Michael P. Nowlan

Publications (Co-Author):

• “Practice Pointer:  NTAs Issued for H-1B with Pending COS/COE Filed within the 60-day Grace Period,” AILA, September 2025
• “Practice Pointer:  Guide to Equal Pay Transparency Laws, AILA, (Updated June, 2025)
• “Toolbox of Options for Changes When You are the Last to Find Out,” AILA Spring Chapter Conference, April 10, 2025
• Best Practices for Successful Employment-Based AOS Interviews: Stories from the Field (Offices), AILA Seminar, February 4, 2025
• Top 10 Preparation Tips for an Employment-Based Adjustment of Status (EB AOS) Interview, AILA Webinar Article, February 2025
• Early Career Professionals: “Strategizing Day 1 CPT and 51% PERM Cases,” AILA Midwinter Conference and Webcast, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 17, 2025
• “Practice Pointer:  Helpful Tips When Reviewing and Filing by Mail Form I-129 for H-1B Cases,” AILA Business Section, January 24, 2025
• “Practice Pointer: O*Net Updates and their Effect on PERM and H-1B Filings.” AILA, October 2024
• “Practice Pointer: Guide to Equal Pay Transparency Laws, AILA, November 2024
• “Save Your Clients From SAVE:  Solutions to SAVE Delays and Awareness of Driver’s License Pitfalls and Criminal Risks,” AILA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2024
• “Issues Related to Employment Verification for AILA Meeting with OCAHO, IER, ICE, CRCL, and USCIS,” AILA Liaison Committee, March 2024
• “Advanced Corporate Blanket L Strategies:  Give Me the Haystack and I’ll Find the Needle,” AILA, February 15, 2024
• “Roads Less Traveled: National Interest Waivers and Schedule A Group II for Individuals of Exceptional Ability,” AILA Mid-Year Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, January 2024.
• “Answers to “Quick Questions” and Other Conundrums,” AILA New England Conference, October 2023
• “Key Takeaways from AILA Verification and Documentation Committee Liaison Meeting with OCAHO, DOJ IER, DHS CRCL and USCIS,” AILA, April 26, 2023 and October 4, 2023
• “Practice Pointer: Update On I-9 Audits,” AILA, December 2022
• “Wow, That Was Expensive: LCA and H-1B Traps That Can Cost Clients,” AILA Business Section Steering Committee Roundtable, July 2022
• “Pardon the Interruption: Advanced Tips and Tricks to Tackle Absurd Case Issues,” AILA Annual Conference, June 2020
• “Practice Pointer: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the New Electronic H-1B Registration Process,” AILA, October 2020
• “New USCIS Notice to Appear (NTA) Policy Guidance: Consideration for Business Practitioners,” Co-Author, August 2018
• “Scaling the Invisible Wall: Approaching New Client Fees and Fee Agreements,” AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, June 2019
• “The President’s Quiet Attacks on Lawful Employment-Based Immigration,” Best Lawyers, January 10, 2018

Presentations:

