Andrew serves as one of the firm’s lead attorneys in the immigration practice. He focuses his immigration practice on counseling clients on complex immigration issues related to recruitment, hiring, I-9 employment verification, remote workplace arrangements, and sponsorship of employees’ Nonimmigrant Visa (NIV), Immigrant Visa (IV), and PERM applications. Andrew has worked directly with in-house immigration teams at Fortune 500 companies to develop robust plans for employees’ ETA-9089 PERM applications and innovative approaches for NIV and IV applications (H-1B, L-1, E-3, TN, Extraordinary Ability & Multinational Manager, AOS, and Naturalization).
In addition, Andrew has a depth of litigation and regulatory experience both in private practice and as a Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. This experience shapes his approach to representing clients. With his multi-faceted experience and skill-set, Andrew brings a unique perspective to provide creative strategies and solutions to best support his client’s interests.
Prior to beginning his legal practice, Andrew served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ariel A. Rodríguez on the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Representative Experience
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- Advised Fortune 500 company on NIV and IV programs for its foreign national employees.
- Successfully crafted responses to complex Requests for Evidence on a range of issues including AC21 extension eligibility, L-1B specialized knowledge requirements, and H-1B specialty occupation requirements.
- Created a forward-looking program to identify employees at risk of maxing out on their NIVs and implemented creative solutions to extend their eligibility to work in the U.S. through the use of other NIV and IV classifications and requests for extensions due to extraordinary circumstances.
- Represented individuals seeking asylum in the United States.
- Represented private and government entities in tort, eminent domain, and employment litigation.
