Admitted
1970, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Rutgers University, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
Rutgers University, B.A., 1967; National Autonomous University of Mexico
Memberships
Essex County, Union County, Hudson County, New Jersey State (Chair, Immigration, Naturalization and Americanism Section, 1995-1998; Member, Sections on: Unlawful Practice of Law; Minorities in the Profession) and Federal (Vice Chair, New Jersey Chapter, 1997) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors and Chair, New Jersey Chapter, 1981; Vice Chair, INS Vermont Service Center Liason Committee, 2000-2001); New Jersey Immigration Policy Network (Member, Board of Trustees, 1985—); Community Health Law Project (Chair, Board of Trustees).
Biographical
Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship. Recipient, Sam Williamson Mentor Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association at National Conference, 1999. Professor, Legal Studies Department, Montclair State University, 1983—. Author: Articles, Removal: the Deportation Process After IIRAIRA; Employer Sanctions Under IRCA; Defending the Criminal Alien. Lecturer and Writer: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Federal Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; New Jersey Lawyer. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2004; Who's Who in New Jersey, 1992.