Christopher Nugent, Immigration Attorney
6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 419, Takoma Park, MD 20912
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| | Biography: | The Law Office of Christopher Nugent offers zealous legal advocacy for clients from around the world before all relevant United States immigration forum. As a seasoned practitioner, Mr. Nugent has achieved over two decades of award-winning, high-profile expertise including through his previous tenure of seven years as Senior pro bono counsel at Holland & Knight LLP where he was responsible for the firm's pro bono commitment to domestic and international immigration and refugee clients, policy and practice. Mr. Nugent's expertise in innovative, precedent-setting, cutting-edge complex domestic and international immigration and refugee pro bono cases and policy projects has helped scores of clients satisfactorily settle their immigration legal needs. Mr. Nugent represents non-citizens from many countries and cultural backgrounds, corporations, and high-end individuals. His extensive experience as a bi-partisan registered lobbyist before the United States Congress includes Congressional and administrative advocacy including spearheading immigration-related Congressional appropriations efforts; work on Comprehensive Immigration Reform and related ameliorative amendments; in addition to stand-alone legislation such as the enacted William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-457); The Families First Act; The Widows and Orphans Act (S. 644); The Safe and Secure Asylum and Detention Act (S. 1594). Attorney Nugent has successfully advocated fo | | College: | Sarah Lawrence College, B.A., 1991 | | Law School: | City University of New York School of Law, J.D., 1996 | | Membership: | District of Columbia Bar; North Carolina State Bar; American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. | | Admitted: | 1999, North Dakota; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Ninth Circuits | | Military: | n.a. | | Practice Area: | Immigration and Naturalization; Asylum; Business Immigration; Citizenship; Consular Law; Deportation; Diplomatic Immunity; Employment Authorizations; Employment Immigration; Employment Visas; Family Immigration Law; Immigration Discrimination; Immigration Law; Investor Visas; Labor Certifications; Permanent Visas; Political Asylum; Refugee Law; Removal Proceedings; Visas |
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