Profile
Jennifer Hermansky focuses her immigration practice on employment-based immigration and is a leading member of the firm’s EB-5 practice. She has deep experience structuring EB-5 transactions and providing ongoing EB-5 compliance advice. Jennifer also has experience serving health care, pharmaceutical and real estate industries, as well as entrepreneurs, scientists and researchers in scientific communities for a wide range of temporary visa options and permanent residence solutions.
Concentrations
- Structuring a wide range of EB-5 visa projects across real estate, health care and hospitality industries
- EB-5 regulatory advice under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022
- Representation of EB-5 investors in “direct” I-526 Petitions, regional center I-526E Petitions and I-829 Petitions
- Ongoing EB-5 regional center and project compliance
Capabilities
Experience
- Structured over $3 billion in EB-5 capital raises for US development projects
- Guided thousands of families through the EB-5 process
- Assisted many multinational entrepreneurs in structuring new businesses in the US and qualifying for visas
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Immigration Law, 2019-2024
- Listed, Philadelphia Business Journal "Best of the Bar," 2023
- Listed, EB5 Investor magazine's "Top 25 EB-5 Attorneys," 2013-2022
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Immigration, 2021-2023
- Listed, National Law Review, "Go-To Thought Leader: Immigration Law," 2022
- Listed, City & State Pennsylvania, "Law Power 100," 2022-2023
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2013-2022
- Listed, The Legal Intelligencer, "Professional Excellence Awards: Lawyers on the Fast Track," 2020
- Listed, Law360, "Top Attorneys Under 40 - Immigration," 2019
- Listed, National Law Journal, "Immigration Law Trailblazer," 2019
- Listed, Philadelphia Business Journal, "40 Under 40," 2019
- Listed, 25 Top Women in Law in Pennsylvania, The Legal Intelligencer, 2016
- Listed, The Global Directory of Who’s Who, Top Lawyer 2015
- National EB-5 Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2018-Present
- Vice Chair, 2021-Present
- Board of Governors Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2016-2018
- Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National New Members Division Steering Committee, 2016-2017
- Vice Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National New Members Division Steering Committee, 2015-2016
- Committee Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National New Members Division Steering Committee, 2013-2015
- Member, American Bar Association, 2009-Present
Credentials
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law
- B.S., summa cum laude, Drexel University
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
News, Insights & Events
Jennifer is a contributor to the EB-5 Insights Blog 
and the Inside Business Immigration Blog