Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Law
• Business Non-Immigrant Visa Petitions (H-1, H-2, O, P, L and TN Visas)
• Preference-Based Immigrant Adjustments (EB 1, 2, 3, etc. and NIWs)
• Employment-Based Immigrant Adjustments (PERM Labor Certifications)
• Student and Trainee Visa Petitions (F, J and M Visas)
• Family-Based Immigrant Adjustments (including K Visas)
• Marriage-Based Immigrant Adjustments
• Consular Processing Abroad
• Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Protection Under CAT
• Relief from Removal, Waivers, and Bond Hearings
• Green Cards and U.S. Citizenship

Honors and Awards

• Law CALI Award for Forensic Science
• Law CALI Award for Product Liability
• Law Dean's list
• Phi Beta Delta Honor Award for International Scholars
• Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award
• United Way Health Education and Community Outreach Award
• ASCA Master's Thesis Award, Honorable Mention

Published Works

• "Measuring Efficiency With a Linear Economic Model," Journal of Applied Economics (with N.K. Womer, T.R. Gulledge and K.E. Haynes), Vol. 35, No: 13, pp. 1459-1467, September, 2003
• "Efficiency Measurement with Linear Economic Models," Journal of Productivity Analysis (with N.K.Womer and T.R. Gulledge), 1998
• "Siting Efficiency of Long-Term Care Facilities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (with T.R. Gulledge, K.E. Haynes and Molly K. O'Neill), Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 25-43, 1998
• "Structural Problems in DEA Modeling," Modeling and Simulation (with T.R. Gulledge, N.K. Womer, et ah), Vol. 23, 1992
• "Siting Efficiency of Long-Term Care Facilities in Northern Virginia: A Data Envelopment Approach," Modeling and Simulation (with T.R. Gulledge and K.E. Haynes), Vol. 23, 1992
• "Multiple Objective Programming for Siting Decision Sensitivity: A DEA Approach," Regional Science Review (with T.R. Gulledge, K.E.Haynes, et al), Vol. 18, pp. 71-80, 1991
• "Constrains in Modeling Hospital Siting: The Northern Virginia Case Study," Modeling and Simulation (with T.R. Gulledge and KJE.Haynes), Vol. 22, 1991
• "Extending Multiple Objective Programming for Siting Decision Sensitivity," Modeling and Simulation (with K.E. Haynes, TJL Gulledge), Vol. 21, pp. 153-158, 1990
• "New Methodology in Context: A Data Envelopment Perspective," Journal of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (with K.E. Haynes, R.R. Stough), Vol. 14, No.2,1990, pp. 85-87, 1990
• "Assessing Regional Siting Decisions Utilizing Multiple Objective Programming," Working Paper (with K.E. Haynes), Pacific Regional Science Summer Institute, Bandung, Indonesia, 1990
• "Kitchen Modular Unit Design: What Kitchens Should Be" Schemata IV, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 1985
• "Places of Greeting and Leave-Taking: Eastern Cultures and Western Architecture," Schemata 111, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 1983
• "Special Issue. Data Envelopment Perspective," Journal of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (with K.E. Haynes, R.R. Stough), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 85-175, 1990

West Practice Categories

Immigration & Naturalization Law, Asylum, Deportation, Immigration, Naturalization & Citizenship, Visas, Litigation & Appeals