Stephen Yale-Loehr

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Stephen Yale-Loehr is an American law professor[1] and immigration law attorney.[2] Yale-Loehr earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Cornell University in 1977 and 1981, respectively. He was editor-in-chief of the Cornell International Law Journal during his time at the law school. Upon graduating he clerked for Judge Howard G. Munson of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Yale-Loehr has been a member of the Cornell Law faculty since 1991.

Career

Yale-Loehr is a specialist in United States immigration law.[3][4][5][6] He teaches immigration and asylum law at Cornell Law School and serves as counsel for the firm Miller Mayer[7] in Ithaca, New York. From 1986 to 1994 he served as managing and executive editor, respectively, of two immigration law publications: Interpreter Releases [8] Immigration Briefings.[9] For 10 years he co-authored a bi-monthly immigration column for the New York Law Journal.[10] He also founded and was the first executive director of Invest In the USA, a trade association for the EB-5 visa Regional Center Program.[11][12]

Yale-Loehr has frequently frequently testified before Congress relating to EB-5,[13] L-1[14] and H1-B[15] visas and other immigration related topics.[16][17] In December 2015, he was interviewed by news outlets regarding Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump's proposed Muslim immigration ban.[18][19]

Yale Loehr was the 2001 recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Elmer Fried Award for excellence in teaching[20] and the 2004 winner of American Immigration Lawyers Association's Edith Lowenstein Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law.[21] He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.[22] He is a founding member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers.[23]

Books

He is the co-author of the 20-volume treatise Immigration Law and Procedure which is considered one of the standard reference works in the field [24] and is often cited in U.S. Supreme Court and other federal court case opinions.[25][26][27] His other published books are:

  • Co-author, Immigration And Nationality Law: Problems And Strategies (2013)
  • Editor, Global Business Immigration Practice Guide (2012)
  • S. Amrhein, A. Lindquist, L. Danielson & S. Yale-Loehr, Green Card Stories (2012)
  • Co-author, Secure Borders, Open Doors: Visa Procedures In The Post-September 11 Era (2005)
  • Co-author, America’s Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, And National Unity After September 11 (2003)
  • C. Gordon, S. Mailman, S. Yale-Loehr & R. Wada, Immigration Law And Procedure
  • D. Papademetriou & S. Yale-Loehr, Balancing Interests: Rethinking U.S. Selection Of Skilled Immigrants (1996)
  • S. Yale-Loehr, Understanding The Immigration Act Of 1990 (1991)
  • M. Roberts & S. Yale-Loehr, Understanding The 1986 Immigration Law (1987)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio_stephen_yale-loehr.cfm
  2. ↑ http://www.millermayer.com/our-people/steve-yale-loehr
  3. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/us/politics/supreme-court-to-hear-challenge-to-obama-immigration-actions.html
  4. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/education/edlife/should-foreign-graduates-get-a-visa-edge.html
  5. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/
  6. ↑ http://www.law360.com/articles/637054/q-a-with-cornell-law-school-s-stephen-yale-loehr
  7. ↑ http://www.millermayer.com/
  8. ↑ [1]
  9. ↑ http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Newsletter/Immigration-Briefings/p/100029525
  10. ↑ http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=900005385632/Immigration-Law?slreturn=20150829152652
  11. ↑ https://iiusa.org/
  12. ↑ https://iiusa.org/blog/government-affairs/us-congress/key-senators-introduce-bill-extend-improve-eb5-program-stephen-yaleloehr/
  13. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg54559/pdf/CHRG-111shrg54559.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg91789/pdf/CHRG-108shrg91789.pdf
  15. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg93082/pdf/CHRG-108shrg93082.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-107shrg86041/pdf/CHRG-107shrg86041.pdf
  17. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg34925/pdf/CHRG-110hhrg34925.pdf
  18. ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/is-donald-trumps-muslim-proposal-legal/
  19. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/
  20. ↑ http://www.aila.org/about/annual-awards/elmer-fried-excellence-in-teaching
  21. ↑ http://www.aila.org/about/annual-awards/edith-lowenstein-memorial
  22. ↑ http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/2014_roster.3.pdf
  23. ↑ http://www.abil.com/lawyers/lawyers.cfm?view_all_lawyers=true
  24. ↑ http://www.law360.com/articles/637054/q-a-with-cornell-law-school-s-stephen-yale-loehr
  25. ↑ http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1181.pdf
  26. ↑ https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/pdf/97-1252P.ZO
  27. ↑ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/523/420/

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