Immigration Practice Experience

David advises clients across the full spectrum of immigration, visa, citizenship, consular, and removal matters. His work includes:

• Employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for highly skilled foreign professionals, including executives, engineers, computer specialists, scientists, physicians, artists, entertainers, and other professionals.
• Permanent labor certification (PERM) for employers seeking to retain foreign professionals and skilled workers.
• Waivers of the J-1 two-year home residency requirement for foreign medical graduates, including Conrad 30 and federal agency waivers.
• Representation before U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide in immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications and waiver requests.
• Complex naturalization matters, including N-400 applications, N-336 appeals, and federal court litigation.
• Counseling employers on immigration compliance in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring.
• Advising on employment authorization verification, internal Form I-9 audits, and employer sanctions defense.
• Complex deportation proceedings, including administrative hearings, appeals, and related federal litigation.
• Representation of clients in immigration-related criminal matters, including allegations of visa fraud, unlawful procurement of citizenship, and illegal reentry.

National Policy Leadership

A recognized authority on U.S. immigration policy, David has contributed to shaping national reform efforts through key advisory roles, including:

• Member of the Biden-Harris Transition Team’s Homeland Security Working Group, advising on immigration and border policy.
• Member of the Biden-Harris presidential campaign’s Immigration Working Group, developing policy proposals for senior advisors.
• Chair of the Hillary for America Immigration Working Group’s Interior Enforcement Subgroup, overseeing a comprehensive policy framework on interior enforcement.
• Member of the Democratic Party’s National Platform Committee in both 2016 and 2020.

Media and Commentary

David’s insights on immigration law and policy are widely sought by major media outlets. His experience includes:

• Contributing opinion pieces to major media outlets, including The Boston Globe, MSNBC.com, TPM.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Bloomberg Law, CNN.com, MediaMatters.com, Medium.com, HuffingtonPost.com, FOXNews.com, and FOXNewsLatino.com.
• Appearing as an on-air legal analyst for networks including MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, NPR, BBC, and CGTNTV.
• Serving as a “go-to” analyst of cutting-edge immigration issues for national and international print and online outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Newsweek, The Atlantic, The Miami Herald, The Houston Chronicle, Associated Press, Reuters, Politico, Huffington Post, McClatchy News, Mother Jones, BuzzFeed, and The Guardian.

Reported Cases

• Mendieta-Robles v. Gonzales, 2007 FED App. 0387N (6th Cir. 2007)
• Tilley v. Gonzales, 2007 FED App. 0295N (6th Cir. 2007)
• Pak v. Reno, 196 F.3d 666 (6th Cir. 1999)
• Pulice v. INS, 218 F.3d 505 (6th Cir. 2000)
• Roman v. Ashcroft, 340 F.3d 314 (6th Cir. 2003)
• Rosales-Garcia v. Holland, 322 F.3d 386 (6th Cir. 2003) (en banc)
• Roman v. Ashcroft, 181 F. Supp. 2d 808 (N.D. Ohio 2002)
• Denko v. Ashcroft, 351 F.3d 717 (6th Cir. 2003)
• Cline v. Catholic Diocese, 206 F.3d 651 (6th Cir. 1999)
• Independence Local School District Board of Education v. State Employment Relations Board et al. 62 Ohio St. 3d 134 (1991)
• Board of Education of the Strongsville City School District v. Theado, 57 Ohio St. 3d (1991)
• Mackey v. Steve Barry Ford, Inc., 1991 Ohio App. LEXIS 2574 (May 30, 1991)
• Theodore T. Theodore v. Geo Churchill, Inc., 1990 Ohio App. LEXIS 5961; Noll v. Nezbeth, 63 Ohio App. 3d 46 (1990)
• D’Ambrosi v. Vicorp Specialty Restaurant, Inc., 1989 Ohio App. LEXIS 628
• Lazar v. Korman, 1987 Ohio App. LEXIS 9215
• Dalzell-Milstein v. Midwestern Indem. Co., 1986 Ohio App. LEXIS 8631
• Republic Steel Corp. v. Hailey, 30 Ohio App. 3d 103 (1986)