TOP 10
Dawn Lurie
Polsinelli PC
Since she filed her first I-526 petition
in 1993, Dawn Lurie has developed
the uncanny ability to forecast EB-5
program trends. She understands what
government adjudicators are looking
for and constantly endeavors to stay a
step ahead of immigration concerns in
the Capitol. Throughout her life and
career, including the ups and downs
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy Nehring PS
Joseph McCarthy is a founding partner
of the Los Angeles and Seattle-based
law firm, McCarthy Nehring PS, and
American Dream Fund, an operator of
multiple EB-5 Regional Centers nationwide. McCarthy holds a Juris Doctor
with honors, a Masters of Geological
Engineering, and a B.A. in Geology and
Political Science. McCarthy’s primary
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of the EB-5 program, she has relied on
enlightened intuition attuned to ethical
concerns distinguishing right from
wrong, and always utilizes this discretion
when advising clients.
A shareholder in the Washington,
D.C., office of Polsinelli, PC, Lurie counsels individual investors on immigration
benefits and risks, and project developers
on EB-5 compliance issues. Her peers
recognize Lurie for her skill in resolving
problem cases and bothersome Requests
for Evidence. Lurie strongly believes
in zealously representing her clients
within the bounds of law, and has made
a business decision to avoid diluting her
duty of loyalty by representing multiple
clients on each EB-5 project.
Lurie’s focuses on compliance, best
practices and due diligence across all
parties in an EB-5 project. She educates
her colleagues and clients on measures
to enhance the integrity of the EB-5
program and its stakeholders. Lurie
actively reaches out to other industry
leaders and lays down measures that will
help the EB-5 program develop. She
serves on several committees, including
the Best Practices Committee for
IIUSA, and regularly speaks and writes
about immigration compliance matters.
Perhaps the best indicator of Lurie’s
depth of EB-5 knowledge is the variety
of people who seek out her advice,
including banks and senior lenders, colleagues, and luminaries in the industry
who Lurie herself looks up to. All of
these people call Lurie when there is a
problem, because they know she will
look at every side of the issue and guide
them in the right direction. Though
her professional life keeps her busy, she
is devoted to her family husband and
two children. Lurie loves to travel and
spends a good amount of time in North
Africa and the Middle East.
area of legal expertise is immigration law,
including all facets of EB-5 immigration.
Through his involvement in EB-5, he has
been involved in EB-5 capital deployment
of greater than $800 million in jobcreating enterprises.
McCarthy Nehring, PS has represented
more than 40 regional centers nationwide;
including preparing initial applications
for regional center designation and
preparation of their project materials.
In his role as an attorney, McCarthy is a
member of the American Immigration
Lawyers Association (“AILA”) and served
for four years as the Legislative Committee
Chair for the Association to Invest in USA
(“IIUSA”); a national trade association
of EB-5 Regional Centers and service
providers responsible for leading EB-5
reform in the United States Congress.
In this capacity, alongside other IIUSA
leadership, he participated in working on
legislation currently before both the House
and Senate that, if passed, would make the
EB-5 Regional Center program permanent
and enacted much needed reform to the
immigrant investor program.
McCarthy is a widely recognized
speaker about EB-5 immigration law
both domestically and in China. He
frequently speaks about EB-5 to
developers and business professionals,
government officials, attorneys, and
individuals interested in immigrating
through the EB-5 program. For his
work in EB-5, he was acknowledged
by the Los Angeles Business Journal as
one of the “Who’s Who in Real Estate”.
McCarthy also serves on the Editorial
Board for the EB-5 Investors Magazine
and recently authored multiple chapters
of the EB-5 Handbook.
McCarthy is admitted to practice
law before the Supreme Courts of the
states of Washington and California,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit and the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Washington,
Southern California, and Central
California.
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