Immigration Law

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Immigration Law

The Immigration Law Section provides education, advice and disseminates information regarding current conditions relating to the practice before various government agencies including Department of Homeland Security, U.S. and state Department of Labor, etc., to its members in the area of U.S. immigration law.

Dues: $15/yr
Section Year: June to June (one year term)

Section Officers

Dara Lynn Berger, chair
Law Office of Dara L. Berger, LLC
400 Northpark Town Center, Suite 1115
1000 Abernathy Road
Atlanta, Georgia, 30328
Phone: 404-234-1619
Fax: 770-512-7882
Email: dara@dlb-legal.com

Safiya Webber Byars, vice chair
Law Office of Safiya Byars
160 Clairemont Avenue, Suite 200
Phone: (678) 954-5809
Fax: (866) 231-0432
Email: sbyars@byarslawgroup.com

Anton F. Mertens, immediate past hair
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
Promenade II, Suite 3100
1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309-3592
Phone: 404-815-3733
Fax: 404-685-7033
Email: afmertens@sgrlaw.com

Section Meetings

Membership Roster

Name	Position	Term Expires
Mr. Peter Hills Acker	Member	2013
Ms. Samantha Silva Acquisto	Member	2013
Ms. C. Mengu Acun	Member	2013
Mr. Selasi Evans Adika	Member	2013
Ms. Oksana Sergeevna Agapova	Member	2013
Mr. Frank Louis Aitcheson, III	Member	2013
Ms. Uzoamaka Angela Akpele	Member	2013
Ms. Karima Al-Amin	Member	2013
Mr. Allan Earl Alberga	Member	2013
Mr. Luis Guillermo Alemany	Member	2013
Ms. Rebecca Alexander	Member	2013
Mr. W. Charlton Allen, Jr.	Member	2013
Mr. Menelik Rene Alleyne	Member	2013
Mr. Chae Ho An	Member	2013
Mr. Lyle Vincent Anderson	Member	2013
Ms. Carolina Antonini	Member	2013
Mr. Benedict Onyinye Anyanwu	Member	2013
Ms. Kristin Fe Aquino-Pham	Member	2013
Mr. Gilardo Arcila	Member	2013
Ms. Melissa Arcila	Member	2013
Ms. Virginia Clabuesch Arnold	Member	2013
Mr. Muneer Othman Awad	Member	2013
Mr. Motunrayo Olusanya Awotona	Member	2013
Ms. Melissa L. Azallion	Member	2013
Ms. Nicole Marie Babcock	Member	2013
Ms. Neera Ahuja Bahl	Member	2013
Mr. Attilio J. Balbo	Member	2013
Mr. Paul Vincent Balducci	Member	2013
Ms. Kimberly L. Fowler Bandoh	Member	2013
Mr. Robert E. Banta	Member	2013
Mr. Brian Michael Basinger	Member	2013
Ms. Maria Jose Batres	Member	2013
Mr. Dustin Reed Baxter	Member	2013
Mr. Robert Henry Beer	Member	2013
Ms. Julie Lee Ditmore Bennett	Member	2013
Ms. Jennifer L. Bensman	Member	2013
Ms. Dara Lynn Berger	Member	2013
Mr. Scott Edward Bettridge	Member	2013
Ms. Brittany Heather Bolton	Member	2013
Ms. Terri Barton Bragga	Member	2013
Mr. Ricardo Bravo	Member	2013
Ms. Katharine Nell Brimmer	Member	2013
Mrs. Tanya Yvette Brockington	Member	2013
Mr. Joseph Wayne Brown, II	Member	2013
