Adam Rosen is Managing Attorney and Member of the Murthy Law Firm, the nation’s leading immigration law practice. With more than 20 years of experience, Adam has built a national reputation for innovative, client-focus solutions in complex immigration matters – including green card applications, nonimmigrant visa options, such as H1B, L-1 and E-2, and federal litigation. Adam represents small-and medium-sized business as well as individual clients throughout Maryland and across the United States.
Adam is actively involved in the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has the distinction of being recognized by Best Lawyers® in America.
Prior to joining Murthy Law Firm, Adam practiced immigration law in New York City, representing clients in the global commercial communications industry on employment-based immigration matters.
Representative Experience
- Client Wins at USCIS: Successfully overturned education equivalency and ability-to-pay denials at Administrative Appeals Office.
- Federal Litigation: Successfully argued and won precedent-setting cases, including Ranjan v. DHS (2024), Khedkar v. USCIS (2021), Mahajan v. USCIS (2024), securing favorable court decisions for immigration clients.
- High-Stakes Appeals: Lead counsel and appellate expertise in Matter of V-S-G- Inc. (AAO 2017), resulting in expansion of rights for I-140 beneficiaries and influencing USCIS policy.
- Innovative Representation: Approved nunc pro tunc status extension for client after overseas departure based on extraordinary circumstances; persistent in reversing Department of State and USCIS visa denials and inadmissibility findings.
- Amicus Curiae: Lead author of high-impact brief on I-140 beneficiary standing, with arguments adopted by the Administrative Appeals Office.
More on the Types of Cases Worked on by Attorney Adam Rosen
Overcoming H1B Specialty Occupation Requests for Evidence
Priority Dates: How Does the Visa Bulletin Work?
AC21 Portability Options Created by Retrogression
Awards & Professional Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year,” Baltimore (2024)
- Best Lawyers in America listing (2018–present)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Education Conference Committee Co-Chair of the Year
Education & Admissions
- J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- B.A., Political Science and History, Binghamton University
- Bar Admissions: New York and Maryland
- U.S. District Court Admissions: Maryland, D.C., Nebraska, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Memberships & Professional Accomplishments
- Best Lawyers® in America “Lawyer of the Year,” Baltimore (2024
- Best Lawyers® in America listing (2018-present)
- 2007-2008 Education / Conference Committee Co-Chair of the Year Award
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
Publications & Lectures
- BALCA Overrules Long-Standing HealthAmerica Precedent, Notice and Comment, A Blog by the Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association (20.Jun.2013)
- Co-Author, AILA Comments on Proposed Changes to USCIS Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion (21.May.2013)
- Speaker, PERM Trends – What’s the Latest Flavor? Audio Seminar, AILA (02.May.2013)
- A New Development in the Zone of Interest: The I-140 Beneficiary and Federal Court Standing, Immigration & Naturalization Law Committee Newsletter, ABA International Law Section (Summer 2012)
- Educational Alchemy and the Irrelevance of Matter of Shah: The Foreign Equivalence of a Three-Year Foreign Bachelor’s Degree Despite the 1997 UNSCO Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region, 13 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 1153 (15.Sep.2008)
- Deriving the Meaning of a Labor Certification: Why ‘Equivalent’ Education Can Differ from a Foreign Educational Equivalent, 16 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 90 (15.Jan.2011)
- Speaker, Paralegal Series, Part I: The Paralegal’s Role in Drafting the H1B Petition, Web Seminar, AILA (14.Apr.2011)
- Speaker, The Impact of Immigration Law: What Every Lawyer Should Know: Part II, 2010 ABA Administrative Law Conference (05.Nov.2010)
- Speaker, CSPA & Priority Date Retention, Web Seminar, AILA (08.Dec.2009)
- Speaker, PERM for Experts: Drafting a Proper ETA-9089, Session 2, ILW.com (01.Apr.2009)
- Speaker, Education Equivalency & Ability to Pay, PERM/I-140 Workshop, AILA D.C. Chapter New Member Division (20.Feb.2009)
- Speaker, Ethics & Practical Considerations of Business Immigration: Operating a Seaworthy Ship, 2007 AILA DC Chapter Spring Conference (20.Apr.2007)
- Speaker, Solving Problems and Issues Relating to AC21, 2011 AILA National Conference on Immigration Law (17.Jun.2011)