Our Practice

• Employment-benefit delays and denials
• Marriage-based adjustment of status
• Employment-based petitions and adjustment of status
• U and T visa denials and delays
• Unfair Employment-related Investigations (OCHAO)
• Appellate Litigation -- AAO, petitions for review of removal orders
• Consular Delays and Egregious Denials
• Diversity Visas
• Notice and comment rulemaking and regulatory review

Jesse has nearly 20 years of litigation experience.  He has argued all federal circuit courts of appeals and has handled district court litigation across the United States.   Jesse's recent successes include: 

• Gomez v. Biden, Slip Opinion, 2021 WL 3663535 (D.D.C. 2021) (summary judgment granted for class of 2020 Diversity Visa Selectees unlawfully refused immigrant visas)
• Purdue Univ. v. Scalia, Slip Copy, 2020 WL 7340156 (D.D.C. 2020) (obtained permanent injunction against interim final rule that updated the computation of prevailing wage levels set for certain foreign labor certification programs) 
• Doe #1 v. Trump, 418 F. Supp. 3d 573 (D. Or. 2019), aff’d 957 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2020) (obtained class-wide preliminary injunction against Presidential Proclamation to suspend the entry of immigrants who did not possess certain forms of health insurance)
• ILRC v. Wolf, 491 F. Supp. 3d 520 (N.D. Cal. 2020) (injunction granted to enjoin a final rule seeking to dramatically increase the fees for immigration benefits)

 U.S. Expects to Use All Employment-Based Green Cards This Year - WSJ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2022/02/01/lawsuit-tries-to-save-interviews-for-diversity-visa-immigrants/