Mr. Daryl R. Buffenstein	Member	2013
Ms. Courtney Janelle Bumpers	Member	2013
Ms. Margaret Moler Bussert	Member	2013
Ms. Safiya Webber Byars	Member	2013
Mr. Michael Eugene Carroll	Member	2013
Mr. Clayton Eugene Cartwright, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Carla Maria Casas	Member	2013
Ms. Toni Leigh Castel	Member	2013
Mr. Charles L. Chambers	Member	2013
Mr. Justin William Chaney	Member	2013
Mr. Shahid Charania	Member	2013
Mr. Socheat Chea	Member	2013
Mr. Jin Choi	Member	2013
Mr. J. Patrick Claiborne	Member	2013
Ms. Sheandra R. Clark	Member	2013
Ms. Patrice Nicole Clarke	Member	2013
Mr. Donald Maurice Coleman	Member	2013
Ms. Danielle Maria Conley	Member	2013
Ms. Jessica Treanette Cook	Member	2013
Ms. Cherie Elizabeth Cookorinis	Member	2013
Mr. Glenn Eric Cooper	Member	2013
Ms. Catherine Heuer Coppedge	Member	2013
Mr. Hector Raul Cora	Member	2013
Ms. Joyce Koo Dalrymple	Member	2013
Ms. Jessica Marie Daman	Member	2013
Mr. Mark Ivan Davies	Member	2013
Ms. Lisa Renee Davis	Member	2013
Ms. Dana Dayagi	Member	2013
Ms. Layli Eskandari Deal	Member	2013
Mr. Jurgen Peter Dersch	Member	2013
Ms. Jodi Dick	Member	2013
Mr. Kenneth Craig Dobson	Member	2013
Ms. Carmen Duran Dodson	Member	2013
Mr. A. Blair Dorminey	Member	2013
Ms. Audra Medders Doyle	Member	2013
Mr. James M. Dunn	Member	2013
Ms. Katherine Lucile Dunn	Member	2013
Ms. Melissa Leigh Durand	Member	2013
Ms. Adalia Lisa Durrette	Member	2013
Mr. Eli Aragorn Echols	Member	2013
Mr. Michael Anthony Edmunds	Member	2013
Ms. Shirley White Edwards	Member	2013
Ms. Rachel Francine Effron	Member	2013
Ms. Grace Onyemaechi Egbufor	Member	2013
Mr. Hassan Hussein Elkhalil	Member	2013
Ms. Erin Elliott	Member	2013
Ms. Monique Shlanda Ewing	Member	2013
Ms. Beryl B. Farris	Member	2013
Mr. Jason Malone Ferguson	Member	2013
Mr. Paul C. Ford	Member	2013
Mr. Russell Calvin Ford	Member	2013
Ms. Linda Jean French	Member	2013
Ms. Chelsea Sean Friauf-Evans	Member	2013
Mr. Miguel Angel Garcia, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Elizabeth Leigh Anne Garvish	Member	2013
Mr. Talal Baha Ghosheh	Member	2013
Ms. Gwenne' Precious Gibbons	Member	2013
Ms. Catherine Y. Gibson	Member	2013
Ms. Marisa Gonzalez	Member	2013
Ms. Stefanie D. Grant	Member	2013
Ms. Virginia Lee Grantham	Member	2013
Ms. Adina Greiner	Member	2013
Ms. Kerri-Ann Nykeisha Griggs	Member	2013
Ms. Kristen Nicole Grush	Member	2013
Ms. Amy Fairchild Haer	Member	2013
Ms. Heather Patricia Hale	Member	2013
Ms. Candace Lynnette Hall	Member	2013
Ms. Carolyn Leigh Hall	Member	2013
Mr. Charles Daron Hall	Member	2013
Mr. George Handelsman	Member	2013
Mrs. Raluca Livia Hanea	Member	2013
Ms. Morgan Alicia Harris	Member	2013
Ms. Sarah Jane Hawk	Member	2013
Ms. Katherine Lee Hendren	Member	2013
Ms. Christina Virginia Hendrix	Member	2013
