaker, “Transformation Open Forum.” AILA National Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2012.
Speaker, “PERM Labor Certification: The Long and Winding Road to Permanent Residency and How to Get There.” AILA National Annual Conference, San Diego, California, June 2011.
Speaker, “Legislative Update.” U.S. Business Immigration Law Issues, Sterling Education Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 2008.
Speaker, “Immigration Developments.” 5th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference, The Seminar Group, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2, 2008.