Practice/Organization Description
My practice is devoted 100% to immigration and nationality law. This includes family- and employment-based immigrant visas; Fiancee visas; and Intra-company transferees (“L-visas”). I also provide representation in removal (deportation) hearings; appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and obtaining Lawful Permanent Residence (“green cards”) for the abused spouses of U.S. citizens.
Some of my cases involve representing petitioners and aliens where the CIS has denied (or revoked its approval of) a petition, and who are advised by the agency that “there is no appeal from this decision.” It has been my pleasure to prove them wrong on several occasions.
Bar Admissions
Maryland (1991); District of Columbia (1993); California (1998); U.S. Supreme Court (2004); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2003); U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2001); U.S. Court of International Trade (1993); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1993).
Education
B.A. University of Rochester (N.Y.) 1976.
M.A. University of Chicago 1980.
Ph.D. University of Chicago 1987.
J.D. Georgetown University 1991.
Professional Associations & Memberships
American Immigration Lawyers’ Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Section on Immigration Law).