Admitted
1984, Texas. (Not admitted in Illinois)
Law School
University of Houston, J.D., summa cum laude, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of Virginia, B.A., with honors, 1970; University of Delaware, M.A., 1973; University of D
Memberships
State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Past Member, Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law); American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chair, 1988-1989, Co-Chair, 1993, Past Chair, Committee on Citizenship and Naturalization; Liaison with Region VI of Department of Labor, 1988-1990; Past Secretary, Texas Chapter
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Barons. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts, Criminal Law, Constitution Law, Trusts and Wills; Best Brief Section Award, Legal Communication II. Law Clerk: Tindall & Forster, Houston, Texas, 1981-1984; Hon. Norman W. Black, District Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1984-1985. Author: Solidarity Forever: Rose Schneideman and The National Women's Trade Union League, Arno Press, 1981; How To Prevent Loss of Citizenship, Immigration Briefings, November-December, 1989; You Can Go Home Again: How to Prevent Abandonment of Permanent Resident Status, Immigration Briefing, April 1991; Looking Bank at IMMACT 90, Proceedings of 1992 Annual Meeting of American Bar Association International Section; Loss of Citizenship and the Primacy of Intent, Immigration Journal, July-September, 1989; Loss of Citizenship and Citizenship and Strategies for Response, Federal Immigration Law Update, May, 1989; Responding To A Notice of Findings, Federal Immigration Law Update, February, 1990; Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status, Federal Immigration Law Update, April, 1990; Mother Knows Best: A New Look at an Old Law, Immigration Journal, April-June, 1990; To Lend A Helping Hand: Waivers of Mental Illness and Mental Retardation Under ยง 212(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Federal Immigration Law Update, October, 1990. Co-Author: (with Charles C. Forster), U.S. Immigration Law Update: Hiring Foreign Nationals in U.S.-Making Immigration Law User Friendly, Corporate Counsel Review, November, 1990; (with Jeffrey Hardy), Uncle Sam Wants You: Foreign Investments and Immigration Act of 1990, San Diego Law Review, Summer, 1991; (with Charles C. Forster), Showtime: Foreign Athletes and Entertainers under Immigration Act of 1990, Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, State Bar of Texas, May, 1991; (with Kathleen C. Walker), Legislative History Concerning Labor Certification Changes in H-1B Attestation Requirements of Immigration Act of 1990