Mr. Frankie W. Hicks, III	Member	2013
Mr. Roger Louis Hicks	Member	2013
Mr. John A. Hill	Member	2013
Mr. Peter Reed Hill	Member	2013
Ms. Katie Alice Hingerty	Member	2013
Ms. Angela M. Hinton	Member	2013
Mrs. Marilee Fiebig Holmes	Member	2013
Mrs. Fernanda Nunes Hottle	Member	2013
Mr. John Allen Howard, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Jennifer Hubbard	Member	2013
Mr. Jonathan Joseph Hunt	Member	2013
Mr. Vinh Quang Huynh	Member	2013
Mr. Moore-Moses O. Ibekwe	Member	2013
Ms. Linnea Carolina Ignatius	Member	2013
Mr. Taehyung Im	Member	2013
Ms. Brandi L. Iryshe	Member	2013
Mr. Peter Michael Isbister	Member	2013
Mr. Patrick Lee Jarrett	Member	2013
Mr. Anthony Leroy Johnson	Member	2013
Mr. Robert Nilson Johnson	Member	2013
Mr. Kevin John Jones	Member	2013
Mr. Milton D. Jones	Member	2013
Mr. Shawn Anton Kachmar	Member	2013
Mr. Romy Kumar Kapoor	Member	2013
Mr. Valentin Yuri Karpenko	Member	2013
Mr. Joseph Edward Kassab	Member	2013
Ms. Sarah Jeanette Katz	Member	2013
Ms. Rachel Melissa Kaufman	Member	2013
Mr. David Shorter Kennedy, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Nicole Ann Kersey	Member	2013
Ms. Priti Khanna	Member	2013
Mr. Brian Gene Kim	Member	2013
Ms. Hyunju Kim	Member	2013
Mr. Joon Kyong Kim	Member	2013
Mr. Joshua Hea-Myung Kim	Member	2013
Mr. George L. Kimel	Member	2013
Ms. Ashley Anne King	Member	2013
Ms. Annette V. King-Hammond	Member	2013
Mr. Wesley Richard Kliner	Member	2013
Ms. Tracie Lynn Klinke	Member	2013
Ms. Keysha Katrell Knights	Member	2013
Ms. Anne M. Koch	Member	2013
Ms. Vanessa Isabel Kosky Narea	Member	2013
Mr. Myron N. Kramer	Member	2013
Mr. Charles Herman Kuck	Member	2013
Ms. Anita Lakshmi Kumar	Member	2013
Mr. Venkatesh Medicherla Kumar	Member	2013
Mr. Benjamin Landey	Member	2013
Ms. Anne M. Landrum	Member	2013
Ms. Lauren Taylor Lantz	Member	2013
Ms. Bernadine Hood Layne	Member	2013
Mr. George E. Lee	Member	2013
Ms. Lauren H. Levin	Member	2013
Mrs. Catherine M. Lewis	Member	2013
Ms. Emily Rebecca Liss	Member	2013
Mr. George William Little, III	Member	2013
Mr. William Edwin Litton, II	Member	2013
Ms. Loren Christine Locke	Member	2013
Ms. Zulma P. Lopez	Member	2013
Ms. Brenda Lopez Romero	Member	2013
Mr. Jeremy Brian Love	Member	2013
Ms. Audrey Leigh Lustgarten	Member	2013
Mr. Ian Robert Macdonald	Member	2013
Mr. Allan Roth Mackins	Member	2013
Ms. Harsharn K. Makkar	Member	2013
Mr. John M. Mallette, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Maria Josefina Mandanas	Member	2013
Ms. Angela R. Manradgh	Member	2013
Mr. Corey Bernard Martin	Member	2013
Mr. Frank Emilio Martinez	Member	2013
Mr. William Dwayne Martinez	Member	2013
Mr. Kamau Kessonya Mason	Member	2013
Mrs. Elizabeth Hildebrand Matherne	Member	2013
Ms. Laura Leigh McCook	Member	2013
