Certified as a Specialist in Immigration & Nationality Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization

Former Vice Chair of State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization; Immigration Section

Recipient of the UC Irvine Law School first annual Pro Bono Community Advocate Award for work done with students involved with IRAP (Iraqi Refugee Assistance Program)

Acknowledged on numerous occasions by such publications as Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, Best Lawyers and various legal Who’s Who publications

Recognized as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Orange County

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2011 to 2025

Listed in Chambers USA, 2021 to 2024

Listed in Who's Who Legal: Corporate Immigration, 2023 to 2024

Listed among “Best Mentor: Law Firm” finalists, American Lawyer Industry Awards, 2020

Listed as “Lawyer of the Year,” Immigration Law - Orange County, California, Best Lawyers in America, 2020, 2022

Listed among “Top 25 Immigration Attorneys,” EB5 Investors Magazine, 2018-2019

Longtime member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Southern California Chapter Chair 1999/2000

Past Business Immigration Advocacy Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association Southern California

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Section

Orange County Bar Association, Immigration Section, Past Treasurer

Riverside County Bar Association

San Bernardino Bar Association

OC TechAlliance (formerly American Electronics Association), Board member and Chair of its International Committee

BABC (British American Business Council), Board member of Orange County Council

Manage teams overseeing corporate clients’ immigration programs.

Counsel clients on immigration related due diligence in connection with corporate restructurings and M&A transactions.

Advise management and employees on the immigration consequences of personnel actions including reductions in force, hiring freezes, mandatory leaves of absence, etc.

Draft and review customized immigration policies as part of a broader mobility program.

Assist families, individuals and investors (EB-5) in their US immigration needs.

Published over 200 articles on various topics of US immigration.

Annual editor of immigration chapter of the State Bar of California’s CEB “Advising California Employers and Employees” treatise.

Quoted, “USCIS protects genuine investors in EB-5 green card program.” Times of India, 1 October 2024.

Quoted, “Indians with pending EAD applications stand to benefit with extended validity tenure.” Times of India, 5 April 2024.

Co-author, “How EB-5 Investors Can Still Travel Internationally After Filing a Concurrent EB-5 / Adjustment of Status Application.” EB5AN, 13 February 2024.

Panelist, “Addressing Challenges Faced by Nonimmigrant (H-1B) Visa Holders and How EB-5 with Adjustment of Status can be a Solution.” EB5AN, Webinar, 28 July 2023.

Quoted, “Why EB-5 projects are branching out and are one of ‘Hollywood’s best kept secrets’.” EB5 Investors, 23 January 2023.

Quoted, “US agency to roll draft wage rates for H-1B holders in September.” Times of India, 8 January 2023.

Panelist, “Live Webinar on Obtaining Permanent Residency in the U.S. for H-1B Professionals, Foreign Students and Other Non-immigrant Visa Holders.” Golden Gate Global, 18 December 2022.

Speaker, “Partial EB-5 Investments – Start EB-5 Today with Less than $800,000 and Fund the Balance in 12 Months – Obtain EAD in ~6 Months.” EB5 Affiliate Network, 1 September 2022.

Quoted, “It’s full steam ahead for investment linked green cards via EB-5 regional centres.” Times of India, 26 August 2022.

Quoted, “US employers to get more flexibility in examining employee-related documents.” Times of India, 18 August 2022.

Speaker, “Work Visa Options for Foreign Tech Founders & Critical Talent.” Octane OC Tech Innovation Forum 2022, Irvine, California, 11 May 2022.

Quoted, “Modernisation of H-1B program, expansion of premium processing on Biden’s winter agenda.” Times of India, 14 December 2021.

Quoted, “What will happen with EB-5 investors' petitions at the end of the year?” EB5 Investors, 13 December 2021.

Speaker, “EB-5 Investor Repayment Strategies for Direct $500K EB-5 Projects.” EB5 Affiliate Network, 27 October 2021.

Co-Author, “STEP 1: EB-5 Requirements.” EB5 Investors’ EB-5 Guide, 16 March 2021.

Quoted, “Court strikes down Trump admin's H-1B restrictions.” Times of India, 2 December 2020.

Speaker, “Korea USA EB-5 Webinar.” ILW.com, Web, 8 July 2020.

Speaker, 2020 Virtual EB-5 & Uglobal Immigration Expo, Web, 28-29 May 2020.

Speaker, "Immigration Law: Employment-Based Immigration Visa Options." University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 7 February 2020.

Quoted, “US set to tighten work norms for international students.” The Times of India, 21 November 2019.

Quoted, “US plans to tighten norms for employee transfers.” The Times of India, 21 November 2019.

Quoted, “Reprieve for controversial US immigration visa programme fails to ease investors’ woes.” South China Morning Post, 2 October 2019.

Author, “Major Changes for the 2021 Fiscal Year New H-1B Filing Process.” Orange County Business Review, 16 September 2019.

Quoted, “New EB-5 Rule Likely To Discourage Investors.” Law360, 23 July 2019.

Quoted, “Foreign investors seeking green cards to pay far more under new EB-5 visa rule.” The Mercury News, 23 July 2019.

Quoted, “Revised US visa forms to ask most applicants to furnish 5-year social media history.” Times of India, 2 June 2019.

