[ IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS ]
For nearly 14 years, Jeff Campion has owned, operated,
and managed the Law Office of Jeffrey E. Campion, P.A.,
based in Weston, Florida. His office counsels high-net-worth
individuals who are seeking residency and naturalization in the
United States. The practice additionally represents developers
and regional centers in setting up EB-5 compliant projects.
Jeff Campion
Jeff began his own regional center, Texas Urban Triangle
Regional Center, in 2011, and subsequently became CEO of
Pathways. Pathways manages a family of regional centers that
have been approved, or are pending approval, in many major
U.S. population areas.
Since Jeff began working on EB-5 cases in 2009, he has
seen the program change tremendously in terms of project
variety, with clients now able to choose from several projects
that may meet their goals and have a greater likelihood of
returning capital. Indeed, he believes the EB-5 industry is just
beginning and will boom in the next few years as traditional
capital becomes more expensive, and large developers
continue to recognize EB-5 as a viable financing tool.
With an ability to connect with people, Jeff’s philosophy is
that you cannot adequately represent anyone in immigration
without understanding them individually. He knows how
important immigration can be to a family that leaves behind
everything they know to settle in a new country, with only
the hope of a better life. Many of Jeff’s high net worth
Edward Carroll got his start in the EB-5 industry around
1995 through his involvement with one of the early, major
EB-5 projects. Ed was instrumental in the launch of the
Vermont Regional Center and the state’s first EB-5 project—
Jay Peak Resort. Since then, Ed has worked on EB-5 projects
in many industries, counseling both individual investors
and project developers. Ed practices at his law firm, Carroll
& Associates, PC in Vermont, where he works mostly with
developer and regional center clients.
Ed brings a background of commercial law and business
immigration to his EB-5 practice. Most often he is
approached by businesses seeking EB-5 compliance in order
to attract foreign capital, developers applying for regional
center designation, and regional center operators looking for
assistance in filing annual USCIS reporting forms.
Throughout his career, Ed has seen the EB-5 program grow
and evolve; he cites the exponential growth of regional centers
and projects as a key change in the industry. For him, this
means that investors now have greater choice, but also more
difficulty, in discerning which projects are truly compliant
and run by competent developers and regional centers.
Ed’s greatest satisfaction is the success of his clients. He
is very aware of the many obstacles confronting EB-5
stakeholders relying upon the EB-5 program. Ed would like
to see USCIS increase transparency and consistency and
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clients come from Latin
America, where they have
been oppressed, persecuted and
even kidnapped.
Jeff was drawn to immigration law, and EB-5 in particular,
because it allows people to come to the United States where
they can live without persecution and enjoy the freedoms
deserved by all. In Jeff’s opinion, the EB-5 program not only
offers such an opportunity, but also has the mutual benefit
of stimulating the U.S. economy through investments in
local businesses. As Jeff says, why not support a program that
changes lives and builds American business in the process?
Edward Carroll
reduce adjudication times
so that the economic and
immigration benefits of
the EB-5 program can
be fully realized. Despite
challenges, Ed is confident
that project developers will
continue to seek EB-5 funding
and that investors will remain interested in the EB-5 program.
Ed speaks and writes frequently on immigration law
and EB-5 issues. He is an associate editor of Immigration
Options for Investors & Entrepreneurs (2nd ed.) and his
articles have appeared in AILA and ABA publications, among
others. Additionally, Ed has been a long time member of
AILA’s EB-5 Committee and has educated various groups
on immigration law, including adjudicators at the USCIS
Vermont Service Center.
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