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.

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 LowensteinMemorial 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.

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1983

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M.A., Middle East Studies, New York University, 1979
B.A., History, Queens College of the City University of New York, 1974

New York, 1984

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Publications

• It Makes YouWant to Scream, an occasional column about frustrating issues facing immigration attorneys:
  • “Do Not Make a Fortress Out of the Dictionary: The USCIS Is Not an Outstanding Researcher,” 15 Bender’s Immigration
    Bulletin 79 (Jan. 15, 2010).
  •  “What Went Wrong with PERM?,” 14 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1130 (Sept. 15, 2009).
• Book Review: "AILA's Focus on EB-2 & EB-3 Degree Equivalency," 14 Bender's Immigration Bulletin 231 (Feb. 15, 2009).
• “You’ve Made a Mess of This, I Must Say: H-1B1 Numbers and the H-1B Cap," 13 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1551 (Dec. 15, 2008). 
• "Didn’t Somebody Say Something About That Somewhere? Travel During the Pendency of Applications and Petitions," 12 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1817 (Dec. 15, 2007).
• "Curb Your Enthusiasm: An Analysis of the AAO’s H-1B Texas School District Case," 12 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 467 (Apr. 15, 2007). 
• "Making Do: AC21 in a Regulatory Vacuum," 10 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1712 (Nov. 15, 2005).
• "A Capital Idea! All Governmental Research Organizations Are Exempt from the H-1B Cap," 10 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 951 (June 15, 2005). 
• "An Endangered Species: The Request for Evidence," 9 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1215 (Oct. 15, 2004).
• "So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion: AC21 and the H-1B Cap," 9 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 700 (June 1, 2004) (with N. Waxman). 
• "Still Crazy After All These Years: AC21 in 2003," 9 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 483 (April 15, 2004) (with S. Yale-Loehr). 
• "The Odyssey of the J-2: Forty-Two Years of Trying Not to Go Home Again," 8 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 1810 (Dec. 1, 2003) (with S. Yale-Loehr), republished in expanded version in 18 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 221 (Winter 2004) as The Odyssey of the J-2: Forty-Three Years of Trying Not to Go Home Again. 
• "Buying Time: Practice Strategies for H-1B Workers Coming to the End of the Line and Related Issues", 8 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 453 (March 15, 2003) (with S. Yale-Loehr). 
• "Corporate Cuts: Reductions in Pay and Hours for Nonimmigrants," 7 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 409 (April 15, 2002) (with S. Yale-Loehr); reprinted in International Focus: In-depth Articles for the Global HR Professional (Dec. 2002) (Society for Human Resource Management). 
• "An Overview of the I Nonimmigrant Visa Category," 6 Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 701 (July 15, 2001).
• "Representatives of Foreign Information Media," Chapter 21 in C. Gordon, S. Mailman, & S. Yale-Loehr, Immigration Law and Procedure (rev. ed. 2001 and 2004) (Editor/Author). 
• "They Don’t Shoot Elephants, Do They? The National InterestWaiver for EB-2 Immigrants," 70 Interpreter Releases 773 (June 14, 1993), reprinted in 6 International Quarterly 120 (April 1994). 
• "The National InterestWaiver," 2 Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook 238 (1993-94).

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 SamWilliamson 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

Member, AILA
Member,  Editorial Board, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin