I have practiced immigration law for over 20 years specializing in deportation defense, federal litigation, asylum, family and employment issues. I have successfully represented hundreds of persons in Immigration Court, before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the various U.S. Court of Appeals and before the Citizenship and Immigration Services. I have traveled across the United States defending persons who the government sought to deport. I also have successfully represented clients not only in deportation proceedings, but in derivative citizenship, naturalization, family and employment-based immigration matters. My admissions include the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits. I wrote the appeal briefs in the landmark victory case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Schneider v. Chertoff, 450 F.3d 944 (9 Cir. 2006). This case successfully challenged the government's restrictive regulations regarding National Interest Waivers for foreign-born International Medical Graduates.