Representative Experience
Lead counsel for Mariel Class Action suit to obtain permanent residency. INS had taken no action on nearly 100,000 pending permanent residency applications; filed suit to have INS ordered to adjudicate these applications. After negotiations and litigation, INS consented and adjudicated the applications (exclusive of criminal and mentally ill applicants).

Petition for Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court in Duncan v. INS. Prepared petition and brief on novel immigration issues regarding ineffective assistance of prior counsel and whether a certain criminal statute fell within applicable grounds of deportability.

Petition for Review to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Majothi v. INS (November 1996) testing the sufficiency of proofs in the de novo review of I-751 Conditional Residency cases.

Petition to the U.S. District Court for the North District of Georgia, successfully challenging on retroactivity and due process grounds (November 1997-1999).

Petition to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, challenging unlawful detention and denial of § 212 (C) waiver (September 2001-present).

Defense of various employer sanctions and anti-discrimination claims under IRCA.

Publications
“The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act: Comprehensive Immigration Reform in Georgia – ‘Think Globally....Act Locally,’”  Georgia Bar Journal, Dec. 2007.

“Building the Perfect Client,” American Immigration Lawyer Association Annual Conference Publication, 2007.

Presentations and Speaking Engagements
“Building the Perfect Client,” American Immigration Lawyer Association Annual Conference, 2007.

Speaker, Georgia Association of School Boards annual conference, 2007.

Speaker, Georgia Construction Financial Management Association, 2007.

Speaker, Mexican American Chamber of Commerce, Emory University, 2007

Speaker, The Society of Human Resource Managers, 2007.

Speaker, Georgia Bar Conference on Family Law, 2007.