Professional Profile

Mark D. Kingstone is a Senior Counsel in the Immigration Practice Group. He is involved in advising and assisting corporations and their foreign national employees on a full range of nonimmigrant and immigrant matters in the context of business immigration. Prior to joining Gibney, Mr. Kingstone was employed by a corporate immigration law firm for nine years, and before that he practiced corporate law in Washington D.C. and London, England.  His clients have ranged from small start-ups to Fortune 100 multinationals, across sectors ranging from video gaming and journalism, to mining and metals and investment banking. On a corporate and individual basis, he has also represented high-profile CEOs and other senior executives of many public companies, as well as high net worth individuals seeking personalized immigration advice.

Representative Matters

Successfully overcame several rigorous Requests for Evidence on O-1 and EB-1A I-140 petitions, including one issued immediately after implementation of the post-Kazarian guidance to USCIS adjudicators.

Managed an extensive training program utilizing the H-3 visa category for a multinational financial institution

Obtained approval of a highly complex Blanket L petition for a corporation whose ownership was concentrated in a chain of numerous offshore, non-public, vehicles

Led a smooth transition of all visa-related matters in a major corporate spin-off with only two weeks’ notice of sale before closing, retaining the business of the spun-off entities

As the sole attorney leading a team of 6 paralegals, strategized and managed the entire nonimmigrant visa production process for an extremely high-volume Fortune 100 company with over 4000 subsidiaries worldwide

Counseled multinational clients on Business Visitor visa policies

Memberships and Affiliations

American Immigration Lawyers Association, National and New York Chapters

Articles, Publications and Lectures

Mr. Kingstone co-led a half-day session for in-house counsel and immigration specialists introducing the full range of business-related nonimmigrant visas for the American Council on International Personnel (ACIP)’s seminar: In-House Immigration Processing and Management - A Basics Workshop  (New York, NY, December 2008). 

Professional and Community Involvement

Worked with House Ways & Means Committee and Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law to draft legislation providing immunity from prosecution for Social Security fraud to immigrants amnestied under IRCA; legislation passed as part of the Omnibus Budget Act of 1990.

Education

LL.M with Distinction, International and Comparative Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1992
Honours B.A. & M.A., Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1987
B.A., magna cum laude, English History & Literature, Harvard College, 1983

Bar Admissions

California