Ms. Laura Greer McHenry	Member	2013
Ms. Elizabeth Kallie McKee	Member	2013
Mr. Anton F. Mertens	Member	2013
Ms. Megan Elizabeth Millard	Member	2013
Ms. Janise L. Miller	Member	2013
Mr. Willis Linton Miller, IV	Member	2013
Mr. Thomas P. Mitchell	Member	2013
Ms. Barbara J. Mobley	Member	2013
Mr. Hyungsub Moon	Member	2013
Ms. Jennifer Denise Perlman Moore	Member	2013
Mr. Julio Enrique Moreno	Member	2013
Ms. Jenna Marie Morrison	Member	2013
Mrs. Kristin Renee Murphy	Member	2013
Mr. Daniel J. Nagel	Member	2013
Ms. Jennifer J. Neal-Jones	Member	2013
Mr. Jesus A. Nerio	Member	2013
Ms. Peter Trent New	Member	2013
Mr. Mark Jeffrey Newman	Member	2013
Ms. Ellen Frances Ng	Member	2013
Mr. Hoang The Nguyen	Member	2013
Ms. Jenny Nguyen	Member	2013
Ms. Birgit Gerdes Nomura	Member	2013
Ms. Antonia Ngozika Okonkwo	Member	2013
Ms. Masae Yazu Okura	Member	2013
Ms. Aver Eden Oliver	Member	2013
Mr. Cesar Moises Orantes	Member	2013
Mr. Benjamin James Osorio	Member	2013
Ms. Jennifer Lynn Inglis Oswald	Member	2013
Ms. Ruth Claire Ott	Member	2013
Ms. Irmina Rivero Owens	Member	2013
Ms. Josephine S. Owusu	Member	2013
Mr. Alexander Hee Hwang Park	Member	2013
Mr. Yury Jin Park	Member	2013
Mr. John Franklin Pascua	Member	2013
Ms. Avani Hargovind Patel	Member	2013
Ms. Amanda Perez	Member	2013
Mr. David Steuart Perrie	Member	2013
Ms. Daniele Petkovicz-Tedesco	Member	2013
Ms. Katrina Irene Pierzchala	Member	2013
Ms. Joelyn W. Pirkle	Member	2013
Miss Karen Elizabeth Platt	Member	2013
Mr. Winfield Lennard Pollidore	Member	2013
Ms. Natalia Polukhtin	Member	2013
Ms. Venita Aline Polyne	Member	2013
Ms. Laine S. Posel	Member	2013
Mr. Sanford Adam Posner	Member	2013
Mr. Patrick Anthony Powell	Member	2013
Ms. Polly Janan Price	Member	2013
Ms. Lisa Maye Putnam	Member	2013
Ms. Patricia Jean Quinland	Member	2013
Ms. Nancy Elizabeth Quynn	Member	2013
Mr. Seth Rachelson	Member	2013
Ms. Adrienne W. Radulovic	Member	2013
Mr. Kenneth J. Rajotte	Member	2013
Ms. Kristal Starr Ramirez	Member	2013
Ms. Hope Elizabeth Revelle	Member	2013
Ms. Melissa Kate Rice	Member	2013
Ms. Liberty Dunn Richards	Member	2013
Ms. Shelitha Renee Robertson	Member	2013
Mr. Ronald S. Robinson	Member	2013
Mr. Lino Raul Rodriguez, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Mary Christine Roemer	Member	2013
Ms. Jerri Nims Rooker	Member	2013
Mr. Joseph Anthony Roseborough	Member	2013
Ms. Christina Quay Rowles	Member	2013
Mr. Jay Campbell Ruby	Member	2013
Ms. Katherine Foley Ruhs	Member	2013
Mr. Charles Scott Ruis	Member	2013
Ms. Elisabeth Excedina Ruiz	Member	2013
Ms. Keisha JinJah Samuels	Member	2013
Mr. Michael Harvey Saul	Member	2013
Mr. Joseph James Schafrik	Member	2013
Mr. James Stephen Schell	Member	2013
Ms. Nancy Jean Schivone	Member	2013
Mr. Dale M. Schwartz	Member	2013
