“Immigration Expert: Richard is a nationally-renowned immigration lawyer, evangelist for welcoming immigrants, co-author of Immigrant, Inc.”
Immigration is one of the hottest issues in America today! Richard Herman is a national expert in immigration law and procedure, as well as an advocate for policies to welcome the entrepreneurial, innovative, and hard-work ethic to America’s cities.
Richard has helped hundreds of print, radio, television and podcast journalists, and their audience, understand complex immigration issues by making it easy to understand. As a writer and professional communicator himself, he understands that less is more, and that information is consumable in only small bites.
Richard has also provided keynote addresses at dozens of professional and community events around the country.
As evidenced by coverage from FOX News (The O’Reilly Factor), New York Times, USA Today, ABC News 20/20, NPR, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Inc., and many others, Richard is not your typical immigration lawyer.
Upon arriving in Moscow in 1993, Russia as a young, newly-minted American attorney looking for work, Richard launched into his immigration practice a few blocks down the street from the Kremlin, representing post-Soviet entrepreneurs who sought to invest in the U.S. and relocate their families. Moving back to the U.S. in 1995, he became an entrepreneur himself, founded his own immigration law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, wrote an acclaimed book, took his message on the road to conferences around the country, and dedicated his life to advocating for immigrants — working to change the conversation on immigration.
Known for his direct and sometimes controversial style, undaunted by growing anti-immigrant sentiment, Richard is an evangelist for welcoming immigrants and the economic contributions they make to American cities. He is the co-author of Immigrant, Inc. —Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American worker).
He is one of the pioneers of the movement by Rust Belt cities to attract and welcome immigrants who can help grow the economy, create jobs, and reverse progressive depopulation.
At a time when immigrants are often viewed in a negative light, Richard seeks to raise awareness that the foreign-born demographic is an entrepreneurial and talent-rich resource that helps make America great.
Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were founded by immigrants or their children.
Richard is the founder of Herman Legal Group, an immigration law firm that speaks over 12 languages and is recognized by U.S. World News & Report’s “Best Law Firms in America.” Richard and his team of lawyers represent diverse clientele from Fortune 500 companies hiring foreign-born professionals to undocumented workers fighting deportation.
Richard is married to Kimberly Chen, an immigrant from Taiwan who overcame her undocumented status to become an American physician.
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