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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 11:57:57+00:00

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Jeff Joseph is a graduate of the University of Denver, College of Law. He is a past Chapter Chair of the Colorado Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a past elected director on the AILA National Board of Governors. Mr. Joseph currently serves on the national liaison committee between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and AILA and as Chair of the AILA Federal Court Litigation Section. He has formerly served in numerous leadership positions in AILA including as Chair of the AILA National 2011 Annual Conference, the AILA National Liaison Committee with the headquarters of the Executive Office for Immigration Review for two years, two terms as chair of the AILA Amicus Committee, for three years as a member of the National US Citizenship and Immigration Services Liaison Committee and for three years as a member of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Liaison Committee. Mr. Joseph was on the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council from 2006-2012 and served as Chair of the Litigation Action Committee.
In 2004, he received the Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award from AILA. In 2005, he was named a finalist in the Denver Bar Association/Denver Business Journal Best of the Bar Awards. In 2008, Mr. Joseph was nominated by the Denver Business Journal as one of Denver’s “Forty under 40” which recognizes forty young entrepreneurs for their business skills, leadership and community service. In 2009-2015, Mr. Joseph was selected by his peers for inclusion into the Best Lawyers in America in the field of immigration. And, in 2015 was named Best Immigration Lawyer of the Year in Denver by Best Lawyers. In 2006 through 2015, Mr. Joseph was named a Colorado Superlawyer by Colorado Superlawyer Magazine. 5280 Magazine also named Mr. Joseph a “Top Lawyer” in the area of immigration law for 2006 through 2015. Joseph Law Firm, P.C. has also been ranked as a Top Tier law firm in the field of Immigration Law by U.S. News and World Reports. In 2008, Mr. Joseph was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to the Colorado Nonimmigrant Agricultural Seasonal Worker Pilot Program Advisory Council.
He has been qualified as an expert witness before the state and federal courts on employment-related and criminal-related immigration issues, and is a frequent local and national lecturer on various immigration topics. Mr. Joseph has been a speaker at the annual AILA conferences every year since 2001, and he has also addressed numerous other regional and state immigration conferences.
In addition to his immigration experience, Mr. Joseph also serves as Secretary of the Board of the Mexican Cultural Center, as founder and co-chair of Urban Nights Denver to benefit Urban Peak and as Secretary of the Joseph Family Foundation. Mr. Joseph is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, and the Colorado GLBT Bar Association.
Mr. Joseph has represented clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the Circuit Courts of Appeals, and has published several opinions in those courts.
University of Denver, College of Law - J.D.
2004 Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer of the Year Award (Given at the annual awards ceremony of the American Immigration Lawyers Association to one young lawyer who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the field of immigration law).
2008 nominated by the Denver Business Journal as one of Denver’s “Forty under 40’ for business skills, leadership and community service.
In re: ______________, (Colorado Supreme Court, Attorney Regulation Counsel), Provided expert opinion memo regarding claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and attorney malfeasance on behalf of Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulations Counsel.
In re Marriage of Ahmed, (District Court, Adams County), Qualified as an expert in immigration law for contested divorce case.
In re: ______________, (Colorado Supreme Court, Attorney Regulation Counsel), Appointed as an expert on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in case that went to formal proceedings.
U.S. v. Dien Thanh Ngo, 13-cr-00181-REB (U.S. Distrrict Court) (appointed as an immigration expert by the U.S. District Court).
In re: ______________. (Colorado Supreme Court, Attorney Regulation Counsel), Appointed as an expert on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in a case that went to formal proceedings. Later appointed as practice monitor after the case settled.
Riley v. INS, 310 F.3d 1253 (10th Cir. 2002) which expanded on the Supreme Court’s decision in INS v. St. Cyr, and in the 10th circuit established the right to habeas review in non-criminal as well as criminal cases. Riley also established in the 10th circuit the right to invoke equitable tolling to the 90 day statute of limitation on motions to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel.
Vo v. Greene, 109 F. Supp. 2d 1281 (D. Colo. 2000) declared 236(c) unconstitutional, but would later be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Yuk v. Ashcroft, 355 F.2d 1222 (10th Cir. 2004) is cited for the proposition that it does not offend due process for the BIA to affirm the decision of the immigration judge without opinion.
Al-Karim v. Mukasey, Docket No. 08-00671, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28815 (D. Colo., March 25, 2009) found jurisdiction over mandamus suit in delayed residency application based on alleged terrorism related inadmissibility and ordered the government to adjudicate the case in 60 days.
USCIS Does an About Face on the Definition of “Temporary.” Did We Stand-By and Take it? No Way.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Creating Jobs in the U.S.
Contributing Editor, Immigration Edition of the COLORADO LAWYER, October 2006.
Florida Bar Association, South Florida AILA Chapter, Annual Immigration Update, Waivers of Relief from Removal, March 2006 (contributing author and invited speaker and panelist).
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Convention, Detention Issues and Strategies—Advanced Track, San Antonio Texas, June 2006 (discussion leader and contributing author).
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Fall Conference, Maintaining Status for Business Clients—New York City, September 2006 (invited speaker and panelist).
Colorado Public Defender’s Office, Annual Conference, September 2006, Immigration Consequences of Criminal Pleas and Convictions (invited speaker and panelist).
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Web Teleconference, Federal Court Mandamus Actions to Challenge Naturalization Denials, November 2006, (invited speaker and panelist).
Colorado Organization of Victims Advocates, Annual Conference, Protecting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, November 2006 (invited speaker).
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Teleconference, Criminal Immigration Primer for the Business Immigration Attorney, February 2007.
Florida Bar Association, South Florida AILA Chapter, Annual Immigration Update, Waivers of Relief from Removal, February 2007 (contributing author and invited speaker and panelist).
Florida Bar Association, South Florida AILA Chapter, Annual Immigration Update, Relief before USCIS, DHS and the Courts, BIA and Federal Court update, Immigration Consequences of Pleas and Convictions (contributing author and invited speaker and moderator), February 2008.
American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2008 Annual Conference, Getting Out of Custody: Mandatory detention, bond and parole, (contributing author and moderator).
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Central Florida Chapter, Annual Conference (contributing author and panelist), Advanced Removal Defense Strategies, October 2010.

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