Mr. Luis Raul Scott, Jr.	Member	2013
Mr. Thad Brendan Servi	Member	2013
Mr. Cameron Shahab	Member	2013
Ms. Shaka M. Shedeke	Member	2013
Ms. Sandra Lee Shin	Member	2013
Mr. Edward Matthew Shoemaker	Member	2013
Mr. Ramesh Sikal	Member	2013
Ms. Lorraine Ruth Silvo	Member	2013
Ms. Juanita E. M. Simmons	Member	2013
Ms. Kelly Ann Simons	Member	2013
Mr. Vladislav S. Sirota	Member	2013
Ms. Erin Michelle Sky	Member	2013
Ms. Hilary Smith	Member	2013
Ms. Jamilia Ndidi Saecou Smith	Member	2013
Mr. Jon Patrick Smith	Member	2013
Ms. Kembra L. Smith	Member	2013
Ms. Sarah Lavonne Smith	Member	2013
Ms. Julia Elizabeth Snow	Member	2013
Ms. Yazmin Sobh	Member	2013
Ms. Zaira Denise Solano	Member	2013
Mr. Jay I. Solomon	Member	2013
Mr. Lester Christopher Solomon	Member	2013
Mr. Randall Philip Solomon	Member	2013
Mr. David Nabow Soloway	Member	2013
Mr. Jonathan David Speiser	Member	2013
Mr. Jean C. Sperling-Cavallero	Member	2013
Ms. Stefanie Magid Spivey	Member	2013
Ms. Jane McNeil Stahl	Member	2013
Ms. Shanon Randhawa Stevenson	Member	2013
Mr. Stephen Francis Suarino	Member	2013
Ms. Humera Subhani	Member	2013
Ms. Sadia Subhani	Member	2013
Mr. Shoaib Hameed Subhani	Member	2013
Ms. Tenagne Tadesse	Member	2013
Ms. Elizabeth Sloane Tait	Member	2013
Ms. Elizabeth B. Taylor	Member	2013
Mr. Robert Paul Taylor	Member	2013
Mr. Christopher J. Teasley	Member	2013
Ms. J. Deborah Wood Temples	Member	2013
Ms. Natalie Alford Temples	Member	2013
Ms. Kim Kiel Thompson	Member	2013
Mr. C. Lewis Tippett	Member	2013
Ms. Aimee Clark Todd	Member	2013
Ms. Beatriz Elena Torrealba-Perez	Member	2013
Ms. Angelica M. Tovar-Hastings	Member	2013
Mrs. Quynh-Nga Thi Tran	Member	2013
Ms. Taryn Michelle Trent	Member	2013
Ms. Lucia Trevino-Lane	Member	2013
Mr. Cuong Minh Truong	Member	2013
Mr. Donald Clinton Turner	Member	2013
Mrs. Franca Cannice Tweedy	Member	2013
Mr. Michael Christian Urbina-Pabon	Member	2013
Mr. Andrew Henry Valli	Member	2013
Mr. Gerald J. Van Buskirk	Member	2013
Mr. Tash J. Van Dora	Member	2013
Ms. Elizabeth J. Vann	Member	2013
Ms. Barbara Vazquez	Member	2013
Ms. Angela Paola Vela Ramirez	Member	2013
Mr. Jose Efrain Velez, II	Member	2013
Mr. David Lincoln Venable	Member	2013
Mr. Daryl J. Walker	Member	2013
Ms. Jessica Lynn Wallace	Member	2013
Mr. Patrick Francis Walsh	Member	2013
Ms. Gail Melanie Walton	Member	2013
Ms. Tasha Helen Washington	Member	2013
Ms. Nicole Marie Weitnauer	Member	2013
Mr. Derek D. Welch	Member	2013
Mr. Jahyun Wie	Member	2013
Mrs. Kristin Gledhill Williams	Member	2013
Ms. Madeline Susan Wirt	Member	2013
Ms. Margaret Wai Wong	Member	2013
Mr. Charles Keith Wood, Jr.	Member	2013
Ms. Sarah Lynne Wooten	Member	2013
Mr. Jeff Zhengquan Xie	Member	2013
Ms. Martina Amir Youssef	Member	2013

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