David Hirson & Partners, LLP

What David Hirson & Partners, LLP does

David Hirson & Partners, LLP is a privately held, full-service U.S. immigration law firm operating as a California Limited Liability Partnership from Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1986 by David Hirson — certified as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization continuously since 1990 — the firm has built a 40-year practice around business, investment, and family-based immigration, plus immigration litigation. Its team of six attorneys (Founding Partner, Partner, two Senior Attorneys, and two Associate Attorneys) collectively holds over 70 years of immigration law experience and has facilitated more than $3 billion in EB-5 deals across hospitality, real estate, franchises, and infrastructure since the program's inception in 1990.

The firm's practice spans six core areas: employment-based immigration (EB-1 through EB-5 categories plus nonimmigrant visas such as H-1B, L-1, O-1, P-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, TN), investment visas including EB-5 Regional Center formation and developer services, family-based immigration, naturalization, corporate immigration compliance (I-9 audits, FDNS worksite visits, PERM labor certification), and immigration litigation including deportation defense, mandamus actions, and federal appellate work. David Hirson was present at the Senate markup of the EB-5 bill in 1990 and filed one of the program's earliest cases in 1991, giving the firm first-mover credibility in a regulated, niche sub-practice.

Commercially, the firm operates as a professional services practice on a fee-for-service basis with quote-based pricing that varies by visa type and case complexity. It serves three primary segments — corporate clients (U.S. companies, startups, hospitals, universities hiring foreign nationals), investors and developers (EB-5 participants, Regional Centers, E-1/E-2 treaty traders), and families/individuals — across more than a dozen countries including China, Vietnam, Korea, the UAE, Canada, and Mexico. Client acquisition is driven primarily by content marketing (multilingual blog, Vietnamese/Chinese resources), organic social media on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn, and direct inbound consultation via phone, email, and website contact forms. Distribution is single-office (Newport Beach) but with global client reach. There is no disclosed technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no external funding, M&A activity, or institutional ownership.

Name

David Hirson & Partners, LLP

Legal name

David Hirson & Partners, LLP

Website

https://hirsonimmigration.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

David Hirson & Partners, LLP is a Newport Beach-based, full-service U.S. immigration law firm serving corporate clients, foreign investors, and families across business, investment, family, and litigation matters, with particular specialization in the EB-5 investor visa program since 1990.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigration Law (BPAHAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Global Mobility & Cross-Border Tax/Immigration Advisory (THACAKAG), Work Permit & Employment Authorization Services (THACAKAB), Family/Dependent Visa & Permit Services for Assignees (THACAKAK), Immigration Legal Services & Representation (Law Firms) (THACAKAF)

Keywords

• Immigration law services
• Employment-based immigration
• Investment visa services
• Family-based immigration
• Immigration litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Costa Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Law firm providing comprehensive immigration legal services to individuals, families, businesses, investors, and developers. Services include employment-based immigration, investment visas (EB-5, E-2), family-based immigration, naturalization, corporate immigration compliance, and immigration litigation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

David Hirson & Partners, LLP is a California-based immigration law firm providing legal representation for businesses, investors, families, and individuals on U.S. immigration matters. The firm's core practice areas cover employment-based immigration, investment/EB-5 visas, family-based immigration, naturalization, corporate immigration compliance, and immigration litigation, serving clients including corporations, hospitals, universities, developers, and foreign nationals.

Product overview

David Hirson & Partners, LLP is a full-service immigration law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services organized around six core practice areas: Employment-Based Immigration (covering all visa categories from EB-1 through EB-5 and nonimmigrant visas including H-1B, L-1, O-1, P-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, TN), Investment Visas (EB-5 Regional Center formation and developer services, E-1/E-2 treaty visas), Family-Based Immigration (Immediate Relative and Family Preference visas, K-1 Fiancé(e) visas), Naturalization (citizenship application assistance), Corporate Immigration Compliance (I-9 verification, FDNS visits, PERM labor certification), and Immigration Litigation (deportation defense, mandamus actions, federal court appeals). The firm also provides specialized EB-5 Regional Center advisory services including I-956 applications, project filings, and compliance reporting. Legal services are delivered through a team of attorneys led by Founding Partner David Hirson, with partners Claudia Rea Jimenez and attorneys Andy Munoz, Wen Long, Chang Liu, and Young Su (Jamie) Kim.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $3 billion in EB-5 deals facilitated across industries
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates PLLC: Specialty immigration boutique with strong employment-based and EB-5 expertise, pursuing a similar niche-led, expertise-driven practice model as David Hirson & Partners.
• Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP (WR Immigration): Specialist immigration firm with global reach across employment-based, investor, and family immigration; closely comparable in mission and client base despite larger international footprint.
• Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP: Boutique-to-mid-size immigration firm with a strong focus on EB-5 and business immigration, very similar service offering and target clientele to DHP, including investor visas and litigation.
• Mark Davies & Associates, PLLC: Boutique immigration firm focused on business immigration and EB-5 investor visas; comparable in service mix and target segments to DHP's investor and employment-based practice.

Broad incumbents

• Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP (BAL): Major full-service immigration firm serving corporate clients with employment-based visa, EB-5, and compliance work; competes for the same corporate mobility and investor mandates that DHP targets.
• Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP: Largest global immigration law firm with hundreds of attorneys across dozens of countries; directly comparable corporate immigration and EB-5 capability, and notably the firm where David Hirson previously served as partner leading the sizeable EB-5 team in the Irvine office.
• EY Law (Ernst & Young) - Immigration Services: Big Four professional services network with a corporate immigration and global mobility practice; competes for enterprise clients seeking integrated immigration, tax, and advisory services.
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Immigration Practice): Global AmLaw firm with a substantial corporate immigration and EB-5 practice; competes for high-value developer and investor mandates out of much larger platform resources.
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Immigration Practice): Large international law firm with established business immigration and compliance practice; comparable for corporate mobility and investor-clients seeking one-stop-shop legal representation.

Others

• IIUSA (Invest in the USA): Industry association representing EB-5 Regional Centers; DHP interacts with and serves member organizations, providing context for competitive positioning within the EB-5 ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DHirsonEB5
• Facebookfacebook.com/hirsonimmigration
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hirsonimmigration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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