Quoted, “Donald Trump cracks down on overstay by visa holders.” Times of India, 26 April 2019.

Speaker, “USA: EB-5 Program” and “Insights to the world of investment immigration - Global trends, hotspots, challenges, regulations, changes expected.” CNBC TV18 Global Investment Immigration Summit 2019, Mumbai, India, 19 March 2019.

Quoted, “Chinese Investors Sue U.S., Say Visa Program Hurts Jobs.” Bloomberg Law, 1 Aug. 2018.

Co-Author, “The Best Job Candidate is a Foreign National? What to Consider.” OC Lawyer Magazine, September 2017: 44-48. Print and web.

Speaker, “India: EB5’s New Frontier.” Panel presentation, EB5 Investors: 2017 San Francisco EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention, San Francisco, CA, July 2017.

Author, “Creative Green Card Application Options for Your Key Foreign National Population.” Employment Resources & Solutions, Orange County Business Journal, March 7, 2016: B34. Print and Web.

Co-Author, “Pleas and Consequences.” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, November 2014: 18-22. Print.

Article in OCBA “Lawyer” magazine, “Immigration Law for the Non Immigration Lawyer.”

Featured Speaker: OCBA Immigration Law Section - various times discussing various PERM related topics.

Wrote chapter on appeals in the 2008-2009 edition of ILW’s popular book, “The PERM Book.”

Discussion Leader/Presenter for AILA national audio seminar on “experience with the same employer” concerning PERM applications.

Discussion Leader/Presenter for AILA webinar on layoffs in the context of PERM applications.

Panelist: LACBA (Los Angeles County Bar Association) various PERM and labor certification training programs.

Discussion Leader/Presenter for ILW (Immigration Law Weekly) 3 part seminar series on PERM labor certifications for immigration attorneys, 2006.

Featured Speaker: OCBA Orange County Bar Association-Employment Law Section: “Immigration Law for the Non Immigration Lawyer.”

AILA: Spoke at several national conferences on various topics of employment based immigration.

AILA Southern California Chapter: regular speaker on various topics of employment based immigration and law practice management.

Regular speaker at universities and law schools regarding various topics of immigration law.

Lectures extensively to seminar groups including human resource and legal professionals.

Regular speaker on global mobility programs put on by TechAmerica, PIHRA, SHRM, Employer’s Group, SBA.

Mitch是一位深耕移民法40年的资深律师，目前担任Fragomen南加州地区管理合伙人，包括尔湾、洛杉矶和圣地亚哥分所。

Mitch的客户群体多样化，包括高净值的外国个人、初创企业以及大中型跨国公司。他的业务范围涵盖了Fragomen提供的全部服务，如EB-5投资移民、PERM 劳工证、E-2 投资者签证、L-1 跨国公司经理签证、杰出人才签证以及国家利益豁免案件。通过创造性地运用这些广泛的服务，他制定了各种策略，以解决原本棘手的移民难题。

他对Fragomen南加州办公室的监督工作包括公司客户的落地和持续管理，这些客户寻求他的建议来创建或重新设计各类规模的移民项目及其政策。他的咨询重点是创造最佳的员工体验，利用Fragomen的一流技术产品，同时保证透明度或效率。他经常为一个客户设计多个并行的流程，以在其目标的限制范围内实现最有效和最及时的结果。他特别引以为豪的是，通过吸引和留住合适的外国人才组合，帮助较小的公司实现快速增长，并在推动这些公司在行业内取得成功方面发挥关键作用。

Mitch还因其在帮助高净值外国公民应对漫长且要求严格的EB-5流程中的丰富经验而备受赞誉，这是他多年来代表无数客户赢得的声誉。他的几十年经验、战略思维和全方位客户服务赢得了来自世界各地高学历和成功的EB-5客户的信任。申请人信任Mitch能够提供法务见解，为EB-5流程规划出高效的财务路径，并在流程开始后的多年内坚持不懈地进行案件管理。

除了他的创造性方法外，客户还非常看重他对客户服务的无比专注。Mitch的职业生涯始于小型移民事务所，在那里他学会了快速回应和关注细节的重要性。他亲自监督团队处理每一个案件，提供疑难解答和高级战略建议。客户特别看重他的团队对每个问题和咨询的详细跟进，通过这些跟进，他们提供了公司当前面临的移民挑战的全面总结，并对相关战略、时间表和里程碑、政府费用和开支提供了更多见解。

Mitch是移民法领域的思想领袖--他是全球范围内的项目相关会议上备受欢迎的演讲者，同时也是数百篇关于移民流程及其它主题（特别是EB-5流程）的文章的作者和合著者。

Mitch在加州大学尔湾分校法学院定期讲授商业和投资移民法模块课程，作为客座讲师，他对此感到非常自豪。他经常指导讲座中的学生，邀请感兴趣的参与者参加会议和讨论，为他们提供移民法实践的第一手资料。他还是Fragomen律师们活跃且极受欢迎的导师，帮助他们度过职业生涯的早期阶段。

Mitch曾担任Fragomen全国执行委员会成员。他是加州律师协会法律专业认证委员会认证的移民和国籍法专家。