Biography: Corporate Immigration

Austin T Fragomen Jr is the chairman of the executive committee for the world's leading corporate immigration law firm, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy. Over the course of his career in immigration, Austin has served as staff counsel to the US House of Representatives subcommittee on immigration, citizenship and international law and as an adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law, Austin has testified before Congress on a range of immigration issues. He is also the founding co-author of a renowned series of immigration handbooks that provide information on the best practices and latest developments in the field of business immigration, published by Thomson Reuters/West. He is chairman of the City Bar Justice Center of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; vice chairman of the board of directors of the Center for Migration Studies; editorial board member of the International Migration Review; chairman of the board of directors of the American Council on International Personnel; chairman of the Practicing Law Institute's Annual Immigration Institute; distinguished author, Thomson Reuters/West; member of the board of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC); member of the board for the Institute of Marine and Coastal Studies, Rutgers University; and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Austin has co-authored a number of publications including: Immigration Procedures Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West; Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West; State Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West; Immigration Legislation Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West; H-1B Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West; Labor Certification Handbook, with Careen Shannon and Daniel Montalvo, Thomson Reuters/West; Immigration Law & Business, with Alfred J Del Rey, Jr and Sam Bernsen, Thomson Reuters/West; Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law & Practice, with Steven C Bell, Practising Law Institute; Immigration Business News & Comment, with Careen Shannon, Thomson Reuters/West; Austin has written numerous law review articles and articles for legal and professional publications. He is listed in Chambers USA, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyers in America, New York Magazine's 'Best Lawyers in New York Metro Area', Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the World, and named as a Super Lawyer.

He is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. His court admissions include the US Supreme Court of Appeals; US Court of the District of Columbia; US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; US District Court, District of Columbia; and the US District Court, Southern District of New York. He was educated at Case Western Reserve School of Law, JD, 1968; and Georgetown University, BS, 1965.