Jonathan L. Moore, Director

Jonathan is a Director in the Immigration Practice Group.  His practice focuses on advising businesses and individuals on U.S. immigration options, with a particular emphasis on advising institutions of higher education on U.S. immigration and compliance issues involving students, faculty, and researchers and advising executives and researchers on U.S. immigration options. He has extensive experience preparing cases in support of temporary visa petitions (such as H-1B, O-1, and others), as well as employment-based permanent resident green card filings. He has particular expertise in preparing EB-1 Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professor/Researcher, and EB-2 National Interest Waiver green card filings, as well as guiding clients through all aspects of the permanent labor certification (PERM) process, including initial filings, supervised recruitment, audits, and appeals before the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals.

Jonathan regularly speaks at universities and legal conferences around the country on immigration topics, including on institutional immigration-related issues, post-graduation work visa options for students, and issues relating to PERM labor certifications and employment-based green cards. He is also the author of numerous articles that have appeared in national publications.

After graduating first in his law school class, Jonathan spent the first two years of his practice representing companies in civil litigation. He now brings these advocacy skills to bear on behalf of clients’ immigration needs.

RECOGNITIONS

• Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite
  • Immigration Law, (multiple years)

• Richmond Times-Dispatch, Readers’ Choice List for Lawyers
• T.C. Williams Law School Scholarship Award
• Pro Bono Certificate

Professional and Community Involvement

• NAFSA Association of International Educators
• AILA | American Immigration Lawyers Association
• RBA | Richmond Bar Association
• International Medical Graduate Taskforce

Publications

• Co-Author, How Do You Solve a Problem Like ACWIA? Prevailing Wage Conundrums for Academics and Researchers, in Immigration Options for Academics and Researchers (AILA 3d ed. 2021).
• Co-Author, Strategic Considerations for Success in EB-1 Cases, in Immigration Practice Pointers: Tips for Handling Complex Cases (AILA 2019-20 ed.).
• Co-Author, Tricky LCA and PERM Issues for a Mobile Workforce, in IMMIGRATION PRACTICE POINTERS: TIPS FOR HANDLING COMPLEX CASES (AILA 2017-18 ed.).
• FOIA Documents Provide Insight Into DOL Prevailing Wage Processing and Policy, 21 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1008 (Sept. 1, 2016)
• Analyzing and Documenting the Reasonableness of On-the-Job Training in PERM Cases, 20 Bender's Immigration Bulletin 1085 (Oct. 1, 2015)
• The PERM Request for Reconsideration: Tips and Strategies for Supporting Evidence, 20 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 173 (Feb. 15, 2015)
• The PERM Appeal File: Foundation for Appellate Success, AILA’s VOICE, July-Aug. 2013.
• Decoding DOL’s ‘Default’ Prevailing Wage Rate, AILA’s VOICE, May-June 2013.
• Co-Author, Termination of H-1B Employment: End of the Road?, ILW.com, Oct. 8, 2012.
• Getting Queued Up: The Nuts and Bolts of “Government Error” Motions, AILA’s VOICE, May-June 2012.
• Co-Author, How Do You Solve a Problem Like ACWIA? Prevailing Wage Conundrums for Academics and Researchers, in IMMIGRATION OPTIONS FOR ACADEMICS AND RESEARCHERS (AILA 2d ed. 2011).
• Co-Author, Methodology Chapter, THE DAUBERT COMPENDIUM (DRI) (2011).
• Particularizing Patent Pleading: Pleading Patent Infringement in a Post-Twombly World, 18 TEX. INTELL. PROP. L.J. 451 (2010).
• Time for an Upgrade: Amending the Federal Rules of Evidence to Address the Challenges of Electronically Stored Information in Civil Litigation, 50 JURIMETRICS 147 (2010).
• A Patent Panacea? The Promise of Corbinized Claim Construction, 9 CHI.-KENT J. INTELL. PROP. 1 (2010).

