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Douglas Hauer

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Boston


Education

  • Boston University (JD, 2001)
  • Harvard University (MA, 1997)
  • University of Chicago (MA, 1994)
  • Ohio State University (BA, 1993)

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Languages

  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Russian

Douglas is the Section Head for the firm's Immigration Practice and also practices in the Israel Business Group. His practice focuses on business immigration law, related government investigations, family-based green card sponsorship processes, EB-5 investor visa filings, and corporate immigration policy development.

He has represented multinational corporations in the financial services, technology, management consulting, hedge fund, specialty chemicals, insurance, defense, and engineering sectors. He has in-depth experience counseling corporate clients on the immigration consequences of complicated corporate restructuring and has drafted immigration provisions of acquisition agreements. Doug has also guided in-house counsel and human resources professionals on all aspects of US and global immigration law and policy. He has also worked extensively on helping large-scale businesses in India with complex visa issues.

One of Doug's related practice areas is advising private clients on a range of issues involving the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations and procedures. He has assisted accomplished individuals with securing visas and green cards and has provided counsel to individuals on expatriation and green card relinquishment. Doug is also particularly strong in working on EB-5 matters for clients from jurisdictions with restrictive currency control and export laws.

He has represented high-profile business leaders, artists, and public figures in securing permission to live and work in the United States. He also has experience appearing at US embassies and consulates in exceptional situations and is often asked by lawyers across the globe to resolve the most challenging US visa and consular issues.

Before joining Mintz Levin, Doug founded his own firm, where he focused his practice on immigration law. Prior to that, he was a partner with a leading immigration law firm in Boston, where he managed a high volume of routine and more complex business immigration matters, ranging from green card applications and nonimmigrant cases (e.g., H-1B, J-1, L-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, TN, and O-1) to complicated Extraordinary Ability and Outstanding Researcher petitions.

Doug also gained extensive experience guiding large-scale corporations in implementing I-9 best practices and acting as a business and legal advisor in helping companies assess the E-Verify program, the performance of global immigration providers, and the immigration implications of major legislative developments, such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). 

Doug frequently speaks about broader immigration law issues, ethics, marketing and business development, and employment immigration law for national and international legal organizations, universities, and industry forums. 

Recognitions & Awards

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers (2011 – 2013)
  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star (2009)

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Board member, German American Business Council of Boston (2011 – present)
  • Member, Board of Trustees, American Immigration Council  (2009 – present)
  • Co-chair, American Immigration Council J-1 Exchange Visitor Program Committee (2010 – 2011)
  • Member, American Immigration Council J-1 Exchange Visitor Program Committee (2007 – 2011) 
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) New England and Rome District Chapters
  • Day coordinator, EB-5 Conference in Boston (2010)
  • Member, National Ethics Committee of AILA (2010 – 2011)
  • Member, Conference Planning Committee for the AILA 2009 National Fundamentals Conference
  • Ethics and media/public relations liaison, AILA New England Chapter (2006 – 2009)