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Naomi Schorr

Special Counsel

Phone: 212.715.9339 Fax: 212.715.8183 New York

Naomi Schorr is well‑known by immigration practitioners throughout the United States for her scholarship and cutting edge strategies in dealing with employment‑based immigration matters. With more than 20 years of experience in the field, she currently focuses on multinational corporations, accounting firms, research institutions, law firms, and news organizations. She was named New York’s “Immigration Lawyer of the Year” for 2011 by Best Lawyers.

Ms. Schorr speaks frequently on business immigration matters at regional and national conferences, and has taken a leading role in writing comments to proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Department of Labor. Recognized nationally for articles and other contributions to the field, she was given the 2007 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award by the American Immigration Lawyers Association for Excellence in Advancing the Practice of Immigration Law and is listed in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers; New York Super Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in America.

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J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1983
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M.A., Middle East Studies, New York University, 1979
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B.A., History, Queens College of the City University of New York, 1974
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New York, 1984
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
    -Member, AILA
    -Member,  Editorial Board, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
    Recent Professional Activities
    -Recipient of AILA’s Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award, 2007, for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law 
    -Member, AILA-USCIS Liaison Committee, 2007-2008 
    -Recipient of AILA’s Presidential Award, 2006
    -Recipient of AILA’s Sam Williamson Mentor Award, 2005 
    -Chair, AILA Issues Development Committee, 2004-2006 
    -Chair, Sixth Annual AILA New York Chapter Immigration Law Symposium, 2003 
    -Member, AILA Issues Development Committee, 2003-04 
    -Member, AILA Business Immigration Committee, 2002-03 and 2006-07 
    -Chair or Member of AILA Comment Committees on proposed government regulations