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Here is some information about myself:
- Born 1952 in Detroit, Michigan.
- Received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University in 1977.
- Received my Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan in 1981.
- Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1988.
- Received Litigation Award for Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma in 1994.
- Investigator for unauthorized practice of law for subcommittee of the Texas Supreme Court from 1986 to 1998.
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Texas Chapter Liaison to Immigration Court from 1988 to 1991.
- Attended Tel Aviv University in Israel from 1975 to 1976, where I studied Middle Eastern Relations.
- Worked at the U.S. Consulate General in Tel Aviv from 1975 to 1976.
Published Decisions
- Matter of Pineda, Interim Decision BIA 3112, 1998
This decision pointed out evidence relevant to establish a bona fide
parent-child relationship in a Family Visa Petition.
- Criminal Immigration
Ex Parte Mario Tovar Cervantes 762 sw2d 577, 1988
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This decision enforced section 26.13(a)(4), V.A.C.C.P. (1987),
which requires all Texas Criminal Courts to inform non-citizens,
before they plead guilty, that they may be deported or declared
ineligible to become U.S. citizens.
Publications and Speaking:
- November 19, 1987
Houston Bar Association
Amnesty Update
- February 25, 1988
American Immigration Lawyer Association
Workshop: Exclusion Waivers
- December 1989
Ex Parte Tovar Cervantes 762 SW 2d 577
- October 7-9, 1993
17th Annual Conference on Immigration
and Naturalization - The University of
Texas School of Law
Representing the Criminal Alien
- March 25,1994
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Chapter Litigation Award for Outstanding Litigation Under
the Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States
- September 14-15, 1995
19th Annual Conference on Immigration
Naturalization - The University of
Texas School of Law
Criminal and Medical Grounds for Exclusion and Deportation
- October 8-9, 1988
22nd Annual Conference on Immigration
Nationality - The University of Texas School of Law
Relief from Removal Under the IIRRAIRA
- April 18, 2000
Family Law Center
Immigration Issues in Juvenile, Family and Criminal Law
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