Profilo
Dillon R. Colucci practices and handles U.S. immigration concerns and helps individuals, families, professionals, skilled workers, investors, and businesses live, work, invest, and do business in the United States. Dillon handles a wide range of immigration matters, including nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based cases.
Dillon provides business immigration counsel to clients, including HR managers, high-level executives, and employees to pursue a positive immigration outcome for all stakeholders involved. Dillon has focused on administrative appeals work, successfully representing several clients in their appeals of adverse decisions. He also spends time on I-9 employment verification matters as well as H-1B and LCA compliance, including internal and external audits and reviews to minimize employer liability.
Additionally, Dillon focuses on EB-5 immigrant investor matters, regularly working with developers across a variety of industries, as well as private equity funds on developing new projects that qualify for EB-5 investments. This includes the creation of new Regional Centers, having projects adopted by existing Regional Centers or through pooled individual EB-5 petitions. Dillon also counsels foreign nationals on obtaining permanent residency through individual or Regional Center EB-5 investments.
Competenze
Esperienze Professionali - Attività Accademiche
- Structured over $3 billion in EB-5 capital raises for U.S. development projects.
- Successfully appealed the denial of a Regional Center Project Application at the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO).
- Guided thousands of families through the EB-5 process.
- Obtained I-829 Petition approval for a project under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Successfully appealed the denial of H-1B petitions at the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO).
- Assisted multinational entrepreneurs in structuring new businesses in the United States and qualifying for nonimmigrant and immigrant visas.
Riconoscimenti e Premi
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Immigration Law, 2021-2024
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, California Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2024
- Listed, National Law Review, "Go-To Thought Leader: Immigration Law," 2022
- Listed, EB5 Investors Magazine, 2016, 2019
- "Top 25 Immigration Attorney," 2019
- "Top 5 Rising Star," 2016
- Member, Law360's Immigration Editorial Advisory Board, 2020
- National EB-5 Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2021-Present
- Member, Storyline, Inc., Board of Directors
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member, National Italian American Bar Association
- Member, Sons of Italy
Formazione
- Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza, cum laude, California Western School of Law
- B.S., Political Science, The George Washington University
- California