Rami

Rami Fakhoury

Managing Director of FGI, USA

Rami D. Fakhoury is the Founder and Managing Director of Fakhoury Global Immigration USA, PC (FGI), one of the largest independently owned business-based immigration law firms in the United States and a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated firm. Based in Troy, Michigan, FGI has provided comprehensive legal immigration services to leading and innovative companies in such verticals as architecture, automotive, IT, and health care, among others for over twenty-five years. FGI was recently named a Tier 1 Immigration Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers/U.S. News and World Report.

Rami has received numerous commendations as an immigration thought leader. These include being named a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a Leading Lawyer and Equity Member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL), an AV Preeminent Lawyer from Martindale-Hubbell, a Best Lawyer recognition from Best Lawyers, and a member of Leading Lawyers. He has also been recognized as a Global Immigration Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration, recognitions from Super Lawyers and from Lawyers of Distinction, a Top Business Attorney from Crain’s Detroit Business, and a Top Lawyer from DBusiness and Hour Detroit magazines. He has received a Global Detroit Champion Award (2016), and as Immigration Attorney of the Year from Detroit Lawyer Monthly (2011).

Rami is also affiliated with the American Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL), the State Bar of Michigan (International Law Section), and the Immigration Law Committee of the International Business Association. He has served on the CEO Panel of MICHauto, an affiliate of the Detroit Regional Chamber. Rami is a Steering Committee member for Global Michigan and was a longtime board member for Global Detroit, a southeast Michigan economic development organization focused on immigrant inclusion. He is a VIP Member of the Detroit Economic Club. Rami was an immigration policy advisor to former Michigan governor Rick Snyder and served as one of thirty managers for the Michigan for Biden campaign.

Rami’s publications comprise several immigration law books including, as editor, The Consular Posts Book, 2015-2016 ed. (ILW.com: 2016) and USCIS Immigration Procedures and US State Department Consular Processes (ILW.com: 2009); and, as author, The Immigration Practitioner’s Guide to U.S. Export Control Regulations (ILW.com: 2011) and The PERM Book, 3rd ed. (ILW.com, 2018). He has also written a regular column on global IT and US immigration law for the Financial Times of India, authored numerous policy articles and white papers, contributed articles to Lexology, Mondaq, and Crain’s Detroit Business, among others, and is a frequent presenter at immigration and trade group conferences. Rami has organized informational sessions and webinars for businesses, universities, and other stakeholders worldwide, and has presented to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on several occasions.

A Detroit native, Rami earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wayne State University and his J.D., cum laude, from Michigan State University, with a specialization in international law. In addition, he is a Licensed Foreign Legal Consultant with the Law Society of Ontario, Canada.

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