Gary Endelman

Gary Endelman is a Senior Associate at Fong & Associates, LLP, a firm specializing in corporate immigration law. Fong & Associates clients include S&P 500, Fortune 500, Global 500 and IT 100 companies, large-cap and mid-cap companies, oil and gas companies (integrated, operations and oil well services), hospitals, school districts, colleges and universities, research institutes, high tech manufacturers and software companies.

Gary Endelman's practice includes I-9 compliance and audits, E-Verify compliance, immigration issues related to mergers and acquisitions, employment-based nonimmigrant visas, B-1 OCS, permanent residence petitions for international executives, aliens of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, PERM labor certification; naturalization, derivation and transmission of U.S. citizenship.

Gary Endelman graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of Virginia, a Ph.D. in United States History from the University of Delaware, and a J.D. from the University of Houston. From 1985 to 1995, he worked at one of the largest immigration firms in the country. From 1995 to 2011, he worked as the in-house immigration counsel for BP America Inc., a multinational energy company ranked as one of the top 5 largest companies in the world.

Mr. Endelman is board certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of Texas, Board of Legal Specialization. He is a frequent national speaker and writer on immigration related topics including several columns and blogs on immigration law. He served as a senior editor of the national conference handbook published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for ten years. In July 2005, Mr. Endelman testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on comprehensive immigration reform.