Since 1987, representing small and large domestic and multinational businesses, and individual clients, in the full range of immigration matters.  Current practice areas include: petitions and applications for temporary and permanent employment visa status, relative petition, visa options for foreign medical graduates and other health care professionals, processing of visa applications at American consulates, and citizenship and naturalization.

Areas of Practice

• 100% Immigration & Naturalization Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1986

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1986
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1976
  M.L.S.
  
  
• Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1973
  B.A.
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Mentor, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1999 - Present
• Presenter, AILA National Annual Conference, 1997
• Presenter, AILA National Annual Conference, 2005
• Presenter, AILA Midwest Regional Conference, 1992
• Presenter, AILA Midwest Regional Conference, 1994
• Presenter, AILA Midwest Regional Conference, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1989 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Immigration Law Foundation, 2000 - 2003
  Board of Trustees
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Chicago, Illinois, Solo Practitioner, 1995 - 1998
• Mandel, Lipton & Stevenson, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, Associate Attorney, 1993 - 1995
• Law Offices of Douglas Bristol, Chicago, Illinois, Associate Attorney, 1987 - 1993

Birth Information

• July 3, 1951, Baton Rouge, Louisiana