David is a Director in the Immigration Practice Group.
The U.S. immigration system is confusing, complex, and administered by a vast and intimidating bureaucracy. David is a passionate advocate who expertly guides businesses and individuals through our astonishingly imperfect system towards their short- and long-term goals.
David has extensive experience in business and family immigration, and relishes the most complex of cases. His diverse practice encompasses:
- Temporary visa petitions and applications (such as B-1, J-1, H-1B, E-1, E-2, L-1, R-1, TN, and others);
- Permanent work-visa petitions and green card applications, including PERM labor certification, outstanding researcher/professor, extraordinary ability, multinational manager/executive, and National Interest Waiver cases;
- Family-based visa petitions and green card applications;
- Citizenship and naturalization;
- Processing before the National Visa Center;
- Processing before U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide (nonimmigrant and immigrant visas);
- Troubleshooting cases “stuck” within the U.S. immigration bureaucracy;
- Federal litigation of immigration matters in U.S. District courts.
David regularly presents to audiences nationwide on visa options for foreign students, litigating delays and denials, and other immigration topics. His articles have appeared in leading publications. David understands the legal and emotional challenges U.S. immigration law poses, and prides himself on being responsive, thorough, and thoughtful.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers®
- Immigration Law, since 2024
- Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite, Immigration, since 2019
- Super Lawyers Virginia, Rising Star
- McNeill Law Society
- University of Richmond Law Review
Professional and Community Involvement
- AILA | American Immigration Lawyers Association
- NAFSA Association of International Educators
- FBA | Federal Bar Association
- RBA | Richmond Bar Association
Publications
- Author, Advising International Students to "Just Say No", NAFSA International Educator, Sept.-Oct. 2015.
- Author, Expiring Green Cards: Help!, ILW.com, Apr. 24, 2014.
- Author, De-compressing & De-stressing Ability to Pay, in Am. Immigration Lawyers Ass’n, 4 Inside Immigration, Issue 2 (2013).
- Co-Author, Termination of H-1B Employment: End of the Road?, ILW.com, Oct. 8, 2012.
- Co-Author, How Do You Solve a Problem Like ACWIA? Prevailing Wage Conundrums for Academics and Researchers, in Am. Immigration Lawyers Ass'n, Immigration Options for Academics & Researchers 147, 147-59 (Dan H. Berger & Rita Sostrin eds., 2d ed. 2011).
- Co-Author, Supreme Court Year in Review, 22 J. Civil Litig. 561 (2011).
- Co-Author, Yes, They Matter: Recent "Commonwealth Cases" Every Civil Practitioner Should Know, 22 J. Civil Litig. 197 (2010).
- Co-Author, Supreme Court Year in Review, 21 J. Civil Litig. 471 (2009).
- Co-Author, To Object or Not to Object? An Exception to the Contemporaneous-Objection Rule, Certworthy, Summer 2008, at 1.
Presentations
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, Academic and Career Advising with Immigration in Mind (May 2025)
- Presenter, National Association of Colleges and Employers Virtual Conference, Work Visa Options for International Graduates: Immigration Made Easy (June 2024)
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, “Day 1” CPT: Why, When, and How (May 2024)
- Presenter, American Immigration Lawyers Association, D.C. Chapter Fall Conference, When USCIS Gets It Wrong (November 2023)
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, CPT Solutions: Career Center Collaboration (June 2021)
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, Advanced International Student Hot Topics (May 2019)
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, Resources for Tough Immigration Cases (May 2019)
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, OPT, STEM OPT, and H-1B: Endangered Species? (June 2018)
- Moderator, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Conference, Family-Based Immigration: Preference Categories (June 2017)
- Presenter, NAFSA Annual Conference, Counseling F-1 Students with TPS: Clearing the Mud (May 2017)
- Moderator, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Fundamentals of Immigration Law Conference, Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing—Workshop with the Experts (Dec. 9, 2016)
- Moderator, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Fundamentals of Immigration Law Conference, Family-Based Immigrant Visas (Dec. 8, 2016)
- Moderator, American Immigration Lawyers Association, D.C. Chapter Fall Conference, Let It Ride: Appeals and Federal Litigation (Nov. 13, 2013)
