Mr. Dixler limits his practice to immigration, visa law, citizenship and related matters since 1993. He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago Chapter, since 1993. Mr. Dixler is Martindale Hubbell AV Rated and was named a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer in immigration for the last nine consecutive years. Many are marriage-based and family immigration clients. However, he is experienced in all aspects of immigration and visa law, with exceptional insight on cancellation of removal and waiver work.Mr. Dixler represents those in Immigration Court facing asylum referrals, criminal deportation and challenging family visa matters, among other issues. Criminal attorneys contact him about the immigration consequences of a criminal record to their foreign clients. He has significant experience with waivers of inadmissibility for crime, misrepresentation, smuggling, and unlawful presence, among other bars. He also serves as a speaker and writes for AILA. Mr. Dixler successfully defends clients in the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Federal Courts. He has filed successful lawsuits against the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in Federal Court to challenging unreasonable delays with adjudication, mistakes interpreting law, naturalizations and name checks. He is also functionally bilingual in Spanish. Mr. Dixler is a Native Chicagoan, who is originally from the Central Rogers Park neighborhood.AwardsAV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-HubbellSuper Lawyer 2022, Thomson West PublishingSuper Lawyer 2021, Thomson West PublishingSuper Lawyer 2020, Thomson ReutersSuper Lawyer 2019, Thomson ReutersSuper Lawyer 2018, Thomson West PublishingSuper Lawyer 2017, Thomson ReutersSuper Lawyer 2016, Thomson West PublishingSuper Lawyer 2015, Thomson West PublishingSuper Lawyer 2014, Thomson West PublishingTop Lawyers in Illinois, American Lawyer MediaSpecial Recognition, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee RightsPublicationsAnnual Conference Materials, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Naturalization and Citizenship Requirements, Updated with Phillip Hornik, et. al., 2017AILA's Focus on Waivers Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Contributor, not Author., 2008American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), The Most Compelling and Exigent Circumstances: Humanitarian Parole Requests Outside the Ports of Entry, 2002AssociationsAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association (Greater Chicago Chapter), Member, 1993 - presentAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association (Rome District Chapter), Active Member, 2011 - presentAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association, (Chicago Chapter), Member, Liaison Committee 2021-22 - ICE- Office of the Chief CounselAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association, USCIS Field Operations Liaison Committee, Member, 2017-2019American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago Chapter), Member - Liaison Committee - ICE-Office of the Chief CounselAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago chapter), Member, Ethics Sub-CommitteeAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association, 2017 Annual Conference Program CommitteeAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago chapter), Member, EOIR Liaison CommitteeAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago chapter), Ethics Committee, MemberAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association (Greater Chicago chapter), Ethics and Unlawful Practice of Law, Co-ChairAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association, National Waivers Committee, Committee MemberAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association - Chicago Chapter, ParliamentarianAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association, National Admissions and Removal Committee, Committee Member