Listed as “Lawyer of the Year,” Immigration Law, Best Lawyers in America, 2023

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2019 to 2025

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Represents one of the world’s largest technology companies (focused on the company’s technology solutions business, which provides business products including storage and servers, managed services and software); a “Big Four” international accountancy and professional services firm; the world’s largest financial services company and bank; and the largest independent biotechnology company.

Represented a large hotel chain before the Administrative Law Judge of the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) on an employer sanctions matter.

Was the sole counsel representing a large computer company on a widely cited case decided by the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals, which held that the Department of Labor wrongfully denied the employer’s Reduction in Recruitment labor certification cases outright, rather remanding the cases for continuation under traditional processing. The Board’s ruling subsequently applied to all such cases filed by U.S. employers.

Represented three separate foreign aerospace companies, from Italy, Korea and Taiwan, and successfully registered each company for Treaty Investor/Trader status, enabling each company to partner with various U.S. aerospace companies in order to transfer large numbers of employees to the U.S. for technology transfer. He has also represented individuals and small companies in qualifying for Treaty Investor/Trader status.

Speaker on employer sanctions and immigration topics for organizations such as the Employers Group and the Council for Global Immigration.

Guest Lecturer in Immigration Law at Southwestern Law School.

Michael代理大型公司和跨国公司。此外，他也代理个人客户、初创公司和中小型公司处理移民事宜。

Michael与企业客户合作，就涉及美国移民和国籍法以及政策和合规的所有事项提供战略咨询，管理大型移民项目。他为企业客户提供合并、收购、资产剥离、外包及公司重组等移民方面以及 I-9 雇主制裁事宜的指导。 Michael 领导专门处理私人客户事宜的团队，包括 E-2 签证、EB-1A 杰出人才和国家利益豁免。

在法学院期间，Michael曾担任 Philip C. Jessup 和 Benjamin N. Cardozo国际模拟法庭辩论赛的辨士。

在加入Fragomen之前，他被委派加入美国总法务官荣誉计划，并担任洛杉矶地区前移民归化局的审判律师。

Michael曾无偿为一位单身母亲和她的孩子提供代理，她们在被孩子的父亲带到美国后惨遭遗弃，他成功地为他们争取到了被驱逐出境的救济。

Michael会说英语、法语和西班牙语。