Earl "Trey" DeBrine

Trey DeBrine is an experienced attorney focusing on employment and family-based immigration law. His current practice includes business non-immigrant visa options, such as H-1B, L-1, TN, and P-1 visas, as well as immigrant visas through PERM, Multinational Managers, Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers and Professors, and National Interest Waivers. Trey specializes in J-1 waivers through Conrad 30, DHHS Interested Government Agency waivers, and no objection waivers.

Trey has advised a wide range of business clients throughout his career. He has represented Fortune 100 companies, school districts, medical facilities, mid-sized businesses, and small businesses with as little as one immigrant employee in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Trey has directly advised human resources on immigration compliance and legal strategies for immigrant employees. Further, he specializes in complex business scenarios such as mergers and acquisitions, sales, new office openings, and third-party placement. Trey has also represented individual clients with family-based immigration, student opportunities, independent employment search options, and naturalization. He specializes in immigration options for employees in the medical, higher education, primary education, technology, engineering, and professional and amateur sports industries.

Apart from his employment-based practice, Trey also specializes in immigration options for families. He assists clients with petitions for spouses, children, parents, and siblings, including adjustment of status, consular processing, and fiancé(e) visas. Trey also guides people through the naturalization process to ensure that clients complete their extensive immigration journey successfully. He maintains a commitment to keeping families together, reuniting families who have been separated, and guiding them through every step of the U.S. immigration process.

While Trey is based in North Carolina, he represents businesses and people throughout the country and individuals at consulates across the globe.

Trey graduated in the top ten percent of his class from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. Trey later received his J.D. from the Washington College of Law American University. During law school, Trey represented clients with the Immigrant Justice Clinic, served as the Immigrants' Rights Coalition Policy/Advocacy Committee Chair, and held positions with the American Bar Association and prominent immigration law firms.

In his free time Trey enjoys spending time with his husband, Matt, and their dog, Jack. You can usually find him on a hiking trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains or at a local brewery.