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Floss, John R.

John R. Floss

Staff Attorney
  • 劳工、劳资及移民

Biography

JOHN FLOSS represents a wide range of corporate clients with complex immigration matters, including large multinational corporations, U.S. publicly traded and privately held companies, universities and healthcare institutions, and high potential start-ups. He represents employers, businesses, and individuals in varied fields, including biotechnology, IT and cloud computing, computer networking, healthcare and assisted living, transportation, real estate development, architecture, and high net worth individuals.

He has extensive experience in all facets of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, with a focus on employment-based immigrant visas (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and EB-5) and H-1, L-1, TN, E, and O-1 visas. John regularly practices PERM- and National Interest Waiver-based immigrant visas.

John has comprehensive experience in EB-5 immigrant visas, including representation of EB-5 investors in all contexts (I-526/I-526-E/I-829/removal proceedings) and EB-5 Regional Centers.

John is experienced in I-9 compliance, wage and hour compliance, immigration support for mergers and acquisitions, and employment-related claims and disputes. 

John has extensive experience in administrative, state, and federal litigation, including writs of mandamus, declaratory judgments, petitions for review, and advocacy in front of U.S. district and appellate courts and U.S. Department of Justice removal proceedings.

Community Involvement

Membership & Activities

  • American Immigration Lawyer Association
  • American Bar Association

Pro Bono

  • Represents non-profits in a variety of matters, including employment immigration visas and 501(c) registrations. 
  • Represents and has sat on the boards of multiple non-profit entities, including Wish List Chicago and Indego Africa.
  • Represented numerous individuals pro bono in all facets of immigration law and removal defense.

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications
  • 美国第七巡回上诉法院
  • 美国区域法院, 伊利诺州北部 - 一般事务
  • 美国伊利诺州
Education
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 法学博士, 2006, With Honors
  • University of Wisconsin, 理学学士, 2001

News & Insights

  • Author, “Seeking Asylum in a Hostile System: The Seventh Circuit Reverses to Confront a Broken Process,” Seventh Circuit Review, 1, 2006.