Note on firm status: The website rickgump.com currently redirects to Truett, Gump & Gavin Law Group at https://tgg-law.com/, indicating a merger or rebrand involving Richard A. Gump, Jr. and additional partners. The firm appears to continue operating from the same Dallas address under the Truett, Gump & Gavin Law Group name. This profile covers the firm as established by Richard A. Gump, Jr.; information about the rebranded entity should be confirmed directly with the firm.
Richard A. Gump, Jr. was the twenty-second lawyer hired at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in 1972, before that firm became one of the largest and most recognized law firms in the country. His first immigration client arrived in 1973, referred from a bank customer whose foreign national personnel needed visa assistance. That accidental entry into immigration law became the defining direction of a fifty-year practice. He handled the first employer sanctions case filed in the Southwestern United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and later served as co-counsel in one of the largest civil and criminal settlements in worksite compliance history. In 1993, he founded his own immigration firm in Dallas.
Overview
The Law Offices of Richard A. Gump, Jr., PC was established in 1993 at One Galleria Tower, Suite 1940, 13355 Noel Road in Dallas, Texas, following more than twenty years of immigration law practice at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. The firm focuses exclusively on immigration law, covering business immigration, investor visas, worksite compliance, and immigration due diligence in corporate transactions.
Richard Gump’s career in immigration law spans more than fifty years, beginning in 1973 when he handled his first immigration matter as an incidental part of his business and banking law practice. By the time he founded his own firm, immigration had long since become his primary focus.
The firm’s national recognition is substantial. Gump has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in Immigration Law for more than ten consecutive years, is listed in Chambers America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, appears in the International Who’s Who of Business and Corporate Immigration Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in immigration by Texas Monthly Magazine. D Magazine listed him among Best Lawyers in Dallas in 2014.
Practice Areas
Business Immigration is the firm’s primary practice. This covers the full range of immigration strategy for employers: obtaining work authorization for international employees, planning immigration pathways for senior executives and technical personnel, and advising businesses on long-term immigration compliance.
Non-Immigrant Visas for professionals, technical personnel, and executives cover the most common categories of temporary work authorization, including the planning required to maintain status and eventual transitions to permanent residency.
Immigrant Visas and permanent residency pathways include employer-sponsored green cards and related permanent immigration processes for business employees and their families.
Investor Visas (EB-5) address the immigrant investor program, which provides a pathway to permanent residency for qualifying foreign nationals who make substantial investments that create U.S. jobs.
Labor Certification covers the PERM labor certification process required for many employer-sponsored immigrant visa petitions.
Worksite Compliance is a significant and specialized component of the practice. The firm advises employers on I-9 compliance, worksite inspection preparation, and compliance programs to reduce exposure to enforcement actions. Gump’s history of handling the first IRCA employer sanctions case in the Southwest and co-counseling in one of the largest worksite compliance settlements in history gives this practice area unusual depth.
Immigration Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions addresses the immigration review that acquirers and their counsel should conduct when acquiring companies with international workforces. This is a technically specific niche within corporate transactional practice that requires both corporate transaction knowledge and deep immigration law expertise.
Attorney Profiles
Richard A. Gump, Jr. is the Principal and Founder.
Education: B.A. in Government, University of Texas, 1969; J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1972 (member of Phi Delta Phi legal honor fraternity).
Military service: U.S. Army Reserves, active duty training.
Bar admission: Texas.
Memberships: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); International Bar Association; International and Labor Employment Law Sections of the American Bar Association and State Bar of Texas; Federal Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association.
Career beginning: Joined Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in December 1972 as the 22nd lawyer at the firm, practicing general business and bank law before his first immigration client arrived in 1973. Founded the Law Offices of Richard A. Gump, Jr., PC in 1993 to focus exclusively on immigration law.
Recognition: Best Lawyers in America in Immigration Law for 10+ consecutive years; Texas Super Lawyer in immigration (Texas Monthly); International Who’s Who of Business and Corporate Immigration Lawyers; Chambers America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas 2014.
Notable practice history: Handled the first employer sanctions case filed in the Southwestern United States under IRCA (1986). Co-counsel in one of the largest civil and criminal settlements in worksite compliance history.
Community: Former President of the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities, the Downtown YMCA, and the Dallas Texas Exes. Recipient of the 2005 Dallas Texas Exes Outstanding Alumnus Award and the 2009 Dallas YMCA Theodore P. Beasley Distinguished Leadership Award.
Location and Service Area
Office: 13355 Noel Road, LB 39, One Galleria Tower, Suite 1940, Dallas, TX 75240.
Phone: (972) 386-9544.
Website: https://www.rickgump.com/ (redirects to https://tgg-law.com/ for Truett, Gump & Gavin Law Group)
The firm is based in Dallas and handles business immigration matters for clients across the Dallas metropolitan area and beyond. Immigration law is federal in nature, and the firm handles matters for businesses with international personnel across the United States.
Parking and accessibility details are not publicly specified.
Client Focus
The firm serves businesses of varying sizes with international workforces, employers navigating worksite compliance requirements, corporate clients requiring immigration due diligence in transactions, and foreign national investors and professionals seeking U.S. work authorization or permanent residency.
Whether initial consultations are provided without charge is not publicly specified. Fee structures are not publicly specified.
Languages spoken beyond English are not publicly available.
FAQ
Has the firm merged or rebranded?
The website rickgump.com currently redirects to Truett, Gump & Gavin Law Group at https://tgg-law.com/, indicating that Richard A. Gump, Jr. has joined or merged his practice with additional partners. The firm appears to continue at the same Dallas address under the Truett, Gump & Gavin Law Group name. Confirmation of current firm structure should be sought directly from the firm.
How long has Richard Gump been practicing immigration law?
His first immigration client arrived in 1973. He has practiced immigration law for over fifty years. He founded his dedicated immigration firm in 1993.
Does the firm handle worksite compliance and I-9 matters?
Yes. Worksite compliance is a specific and significant practice area. Gump handled the first employer sanctions case filed under IRCA in the Southwestern United States and served as co-counsel in one of the largest civil and criminal worksite compliance settlements in history.
Does the firm handle immigration due diligence in mergers and acquisitions?
Yes. The firm advises acquiring companies on reviewing the immigration status and compliance of target companies with international workforces, which is a technically specific area where corporate transaction knowledge and immigration law expertise must be combined.
What national recognition has the firm received?
Richard Gump has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in Immigration Law for more than ten consecutive years, is listed in Chambers America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and the International Who’s Who of Business and Corporate Immigration Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly.
Closing
Richard Gump’s fifty-year immigration law practice, from his first immigration client in 1973 through the founding of his own firm in 1993 and the subsequent Truett, Gump & Gavin merger, reflects a career built through sustained commitment to a single field. His involvement in landmark worksite compliance cases and his sustained presence in every major immigration law recognition list place the practice at an unusual level of depth within the Dallas immigration bar.