Neil S Dornbaum

Practice Areas

Immigration and Global Mobility

Labor and Employment

Career

Neil Dornbaum is among the most active and distinguished immigration attorneys in New Jersey. Prior to joining the firm, Neil was a partner at Dornbaum & Peregoy, where he dedicated his practice for over 30 years to immigration and nationality matters, with a special emphasis on employment-based immigration.

He has served as National Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Immigration Committee under the General Practice Section and was appointed to the ABA's Commission on Immigration. He has also chaired the NJSBA's Immigration Section and the American Immigration Lawyers' Association (New Jersey Chapter) and served on their Board of Governors. In addition, Neil has acted as a liaison to numerous governmental agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS); Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE); Customs and Border Protection (CBP); Department of Labor (DOL); and Department of State (DOS). He currently serves as a member of AILA's Annual Conference Planning Committee and has recently served on the Department of Labor Liaison Committee and the Field Operations Liaison Committee. Neil is the former Co-chair of the Senior Lawyers division of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and served on the editorial board for New Jersey Lawyer.

Neil writes and lectures nationally on various aspects of immigration law practice for bar associations, religious and business groups, and human resource organizations. He has served on the editorial board of several publications and has edited over 40 course books on immigration and nationality matters, and chaired over 50 immigration conferences.

Publications

Quoted, "What Business Need to Know about Changes to H-1B Visas and More"

New Jersey Business Today (February 2021)

Editor, "Annual Immigration Conference Seminar Material," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) (2001-)

In-House Counsel and Human Resource Personnel

Editor, "Advanced Immigration Issues for Attorneys" (2004-2019)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States Supreme Court

United States Tax Court

Professional Memberships

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member, Annual Conference Planning Committee (2022-2023)

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), New Jersey Chapter

Chair, NJ Chapter CLE Committee (2015-2022)

American Bar Association

Advisory Committee, ABA Commission on Immigration (2009-2013)

New Jersey State Bar Association

Member, Higher Education Committee (2022-2023

Education

Awards