Mona Shah & Associates Welcomes Former BIA Judge on Board
Mona Shah & Associates Welcomes Former BIA Judge on Board
On January 27, 2012 New York
Mona Shah & Associates is thrilled to announce that former Board of Immigration Appeal (BIA) Judge Lory D. Rosenberg joins Mona Shah & Associates as of counsel in January 2012! BIA is the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws. The Board’s principal mission is to ensure that the immigration laws receive fair and uniform application.
Judge Lory D. Rosenberg was appointed to the Board in August 1995, served on as an appellant immigration judge on the BIA until 2002. She also teaches immigration and refugee law as an adjunct professor at Washington College of Law, American University and she is the interim Policy and Advocacy Director of Refugee and Migrant Rights at Amnesty International. She has directed immigration education, training, and federal litigation support programs, and has provided direct business, professional and family immigration and naturalization representation, as well as removal defense services, to private and non-profit clients.
A 1976 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, holding a B.F.A. from New York University, Ms. Rosenberg served as Director of the American Immigration Law Foundation Legal Action Center from 1991 to 1995, practiced immigration law for 18 years in both the private and pro bono sectors, and was a co-founder of the Centro Presente legal and pro bono program for Central American refugees.
Judge Rosenberg’s publications include Immigration Law and Crimes (West Law Group 1997); The Fair Hearings Pleadings Manual (AILF 1992); The Legalization Handbook (Clark Boardman Co. 1987); and she is a contributor to Immigration Law and Defense (West Law Group 1997) and Massachusetts Criminal Defense (Butterworth 1991). She was a featured columnist for Benders Immigration Bulletin, and regularly engages in federal appeals and pro bono amicus litigation. Judge Rosenberg is a frequent lecturer at national and regional seminars, winner of several awards for excellence, and a three-time elected Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Board of Governors.
Judge Rosenberg was Chairperson of the AILA Amicus Committee. She is a member of the National Immigration Project, the National Lawyers Guild, the Federal Bar Association, and the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
Lory D. Rosenberg is an attorney entrepreneur and owner of IDEAS Consultation & Coaching, LLC, an expert consulting and mentoring practice in immigration & refugee law. She has extensive experience as an immigration law analyst, author, mentor, practitioner, teacher, trainer, litigator, and decision-maker involving immigration law and policy.
Her principal business, IDEAS (Immigration Defense & Expert Advocacy Solutions) Consultation & Coaching, LLC offers comprehensive case and issue evaluation, cutting-edge research, on-point strategies, and written arguments and articles, as well as expert testimony and direct representation on a broad range of immigration matters.
Judge Rosenberg has rich experience in immigration law. She is a great asset to Mona Shah & Associates on complicated legal matter regarding immigration appeals, immigration and refugee law, criminal defense and consulate processing. She remains good working relations with various US consulates worldwide.