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Ira Kurzban was retained by one of the first EB-5 Regional
Centers to represent individual investors and has since spent
the last 20 years involved in the program. That first case
went on to become a landmark case for EB-5; Chang v.
U.S. was a class action lawsuit in which Ira went up against
USCIS after several immigrant investors’ I-829 petitions
were unfairly denied.
Today, Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, Tetzeli, & Pratt
P.A. is the go-to immigration litigation firm. Ira has been
a partner in the firm’s Miami office for over three decades
and is the chair of the immigration department. Ira and his
team handle more than 90 percent of all federal litigation
cases for the EB-5 investor visa program. They handle an
equally high amount of deportation defense cases in removal
proceedings resulting from I-829 denials, and also undertake
a large volume of EB-5 mandamus work resulting from
governmental failure to render case decisions.
Ira is a highly respected and knowledgeable authority on
immigration law, who frequently advises regional centers
and agents on a wide range of EB-5 matters. He understands
the complexities of the program on both an economic and
a procedural level, continually educating others on new
developments. Ira predicts the program will continue to
develop in an upward trend because it is one of the few areas
in immigration that appears to have bipartisan support, is
Since she filed her first I-526 petition in 1993, Dawn
Lurie has developed the 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 Capital. Throughout her
career, and in tandem with the ups and downs of the EB-5
program, she has relied on a certain intuition attuned to
what is right and wrong, and always utilizes this discretion
when advising clients.
A shareholder in the Washington, D.C., office of Polsinelli,
PC, Dawn assists individual investors and project developers
on EB-5 compliance issues, and has become recognized for
her skill in handling problem cases and RFEs. Dawn strongly
believes in the importance of being able to fully represent her
clients, and has made a business decision to sit at only one
side of the table on each EB-5 project.
Dawn’s focus is, and always has been, on compliance,
which includes best practices and due diligence across all
entities involved in an EB-5 project. Raising the bar within
the industry is an important goal for her, and she educates
her colleagues and clients about increasing the integrity of
the program and its stakeholders. Dawn actively reaches out
to other industry leaders and lays down building blocks that
will help the EB-5 program develop. She serves on several
committees, including the Best Practices Committee for
Ira Kurzban
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injecting money into
the U.S. economy,
and is creating jobs
for American workers.
As the author of Kurzban’s
Immigration Law Sourcebook, Ira
works tirelessly to maintain up-to-date
information for his publication, keeping abreast of new cases
and reform issues.
A past national president and former general counsel
of AILA, Ira has been listed for nearly 30 years in the
Best Lawyers in America for his work in immigration and
employment law, and has been named by the National Law
Journal as one of the Top Twenty Immigration Lawyers in
the United States. From his pro bono work, to his service
with the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti,
passionate commitment to his fellow man is what makes Ira
an exceptional attorney.
Dawn L W&