Zachary R. New, Esq.

Zachary R. New is a Partner at Joseph & Hall, where his practice focuses on employment-based immigration and federal litigation.  At Joseph & Hall, he’s worked on large scale immigration litigation ranging from class and mass-actions to individual lawsuits for companies and individuals who have received improper treatment by the immigration agencies.  His employment-based practice covers all areas of the business-immigration world, from temporary work visas for companies, to start-ups, to individuals of extraordinary ability, and more.  Through Joseph & Hall, he is a member of IMMPact Litigation, an award winning band of lawyers and law firms dedicated to bring large-scale impact litigation.

Mr. New has worked on the representation of clients at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and various Federal courts, both at the district court and appellate levels.

Mr. New writes academically on changes in immigration law, and the effects of these changes on immigrants, and his works have been published in such law journals as the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law’s Interdisciplinary Law Journal and the Yale Law Journal Forum. He enjoys speaking on broad policy issues related to immigration and advocating to bring lasting change to systemic problems in the immigration system. In his practice he especially enjoys working with individuals and employers to bring lawsuits in Federal Court over erroneous denials, delayed adjudications, and unlawful policies.

In his free time, Mr. New enjoys spending time with his family, going on long road trips with his wife, and volunteering at local animal rescues.

Bar Associations:

• Federal Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Court Admissions:

• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• Colorado Supreme Court
• Executive Office for Immigration Review

Professional Affiliations:

• Board Member, Federal Bar Association, Colorado Chapter
• President, Federal Bar Association, Colorado Chapter (2021 – present)
• Executive Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Colorado Chapter (2023 – present)
• Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, Newer Lawyer’s Division Committee
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Honors & Awards:

• Rising Star Award, American Immigration Lawyers, Colorado Chapter (2022)
• Newer Lawyer of the Year Award, Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section (2022)
• Jack Wasserman Memorial Award for Excellence in Litigation in the Field of Immigration Law (IMMpact Litigation Team), American Immigration Lawyers Association (2022)
• Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch (2025)

Blog Posts:

• H-1B Modernization—Beneficiary-Owners
• H-1B Revocation Court Victories!
• EB-4 or EB-3 for religious worker green cards?
• Onboarding for Summer H-2Bs
• Lawsuit Challenging Parole in Place Filed
• Minimum Investment Amounts Raised for International Entrepreneur Rule
• When do I qualify for a “Cap Gap” extension?
• Supreme Court hears case on Consular Nonreviewability
• 2024 H-1B Lottery Dates
• New H-1B Changes on the Horizon for Lottery Season
• Stateside Visa Renewal Program Has Been Announced
• SpaceX’s Legal Victory in Immigration Discrimination Case
• H-2, H-1B Regulatory Changes on the Horizon
• I-9 Updates: New Form and COVID Flexibilities Ending
• USCIS Conducts Second H-1B Selection for FY 2024
• USCIS Issuing Notices of Intent to Revoke H-1B Status for Multiple Registrations
• Department of State Adopts New Technology to Reduce Administrative Processing Wait Times
• Immigration at the Supreme Court: United States v. Hansen
• USCIS Concludes Initial Section for FY2024 H-1B Lottery
• Retrogression and New Filing Dates in January 2023 Visa Bulletin
• USCIS Concludes FY2023 H-1B Selections
• USCIS Ombudsman’s Office 2022 Annual Report Issued
• For the First Time, Additional H-2B Visas Released for First Half of FY 2022
• A Step in the Right Direction for Deported Veterans
• DOL and DOJ Settle with Facebook Regarding Alleged Discrimination and Use of PERM
• USCIS’s Rush to Approve Green Cards by September 30
• USCIS to permit re-filing of certain rejected H-1B petitions for FY 2021
• USCIS to Return to Policy Granting Deference to Previous Adjudications
• H-1B FY 2022 Registration Set to Open March 9
• DHS Announces New Rule for H-1B Lottery
• A (close to) Final Accounting – Trump Administration Win Rate in Federal Court
• President-Elect Biden’s Immigration Wish List
• New Department of Labor Rules Set to Undercut Legal Immigration
• Celebrating the End of Citizenship Week 2020
• USCIS Conducts Second H-1B Lottery
• Status of Current Challenges to Presidential Proclamations
• New Ban on Non-Immigrant Visas to Impact H-1B, H-2B, J-1, and L-1 Visa Applicants
• A Decade of H-1B Precedent Overturned – the Power of Federal Litigation
• Record High H-1B Registrations for Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B Lottery
• Two Years Out, Data Shows New Department of Defense Policies’ Impact on Naturalization
• Supreme Court Stays Injunction on Public Charge
• New Rule Proposed to Further Restrict Asylum Eligibility
• DACA at the Supreme Court – The Last Stop Before Dreamers Leave Legal Limbo

Firm News:

• Zachary New’s essay featured in Yale Law Journal Forum

Publications:

• "Silence and the Second Wall," Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Vol. 27, 2019
• “Ending Citizenship for Service in the Forever Wars,” Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 129, pp. 552, 2020
• “The Failures of Good Moral Character Determinations in Naturalization Proceedings,” University of Colorado Law Review, 93 U. Colo. L. Rev. 367 (2022).

Speaking Engagements:

• "The Administration of Immigration" C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, October 2019
• AILA University Roundtable, Litigating EAD Delays: Card Production and H-4 EAD Delays
• AILA Colorado New Members Division, Nuts and Bolts of Bringing an Administrative Procedure Act Lawsuit
• Re-Imagining Citizenship, Law and Society Association 2021 Annual Meeting
• “Introduction to H-2 Applications,” Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, Newer Lawyers Division (2022)
• “Are H-2 Visas Really a Viable Option for My Agricultural and Seasonal Employers?” American Immigration Lawyers Association, California Chapters Annual Conference (2023)
• “Strategies for Immigration Litigation: Issue Spotting for Federal Court,” American Immigration Lawyers Association, Colorado Chapter Annual Conference (2024)