Susan is a member in the firm's Boston office. She is also the founder and chairperson of the firm's Immigration Section. The Section is composed of 10 attorneys and 15 immigration specialists and assistants who service the immigration needs both of Mintz Levin's existing corporate and individual clients, and of new clients who choose the firm precisely for its expertise in the field of immigration and nationality law. Mintz Levin also is committed to handling political asylum cases, most of which are taken on a pro bono basis. Susan is actively involved in the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has chaired and co-chaired a wide range of national AILA committees, including the National Planning Committee for AILA's Annual Immigration Law Conference. She also serves on the review board for AILA periodicals. She serves as Co-Chair of the Immigration Subcommittee of the ABA's Section of International Law and Practice, and publishes the ABA's electronic immigration and nationality committee newsletter. Susan serves as the ABA's liaison to the Department of Labor on immigration-related issues. She is a past chair of the Immigration Committee of the International Section of the Boston Bar Association. Susan is a frequent panelist at AILA, ABA, and other immigration-related conferences and contributor to AILA, ABA, and other immigration-related publications. She also was involved in contributing to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regulations implementing the Immigration Act of 1990, to the Department of Labor regulations implementing changes to the H-1B visa category as a result of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998, and to the Department of Labor PERM labor certification regulations issued in 2004. Susan has won awards for her political asylum work from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, from the Political Asylum Immigration Representation (PAIR) project, and from Mintz Levin. She has been recognized by her peers as a top lawyer in her field as evidenced by having achieved a rating of "AV" from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating given to participating attorneys. She is also listed in the Best Lawyers in America and the International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers as a top-rated immigration attorney, and in the Chambers Global Guide as a "Leader in her Field," for Immigration: Business. Most recently, she was named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list in 2011. Susan received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University (1980) and her J.D., cum laude, from Cardozo Law School (1985), where she served on the Law Review. Industries Construction Education Financial Services Health Care Information Technology Insurance Internet & e-Commerce Life Sciences Manufacturing Professional Services Real Estate Retail & Consumer Products Telecommunications & Media |