Areas of Practice

• Immigration & Naturalization Law
• Asylum
• Deportation and Removal Defense
• Immigration
• Naturalization & Citizenship
• Visas
• Detained Aliens in Immigration Custody
• Business Organizations

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2008

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  
• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, May, 1983
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  
  

Honors and Awards

• "AV Rated" or "Very High" to "Preeminent" in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Rating Service
• Salvation Army Community Volunteer Of The Year Award, 1991 - 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar Association, 1987 - Present
  
  
• American Bar Association, 1987 - Present
  
  
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1990 - Present
  
  

Languages

• French
• Creole
• Russian