Mr. Frank Joseph Paldino | Partner

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About Frank

Joseph’s U.S. immigration practice includes representation of diverse corporate clients that range from established leaders in their industries to small start-up companies. A sampling of the industries he represents includes: financial services, banking, advertising/marketing and communications, law, Internet services, retailing, biotechnology, insurance, natural resources exploration and production, manufacturing and fine and performing arts. Joseph provides counsel on all aspects of corporate U.S. immigration, including nonimmigrant visas, permanent residence, citizenship, compliance and immigration support for corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Fragomen in 2000, Joseph served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Following his clerkship, Joseph served as an Associate in the Immigration and Litigation Departments at the law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP. As an Associate, he represented corporate immigration clients from numerous industries in all phases of U.S. Immigration Law.

At St. John’s University, School of Law, Joseph served as a Staff Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review and President of the Justinian Law Society. He also served as an Intern with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Joseph participated pro bono with Association of the Bar of the City of New York - City Bar Justice Center, to provide community outreach to help residents of South Queens complete and file the N-400 Naturalization Applications.  Joseph also provided pro bono immigration representation and assistance for religious workers who oversee Abraham House, a NYC-based social services organization for formerly incarcerated individuals. Residents are required to finish their high school education, receive intensive counseling for their problems, learn to take social and personal responsibility and obtain and maintain employment. Only one of the close to 200 graduates of the Abraham House program has returned to prison for a second offense.

Experience

Associate Attorney

Proskauer Rose LLP

09/1999-09/2000

New York, New York

Law Clerk

U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit

08/1998-08/1999

Brownsville, Texas

Admission

Verified New York

1999

Verified U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education

Fordham University

B.A.

1993

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, China General Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, French American Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Silicon Slopes
Honors / Awards
  • Listed in Super Lawyers, to
    2013 / 2020
  • Named as Corporate LiveWire Global Awards’ Immigration Lawyer of the Year
    2020

Notable Work

Publications

oseph is a frequent lecturer for the Council for Global Immigration (CFGI) and has served as a Guest Lecturer in Immigration Law at St. John’s University, School of Law.



Quoted, “St. John’s Law 1Ls Spend Spring Break Sampling Law Firm Practice.” St. John’s University, 24 March .

2023


Author, “To Hire Talent From Abroad, You Might Need To Apply For Visas, Here’s How It Works.” Utah Business Journal, 17 August .

2018

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