David M. Morris manages Visa Law Group’ s Washington, D. C. office that practices immigration and visa law, exclusively. David is a respected national lawyer in the business immigration field, in his own right, and an authority in the EB-5 sector.

David is regularly invited to speak on EB-5 investor visa law topics. He is involved in the industry, not only as an immigration lawyer representing individual investors, but also as a regional center owner. David credits his entrepreneurial spirit with drawing him into the regional center arena. It is his extensive experience as both a regional center owner and a legal technician that opens David up to a greater number of skill sets and opportunities.

David takes pride in his appointment as one of only 10 lawyers to serve on AILA’ s National EB-5 Investor Visa Committee for the 2010-2011 term. He has been a member of AILA for the past five years, but as part of the National EB-5 Investor Visa Committee he was able to work with other leading attorneys in the field to help the EB-5 industry as a whole, through communication with government services. He considers it an honor to represent the EB-5 community and work toward a brighter future.

David caught a glimpse of that bright future at the site of one EB-5 American’ s projects in Washington, D. C. where he witnessed his regional center’ s project, City Market, deliver

a new senior living tower. It was David’ s work raising $ 100 million that allowed dozens of individuals to stay in the neighborhoods they grew up in and, in the process, make the immigration dreams of foreign investors come true.

Angelo Paparelli has been involved with EB-5 issues since 1990, when the Immigrant Investor Program was first established. His involvement with EB-5 has evolved as the law itself has evolved. In the early days, Angelo focused on troubleshooting problems that arose as a result of open questions that floated around the EB-5 community with no easy answers. By the end of that first decade, Angelo had established a regional center. Angelo joined Sayfarth Shaw, LLP in 2009 and is a partner at the firm. There, he focuses mostly on working with regional centers and project development, and, to a lesser extent, on working with individual investors.

Angelo is uniquely qualified in the EB-5 field because of his background as an international business and tax lawyer. His sophisticated understanding of business allows him to anticipate obstacles and know when to call in expert support. Angelo prides himself on visualizing creative solutions to complex problems. As a creative strategic thinker, he is able to anticipate positive outcomes to problems that may seem insurmountable.

To support his work in the EB-5 community, Angelo runs a free monthly telephone roundtable on regional centers, allowing him and his peers to discuss specific issues in detail. Additionally, Angelo is an avid writer and is anticipating the publication of a book he co-edited on regional centers and dealmakers.

You can find Angelo’ s musing on all things immigration

law on his blog Nation of Immigrators. When he is not practicing law, Angelo enjoys yoga, fitness, theater and spending time with his two daughters, who are both involved in the legal field.

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