sample PresentationS

• “International Scholar Hot Topics,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 25, 2025) and NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 15, 2025).
• “Surviving the Trump Tsunami,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 24, 2025) and NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 15, 2025).
• “International Student Hot Topics,” Arizona International Educators Conference (virtual) (Mar. 7, 2025).
• “Academic and Career Advising with Immigration Options in Mind,” NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Lawrence, KS (Oct. 8, 2024) and NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Lancaster, PA (Nov. 13, 2024).
• “International Scholar Hot Topics,” NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Lawrence, KS (Oct. 9, 2024) and NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Lancaster, PA (Nov. 14, 2024).
• “International Scholar Hot Topics,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Lawrence, KS (Oct. 25, 2023) and NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Roanoke, VA (Nov. 6, 2023).
• “Best Practices in Developing and Implementing an Immigration Sponsorship Policy,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Lawrence, KS (Oct. 26, 2023).
• “International Scholar Hot Topics,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Flagstaff, AZ (Oct. 19, 2022) and NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (Nov. 17, 2022).
• “Best Practices for Non-Faculty H-1B Filings,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Flagstaff, AZ (Oct. 19, 2022) and NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (Nov. 17, 2022).
• “Academic and Career Advising with Immigration in Mind,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Flagstaff, AZ (Oct. 20, 2022) and NAFSA Bi-Regional Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (Nov. 16, 2022).
• “Current Trends in H-1B Adjudications and Policy Updates,” NAFSA All-Region Conference, Virtual (Oct. 12, 2021).
• “Current Trends in H-1B Adjudications and Policy Updates,” NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Baltimore, MD (Nov. 15, 2019).
• “Best Practices in Sponsoring International Employees for Permanent Residency,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Cheyenne, WY (Oct. 16, 2019).
• “H-1B Alternatives in a Climate of Increased Scrutiny,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Cheyenne, WY (Oct. 17, 2019).
• “Advanced International Student Hot Topics,” NAFSA Region II Conference, Cheyenne, WY (Oct. 17, 2019), NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Baltimore, MD (Nov. 14, 2019).
• “Setting Yourself Up for EB-1 Success: You Can Get There From Here!,” AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL (June 22, 2019).
• “Advanced International Student Hot Topics,” NAFSA Annual Conference, Washington, DC (May 31, 2019).
• “H-1B Filings in the Age of ‘Buy American, Hire American,’” NAFSA Region XII Conference, Reno, NV (Oct. 19, 2018), NAFSA Region II Conference, Lincoln, NE (Oct. 25, 2018), NAFSA Region III Conference, Little Rock, AR (Oct. 30, 2018), and NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Richmond, VA (Nov. 8, 2018).
• “Understanding and Evaluating Green Card Options for International Faculty,” NAFSA Region XII Conference, Reno, NV (Oct. 17, 2018).
• “Best Practices in Sponsoring International Employees for Permanent Residency,” NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Richmond, VA (Nov. 7, 2018).
• “Advanced International Student Hot Topics,” NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Richmond, VA (Nov. 7, 2018).
• “PERM Hot Topics,” NAFSA Tri-Regional Conference, Denver, CO (Nov. 8, 2017) and NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Morgantown, WV (Nov. 16, 2017).
• “H-1B Best Practices in a Climate of Increased Scrutiny,” NAFSA Tri-Regional Conference, Denver, CO (Nov. 6, 2017) and NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Morgantown, WV (Nov. 16, 2017).
  
• “Tricky LCA and PERM Issues for a Mobile Workforce,” AILA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (June 22, 2017).
• “Advanced PERM Hot Topics: Trends, New Regulations, and U.S. Dep’t of Labor Policies,” NAFSA Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA (May 30, 2017).
• “Alternatives to H-1Bs: What If No Hs Are Available?,” AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL (Mar. 13, 2017).
• “Using FOIA to Learn About U.S. Department of Labor Processes,” NAFSA Government Connection, Webinar (Jan. 25, 2017).
• “Overview of Preference Categories and Introduction to PERM,” 2016 AILA Fundamentals of Immigration Law Conference, Orlando, FL (Dec. 8, 2016).
• “PERM for Physicians,” Physician Immigration Law Institute, Washington, DC (Dec. 5, 2016).
• “PERM Best Practices and Hot Topics,” AILA DC Chapter Fall 2016 Conference, Silver Spring, MD (Nov. 16, 2016).
• “Best Practices in Alien Labor Certification,” Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 11, 2016).
• “H Cap Season is Over, Now What?,” AILA Texas Chapter Spring Conference, Austin, TX (April 15, 2016).
• “The Immigration Obstacle: Work Visa Options After Graduation,” International Student Leadership Conference, Harrisonburg, VA (Apr. 2, 2016).
• “OPT Updates and Overview of New STEM OPT Rule,” NAFSA Virginia International Educators Spring Conference, Ashland, VA (Apr. 1, 2016).
• “Responding to PERM Labor Certification Audits and Denials: Options and Strategies,” NAFSA Region VIII Conference, Washington, DC (Nov. 11, 2015).