• “PERM Denials and Trends,” Discussion Leader, AILA Business Section Steering Committee, September 15, 2025
• “Representing Clients During I-9 Audits and Wage and Hour Division and HS1 Investigations:  Don’t Freeze!,” AILA Mid-Year Conference, Boston, MA, September 12, 2025
• “Alien Registration Requirement Resurrected: Concerns, Tips and Tricks from the Experts,” AILA Seminar, June 3, 2025
• “Immigration 101 Hour,” Roundtable, AILA Business Section Steering Committee, May 28, 2025
• “Hot Topics in Immigration for Employers with Clark Hill,” webinar, U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), May 13, 2025
• “Immigration Strategies in EB Immigration: When Things Go Wrong,” Roundtable, AILA Spring Chapter Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 10, 2025
• “PERM Hot Topics,” AILA Chicago Chapter’s Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, March 7, 2025
• “Updates to DOL Processes and Changes Yet to Come,” 2025 AILA Hot Topics and Survival Skills Virtual Conference, March 4, 2025
• “Immigration 101 Hour,” Roundtable, AILA Business Section Steering Committee, February 27, 2025
• “Anticipated Immigration Law Issues That Impact General Contractors,” Associated General Contractors of Michigan Webinar, February 5, 2025
• “Understanding K-12 Schools’ Obligations Under Federal Immigration Laws,” Clark Hill Webinar,  January 29, 2025
• “Strategizing NIV Solutions and Long-Term Green Card Goals,” AILA Midwinter Conference and Webcast, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 17, 2025
• “Save Your Clients From SAVE,” AILA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2024
• Michigan Relocation Council – Corporate Roundtable, Farmington Hills, MI, May 20, 2024
• “Employment-Based Non-Immigrant Hot Topics:  H-1B Updates, TN Updates, Fee Changes,” Michigan AILA Chapter Annual Conference, Southfield, MI, May 10, 2024
• “Advanced Corporate Blanket L Strategies,” AILA Webinar, February 15, 2024
• “An In-Depth Look at National Interest Waivers & Schedule A Exceptional Ability,” AILA Mid-Year Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, January 19, 2024
• “Alternative Procedure – Virtual Verification of I-9 Documentation and New Form I-9,” AILA Mid-South Conference, Arkansas, October 27, 2023
• “Answers to “Quick Questions” and Other Conundrums,” AILA New England Conference, October 6, 2023
• “The New Form I-9 and Virtual Document Review Option – Late Breaking Seminar,” Presenter, AILA, August 2023
• “Let’s Talk Outside the Box: L’s, E’s, O’s, TN’s,” Moderator, Federal Bar Association Immigration Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, May 6, 2023
• “Avoiding the ICE Man – Current I-9 and E-Verify Completion and Compliance Issues,” 2023 Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago AILA Chapter, Chicago, IL, March 2023
• “Wow, That Was Expensive: LCA and H-1B Traps That Can Cost Clients,” AILA Business Section Steering Committee Roundtable, July 2022
• Business Section Steering Committee Roundtable. AILA University, June 29, 2022
• “Independents’ Day: Developments in L, E and TN Practice, Federal Bar Association, Detroit, MI, May 2022
• “Material Changes & When to File Amendments,” 19^th Annual AILA New England Immigration Law Conference, March 2022
• “Ask BIRT: Tax Issues and Considerations for Foreign Nationals Who Cannot Work in the U.S.,” AILA, February 2022
• “FY 2023 H-1B Cap Season: Electronic Registration and What You Need to Know Now,” AILA University, January 2022
• “Opening Your Doors to International Talent,” Oakland County Michigan Works, Michigan, August 2021
• “Ask BIRT AILA’s Business Immigration Response Team Open Questions, February 2021
• “Ask BIRT AILA’s Business Immigration Response Team Open Questions, August 2020
• “Pardon the Interruption: Advanced Tips and Tricks to Tackle Absurd Case Issues,” AILA Annual Conference, June 2020
• “Michigan Chapter Business Immigration Update Call” MI AILA Chapter, April 2020
• “Fighting It Out: Competing H-1B and PERM Practice Strategies” AILA Mid-Winter Conference, Curacao, January 2020
• Ask BIRT: AILA’s Business Immigration Response Team Open Questions, October 2019
• “Scaling the Invisible Wall,” AILA Annual Conference, June 2019
• “Immigration Changes, Enforcement, Processes, and Proposed Regulations,” Michigan Chamber of Commerce, December 13, 2018
• “Immigration for Business in 2018,” S.E. Michigan Employment Conference, May 3, 2018
• “Hot Topics in Immigration,” The State Bar of Michigan NEXT Conference, September 28, 2017
• “Immigration Changes and I-9 Updates Under the New Administration,” Clark Hill Labor and Employment Law Conference, May 4, 2017
• Presenter at the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners Community Forum on Immigration, Detroit, MI, March 30, 2017
• “Immigration Changes: New Regulations and Enforcement,” Webinar for the Horton Group’s Clients and Friends, March 3, 2017
• “Updates from the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, With Officials from the U.S. Consulate,” Discussion Leader, MI AILA Mini-Conference, Livonia, MI, January 27, 2017

Cited:

• “Michigan companies scramble as Trump hikes fees on skilled worker visas,” Crain’s Detroit Business, September 2025
• “Google Pauses Green Card Applications Leaving Foreign Workers in Limbo,” Observer, January 2023
• Henry Ford Health System to Recruit 500 Nurses,” Crain’s, September 2022
• “Top 3 Immigration Cases of 2021: Year in Review,” Law360, December 2021
• “Top Five Immigration Policy Changes from 2020,” Law360, December 2020
• “Top Five Immigration Policy Changes from 2020,” Law360, December 2020
• “Trump Pushes to Reap Biometric Data from Immigrants, Americans,” Bloomberg Law, September 2020
• “Attys Fear Longer Visa Wait Times with New Biometrics Rule,” Law360, September 2020
• “USCIS Disputes Improperly Denying 900 H-1B Visa Registrations,” Forbes, April 2020
• “Hospitality Biz Faces Visa Hurdles as Virus Forces Closures,” Law360, April 2020
• “Pandemic Creates Roadblocks During H-1B Visa Cycle,” Law360, April 2020
• “USCIS Mistakenly Denied Over 100 H-1B Visa Registrations,” Forbes, April 2020
• “For H-1B Workers Facing Turmoil, Opportunity Lies Abroad,” CIODive, April 2019
• “H-1B Approvals Down, Requests for Evidence Up as Filing Season Approaches,” HRDive, February 2019
• “Trump Assures H-1B Holders ‘Potential Path to Citizenship’ What Does He Mean?” Observer, January 2019
• “Skilled Worker Visa Lottery Could Favor Advanced Degree Holders,” Bloomberg Law, October 2018
• “New Worries for Working Spouses of Visa Holders,” Crain’s Detroit Business, September 2018
• “Trump’s H1-B Reform Is Unlikely to Happen Overnight,” Observer, January 4, 2018
• “H1B: There aren’t enough US workers to fill STEM positions,” Radio Sputnik, April 19, 2017
• “Amid tough talk on immigration, fewer companies apply for H-1B visas,” Crain’s Detroit Business, April 18, 2017
• “Trump rhetoric expected to spark an uptick in visa applications,” Crain’s Detroit Business, April 7, 2017
• “Detroit Police ‘Never Ask Immigration Status,” That’s Not Our Job, Chief Says,” MLive, March 2017
• “Metro Detroit companies, universities weigh fallout from immigration order,” Crain’s Detroit Business, January 30, 2017
• “5 Things Immigration Attys Shouldn’t Bill Clients For” Law360, July 2016
• Fresh Start – Immigration Attorney Guides Clients to New Life in the U.S., featured in Macomb County Legal News, June 2016; and Jackson County Legal News, July 2016
• Wooing the World: Lawyers help in the effort to keep the best, brightest foreign workers in the state, Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly, August 1, 2011
• The downturn, rule change leave visas unclaimed, Crain’s Detroit Business, June 7, 2010

Clark Hill Immigration Business Unit Recognition:

• Immigration Law firm of the Year in Michigan, The Lawyer Network (2025)
• Immigration Law Firm of the Year in Michigan, Global Law Experts (2025)
• Immigration Law Firm of the Year in Michigan, Corporate INTL Global Awards (2025)
• Ranked Tier 1 Nationally and Regionally – Best Law Firms Ranked by Best Lawyers (2025)
• Chambers USA’s Guide Launch and Ranking – Immigration (USA) (2024)-Band 4
• Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine Corporate Immigration Law Firm of the Year (2024)
• Ranked Tier 1 Nationally and Regionally by U.S. News and World Report (2020-2022)
• Immigration Law Firm of the Year, Gamechangers Global Awards (2021, 2022)
• Ranked Nationally by U.S. News and World Report (2015-Present)
• ACQ Law Award Winner Immigration Law Firm of the Year (2017-2018, 2020)
• Corporate LiveWire Global Award Winner for Immigration Law Firm of the Year (2015-2016, 2018)
• Recognized U.S. Immigration Law Firm of the Year in the ACQ Law Awards (2014-2015, 2017-2018)
• Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine Corporate Immigration Law Firm of the Year USA (2018)
• Named Immigration Law Firm of the Year USA by Finance Monthly Law Awards (2017-2018)
• Rated Nationally by Best Lawyers for Immigration Law in Detroit, Michigan (2017)
• Named Legal Team of the Year for Corporate Immigration by Lawyer Issue (2017)
• Corporate LiveWire International M&A Awards Immigration Law Firm of the Year (2015-2016)
• Listed U.S. Regional Immigration Law Firm of the Year in the ACQ Law Awards (2014)
• Award for Excellence in Immigration Law Michigan by AI Global Immigration & Logistics (2015)
• Named Best Immigration Specialist for Fortune 500 Companies – Michigan and Best International Immigration Team – Michigan by Acquisition International Global Mobility and Immigration Awards (2014)