Biography: Raymond G. Lahoud, a Partner at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., , Chair of its Immigration Law Practice, focuses only on the area of immigration law , deportation defense for individuals, families, small to large domestic , multinational businesses , corporations, employers, international employees, investors, students, professors, researchers, skilled professionals, athletes, entertainers, in every type of immigration or deportation defense matter-whether domestic or foreign. While Attorney Lahoud’s immigration practice global in reach, with service to individuals , organizations across the United States , beyond, he is located primarily at Norris McLaughlin’s three globally linked offices: New York, New York, Bridgewater, New Jersey, , Allentown, Pennsylvania. Ray’s practice is broad in immigration scope, from areas of corporate , employment immigration compliance to immigration , deportation litigation before agencies , courts across the United States, for corporations , individuals alike. His practice includes experience in each area, including immigrant , non-immigrant visas, EB-5 investor visa, citizenship claims, deportation litigation, E, E-3, H-1B, H-2B, L, O, P, Q, R, TN, Exceptional/Extraordinary Ability Immigrant, Physician , Nursing, K-1, K-3, Multinational Manager/Executive, , Outst,ing Professor/Researcher visas, as well as PERM Labor Certification, Family Petitions, Adjustment of Status, Asylum, , VAWA applications. Ray also works in the field of Immigration Waivers, such as the National Interest, Hardship, , J Waivers. Ray’s corporate immigration practice includes experience representing businesses of all sizes, in all corporate , employer immigration matters. Ray’s has served nearly every industry, including healthcare, education (community colleges, colleges, universities, as well as students, professors, , researchers), manufacturing, global , domestic employment/talent recruitment, warehousing , distribution, pharmaceutical, economic development, local, county, , state government agencies, non-profit, religious, real estate development , EB-5 investor financing, information technology, marketing, entertainment, sports, , beyond. Ray’s corporate immigration , employer immigration compliance practice includes all non-immigrant , immigrant visas, recruitment of international talent , students, consular processing, to Form I-9 , Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division compliance. Further, Ray has litigated corporate immigration matters before the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division, the Department of Homel, Security’s investigative bodies , agencies, the State Department, the United States Court of Appeals for International Trade, , Customs & Border Protection review board, to federal appellate courts-seeking review employer immigration compliance , other immigrant , non-immigrant visa issues. Ray’s immigration litigation practice includes deportation defense, at the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Appeals Office, , federal district , circuit courts from coast to coast. Ray has received numerous accolades. He has been awarded the Empire State Pro Bono Counsel Award each year since 2012, has been selected as Lead Counsel, received the Martindale-Hubbell Platinum Client Champion Award, has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star, ranked as a Top Rated Immigration Attorney in the New York Metro Area, , was selected as EB5 Investors Magazine's Top-5 Rising EB-5 Investor Immigration Attorneys nationwide. Ray was also named one of the 40 young professionals from the Greater Lehigh Valley as the Lehigh Valley Business 2017 Forty Under 40 for his commitment to business growth, professional excellence, , the community.