Robert L.DeMoss, II

Staff Attorney

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Rusty is passionate about reaching the immigration result clients seek, through a combination of precise legal skill and caring customer service.


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Businesses face myriad challenges when it comes to the employment and legal status of top foreign national talent in a highly restrictive "culture of no" governmental environment. Clients turn to Rusty to help them navigate the increasing scrutiny and processing hurdles of petitions and applications for immigration benefits for those foreign nationals by the relevant administrative governmental agencies.

Rusty brings a wealth of knowledge, institutional history, and connections within the field of immigration law to present the most approvable case possible, and to break through impossible governmental red tape. He has worked in large-firm, boutique, and solo practices in both employment- and family-based immigration. Rusty understands how to handle high-volume, while retaining the personal touch with each foreign national beneficiary. He brings compassion and caring, along with legal acuity and precision, to his practice.

Rusty has more than a decade of experience as a senior liaison on a national level with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), primarily through the agency's national service centers, where cases are adjudicated. He has represented employers and individuals in the full spectrum—from in-person individual interviews at USCIS, to representation of employers at the USCIS appellate level. His areas of focus are on specialty occupation petitions for professionals, extraordinary ability cases for outstanding researchers and scientists, and family-based adjustment of status applications.

Over his nearly 30 years of experience in the business and family immigration law field, Rusty has authored numerous professional publications on immigration law and has spoken frequently on a national level. He is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Florida Bar.

Rusty uses his in-depth knowledge of USCIS institutional history to bring breakthroughs in cases that are administratively stuck. He knows whom to call in liaison, how to communicate with the agency, and the tricks of the trade learned through the years to bring a successful result for the client.

Rusty's passion for immigration law and service to the firm's clients and related foreign nationals is fueled by that of his colleagues. He appreciates Seyfarth's immigration team—their depth of knowledge, wisdom, accessibility, collegiality, sense of humor, and positive, can-do spirit, all in the midst of a challenging adjudicative environment.

  • JD, Harvard Law School
    Immigration Law
  • MDiv, Nashotah House Theological Seminary

    Cum laude

  • BS, Southern Methodist University
    Psychology

    Summa cum laude
    Phi Beta Kappa

  • Florida
  • Not admitted to practice in Georgia. Practice limited to immigration and nationality law.
  • Florida Supreme Court

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