Adam is an immigration attorney who focuses exclusively on business immigration law, working with human resources departments, global mobility managers and in-house counsel to develop and pursue customized corporate immigration policies and strategies, facilitate the hiring and international movement of key personnel, and comply with I-9 regulations.

As a member of the firm’s immigration practice group, Adam advises clients seeking to obtain immigration benefits for themselves and their employees. He has extensive experience in the manufacturing, retail, e-commerce, financial services, and energy industries, working with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups, nonprofits, and individuals. Adam manages the delivery of high quality immigration services related to the hiring of foreign nationals and movement of personnel between international offices, with a focus on L-1, H-1B, E-2, TN, O-1, and H-3 visa categories, and all of the employment-based permanent residence categories. He also assists in supervision of the practice’s Global immigration services.

Adam is a contributing author to the the firm’s Immigration Law Blog.  He is a regular speaker, presenting on a wide range of business immigration law topics to human resources personnel at conferences and client locations.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999

BA, International Relations, Boston College, cum laude, 1995

• Assists clients with petitions and visa applications to permit employment of foreign nationals, primarily in the H-1B, L-1, and E-2 categories, including dependent visas and employment authorization for spouses of L/E employees.
• Counsels businesses on policies and procedures for I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, including visits to client sites to perform internal audits and training for personnel.
• Assists clients with establishing Blanket L programs to facilitate the efficient transfer of international employees to locations in the United States.
• Assists non-profit organizations with obtaining cap-exempt status for the filing of H-1B petitions; and religious organizations from various denominations with R-1 visas and special immigrant petitions for temporary and permanent employment of religious workers; also successful using traditional business visas (H-1B and L-1) for clergy and nuns.
• Assists hospitals and medical clinics with immigration matters specific to the health care industry including J-1 waivers and National Interest Waiver immigrant petitions for physicians employed in medically underserved areas; programs to recruit and retain nurses from outside of the United States; and obtaining visas and VisaScreen health care certifications for various other health care workers such as physical therapists, occupational therapists and nurses.
• Assists schools with H-1B petitions for teachers and other personnel, and programs to sponsor and maintain the immigration status for their F-1 students.
• Counsels clients on the immigration consequences and available strategies for situations involving mergers and acquisitions.
• Assists new clients with rehabilitation of previous denials of petitions for H-1B status, and reinstatement of status, including limited situations involving ineffective assistance of prior counsel.
• Assists clients with visas for training programs utilizing J-1 and H-3 visa categories; B-1/B-2 visa applications; O-1 petitions for extraordinary entertainers, artists and scientists; P-1 petitions for internationally recognized athletes; P-3 visas for cultural entertainers; C/D visas for crew members; and I visas for employees of foreign media services.
• Extensive experience preparing employment-based immigrant visa petitions for multinational managers/executives and outstanding researchers, labor certifications including PERM processing through the US Dept. of Labor's national processing centers in Atlanta and Chicago, and family-based immigrant visa petitions and K-1/K-3 visas for fiancées and spouses of US citizens.
• Assists with structuring EB-5 immigrant investor opportunities, as well as preparation and processing of related petitions and applications.
• Successful representation of asylum applicants before administrative law courts.

• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Member, International Medical Graduate Taskforce
• Co-founder and Corporate Secretary of nonprofit, Sea of Solidarity, Inc.

• 2016 Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association

• The National Interest Waiver of IMMACT90, 14 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 165
• EB-1 Backlogs: The New Reality, Law360
• Troubleshooting Remote I-9 Compliance During COVID-19, Law360
• 2019 Retail Industry Year in Review