The founder of the firm, Allen Orr, Jr. has over 13 years of U.S. and global experience with the immigration practice of one of the largest international law firms.

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Mr. Orr is the recipient of the 2009 Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award - for contributions made in the immigration law field and specifically for his work with the Young Lawyers Division of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
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Mr. Orr's accomplishments for clients include the following: Managed an I-9 compliance audit for a Fortune 10 company which involved review and analysis of all immigration records relating to its 250,000 employees; represented a coalition of IT companies before the U.S. Department of Labor seeking to reform various practices in the labor certification process and advocating changes in the agency's proposed "PERM" rule; and assisted employers in settling civil and criminal investigations into certain immigration-related employment practices.

 

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

 

Publications

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◆ Senior Editor, Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, 2005-06 Edition, 2006-07 Edition, 2007-08 Edition, 2008-09 Edition, and 2009-10 Edition

◆ Co-author, "H, L, and E Visas: Solutions in a Small Business Context," Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, 2005-06 Edition

◆ Associate Editor, American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) Global Immigration Guide: A Country-by-Country Survey, April 2005

 

Speeches & Presentations

 

 

◆ "The Economy and Nonimmigrant Visas - Does Your NIV Holder Require a Bailout?," 2011 AILA Mid-year CLE Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 2011

◆ "PERManently Vexing," 13th Annual AILA New York Chapter Immigration Law Symposium, New York, New York, December 2010

◆ "Becoming a Pit Boss: Controlling your NIV Responses to RFEs, NOID's and NOIR's," AILA's Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2009

◆ "Non-Immigrant Visas, Part 2," AILA's Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Vancouver, Canada, June 2008

◆ "Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions," AILA's Education Department Audio Seminar, May 2008

◆ "Ask the Expert," Worldwide ERC Global Workforce Symposium, Denver, Colorado, October 2007

◆ "Fundamentals Curriculum," AILA's Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Orlando, Florida, June 2007

◆ "Nuts and Bolts of Preparing a PERM Application for Newer Practitioners," AILA Web Seminar, December 2006 

◆ "Solutions in a Small Business Context," AILA's Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2005

◆ "Nonimmigrant Visas," Fundamentals of Immigration Law Practice Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2005

◆ "Thinking Beyond Borders," 2004 Global Immigration Summit, AILA Conference, New York, New York, October 2004

◆ "H-1B for Newer Practitioners" Teleconference, Washington DC, September 2004

◆ "ID and I-9's: Keeping the Employer and Employee in Compliance," AILA's Annual Conference on Immigration Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2003

◆ "Immigrant Visas: Employment-based," AILA Basics of Immigration Law Practice Conference, Wahington DC, October 2003

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

◆ AILA Board of Governors (2008)

◆ Chair, AILA National New Members Division (2008)

◆ Steering Committee Member, AILA National New Members Division (2001-2008)

◆ Vice-Chair, AILA National New Members Division (2007)

◆ Chair, AILA National Teleconference (2005-2006)

◆ Vice-Chair for In-House Counsel Committee, ABA Young Lawyers Division (2002-2005)

◆ National Co-Chair, AILA Immigration Basic Conference (2002)

 

EDUCATION

 

◆ B.A, Philosophy, Morehouse College (1995)

◆ J.D. Howard University (1998)

 

 

BAR ADMISSIONS

 

◆ United States Supreme Court

◆ District of Columbia

◆ Virginia