Ralph is an Associate at Fragomen’s Boston office, where he advises large corporate institutions on employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant matters, including H-1B, L-1, TN, EB-1 and PERM-based petitions.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Ralph practiced at a boutique immigration firm, where he assisted clients with family- and employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications. He primarily focused on BIA Appeals and matters on behalf of professors and researchers for academic institutions. He also redesigned and reimplemented a biomedical research nonprofit’s J compliance program.

During law school, Ralph worked in the General Counsel’s office of a biomedical research institution, where he assisted with global mobility and compliance issues. He also served as a Clinical Fellow for Maine Law’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic, where he assisted asylum seekers and detained non-citizens, and completed a judicial externship for Hon. Justice Alexander (Retired) of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Ralph’s pro bono efforts have included assisting and advising volunteer attorneys in preparing detained asylum-seekers for credible fear interviews, mentoring law students as they filed Humanitarian Parole applications for Afghan families and conducting “Know Your Rights” events for local undocumented communities.

 Ralph speaks English and Spanish.