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Nathaniel J. K. Brodsky
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Languages
- English
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
1 PPG Place, Suite 3100
Pittsburgh PA 15222
United States
Nathaniel is an Associate at Fragomen’s Pittsburgh office, where he primarily works with nonprofit and corporate clients in healthcare, education, high-tech fields and manufacturing, as well as smaller companies and individuals. He guides clients through a variety of visa processes, including H-1Bs, J-1 waivers, O-1s, L-1s and TNs, as well as paths toward permanent residence through both the labor recruitment process and more specialized petition categories, including extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, multinational managers and executives and the physician’s national interest waiver (PNIW).
Nathaniel has provided pro bono services through Mississippi Center for Justice, Legal Aid Society of New York, Jewish Family and Community Services, and International Refugee Assistance Project.
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2023
- Harvard University, B.A., cum laude, 2018
More from Nathaniel
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Pennsylvania
Court Admissions: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
New York University Order of the Barristers, 2023
National Asylum and Refugee Law Competition Championship (coach), 2023
Norman Ostrow Prize, New York University Moot Court Board, 2022
Best Oralist, National Asylum and Refugee Law Competition, 2022
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Experience
Managed blanket L-1B process for more than 50 global IT professionals’ intermittent entry in support of a leading manufacturer’s enterprise software upgrades.
Drafted a successful appeal to the federal Fifth Circuit Court on behalf of a Cameroonian political asylum seeker while working for the Mississippi Center of Justice.
Coordinated a multistate hospital network’s incoming class of more than two dozen new international physicians, based on Conrad-30 and interested government agency waivers, Canadian-exception and physician of international renown H-1Bs, and O-1A scientist of extraordinary ability visas.
Publications and lectures
Co-author, “Biden Program to Provide Relief to Noncitizen Spouses and Children Has Been Challenged in the Eastern District Court of Texas.” Global Mobility Review, 26 August 2024.
Speaker, “Options for Ukrainian Nationals.” Duquesne University Small Business Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 15 June 2024.
Co-author, “Lime v. Tracy.” NYU Law Moot Court Casebook, Volume 46, 5 December 2022.
Author, “Immutable Skills: The Validity of Career-Based Asylum Categories.” Proceedings of the NYU Moot Court Board, 22 November 2022.
Co-author, “Busting Myths about Forced Migrants: Seeking Asylum in the United States.” International Refugee Assistance Project, 3 February 2021.
