Carlos M. Colombo is an EB-5 immigration attorney and co-founder of Colombo & Hurd, PL, an AV-rated law firm with locations in United States, Colombia, and Brazil. Attorney Colombo has helped business people and multinational businesses – including Fortune 500 companies – with issues of international franchising and transactions, acquisitions and mergers, and visa applications for business partners, traders, and treaty investors. He also has experience working with well-known actors, sports personalities and public figures in regards to visa issues.
Attorney Colombo was born in Buenos Aires and, after making several trips to countries around the world, he immigrated to the United States with his family. He has personally witnessed the pitfalls of the U.S. immigration application process and has developed exceptional knowledge of the system.
Attorney Colombo has appeared on major television stations like ABC, Fox News, CNN and Telemundo to offer his expert advice on international commercial deals, immigration, and global trade matters. He is the chair-elect of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando, executive chair of the international department of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, board member of the City of Orlando Nominating Board and the former president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida. He also has a weekly column on the topic of immigration law at the El Nuevo Dia newspaper, and has been a lecturer and a presenter on “U.S. Immigration Law for Employers” at the Sterling Seminar from 2001 to 2008. He also did a cover story for the Hispanic Target magazine in April 2007.
Attorney Colombo completed his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Central Florida in 1996, and attended Emory University School of Law to earn his Juris Doctorate in 1999.
He is fluent in English and Spanish.