David Hirson & Partners, LLP (DHP) is proud that two of its partners have been nominated for Invest in the USA’s (IIUSA) Awards for Economic Advancement. These awards are meant to recognize the achievements of members of the EB-5 industry who advocate on behalf of the dynamic economic development engine that is EB-5.
DHP’s Managing Partner, David Hirson, and Partner, ’s nominations for this recognition continue to prove their dedication to the EB-5 industry.
David Hirson – Lifetime Achievement Award Nominee
David has more than 35 years of experience in corporate immigration law, specializing in business and investment immigration. He is the founding and managing partner of David Hirson & Partners, LLP (“DHP”), and he is internationally-recognized for his decades of success in investment immigration, especially in EB-5. He has been certified as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization continuously since 1990. David’s success with investment immigration has spanned decades, as seen by his involvement with the EB-5 program since its inception in 1990. In fact, he was visiting the Senate in 1990 when the EB-5 bill was marked-up. Thereafter in early 1991, Mr. Hirson had one of the first EB-5 cases approved by the INS (now USCIS) under the new EB-5 program.
That David Hirson & Partners David Hirson case was the first EB-5 case to be consular-processed and approved at the American Institute in Taiwan (the organization that provides U.S. consular-type services in Taiwan). In the mid-1990’s, he won four appeal cases after giving oral argument before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) of the legacy INS in Washington, D.C. Over the years, he regularly writes and publishes articles in addition to delivering many lectures to attorneys, bar associations, and the public, both in the U.S. and abroad. He has dedicated his professional career to EB-5 and continues to be a trusted adviser to a significant portion of the EB-5 industry.
– Emerging Champion Nominee
As an immigration attorney, has been and continues to work tirelessly within the Vietnamese EB-5 market to help educate everyone involved and to help fulfill the goals of the EB-5 program: creating jobs for U.S. workers. From advising immigrant investors from Vietnam to advising Vietnamese immigration agencies on project due diligence, has helped to shape the Vietnamese EB-5 market into what it is today. In addition to speaking on the Vietnamese EB-5 market, regularly publishes articles to help educate the EB-5 industry.
We encourage all IIUSA members to cast their votes here.