Biography: Corporate Immigration

Andrew B Greenfield is the managing partner of the Washington, DC office of the world's leading immigration law firm, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy. Andrew advises domestic and multinational employers, including leading technology, hospitality, professional services and consumer goods companies, financial and educational institutions, start-ups, non-profit organisations and NGO's on all matters of US immigration and nationality law, regulation, policy and compliance. He counsels clients on visa and work permit matters and on the immigration consequences of mergers & acquisitions and other corporate reorganisations; I-9/EVerify, H-1B/LCA and PERM compliance, including audit representation; and overall global immigration programme management. Andrew's achievements in the immigration field have been recognised by Best Lawyers in America, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, the Legal Times, Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, and the Legal 500.

Andrew's experience has included advising a global financial services firm on establishing a worldwide immigration programme centrally managed from Washington, DC, with regional centres in Asia and Europe; counselling an international management consulting firm on the divestiture of its billion-dollar commercial services business and assisting the new global business in establishing an independent immigration programme; successfully representing a global professional services firm charged with citizenship status discrimination before the Department of Justice's office of special counsel for unfair immigration-related employment practices (OSC); successfully representing a major US university charged with H-1B Labor Condition Application (LCA) violations before the Department of Labor's wage and hour division and office of administrative law judges; and successfully representing a Fulbright scholar seeking a hardship waiver of the two-year home residence requirement. Andrew's pro bono work in the immigration field has included his representation of the Vietnamese mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq in seeking to extend her stay in the United States.

Andrew served on the board of directors for the Association for International Practical Training (AIPT) from 2007 to 2010, as well as on the executive committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington, DC, chapter, where he has held the positions of vice chair and treasurer. He has had numerous lectures and publications commissioned, including: J Claxton, A Greenfield, H Jugovic, A Poland, "Structuring the Role of the Paralegal: Tools, Training and Supervision," Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, 2008-2009 edition; A Greenfield, "Summary Outlines of the E and L Visa Categories," American Law Institute - American Bar Association, Course of Study Materials, April 2002 and May 2006; A Greenfield, "Staying Current: US Immigration for Corporate HR," Virginia State SHRM, October 2007; A Greenfield, "Immigration Issues for the International Business Traveler," Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (WMACCA), October 2006; and Seminar series: "H-1B Issues and Current Developments", Immigration Law Weekly - ILW.com, March 1, 2003.

Andrew is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia and was educated at George Washington University, JD, 1992, and the University of Pennsylvania, BA, cum laude, 1989.