US Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman has over 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. He served as a Trial Attorney for U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from 1976 until 1982 when he entered the private practice of law.
For more than 10 years, Attorney Shusterman has been voted as one of the Best Lawyers in America and as a Super Lawyer by his colleagues in the bar.
Carl Shusterman has testified as an expert witness before the Senate Immigration Subcommittee in Washington, D.C.
He was featured in SuperLawyers Magazine.
Carl Shusterman has been named as one of the top 15 corporate immigration attorneys in the U.S. by Human Resource Executive magazine. His hard work and dedication to immigration law have earned him the highest rating (“AV”) in legal ability and ethics from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. He has also served as a member of the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission for the State Bar. He is also listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers and the Chamber’s USA Guide for Leading Business Lawyers.
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Immigration law is very personal for Carl. His wife was born in the Philippines. They met when they both worked for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Their son was born in Canada and their daughter-in-law’s parents are Indian immigrants.
Attorney Shusterman is a former Chairman of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Southern California Chapter and has served as a member of AILA’s National Board of Governors (1988-97). He has chaired numerous AILA Committees, spoken at dozens of AILA Conferences and has contributed a number of scholarly articles to AILA’s publications.
Carl volunteered together with Attorney Cheryl Gertler and Paralegal Elsa Garcia in assisting women and children incarcerated in by our government in Dilley, Texas after fleeing from violence in Central America.
Attorney Shusterman is a frequent writer and lecturer on immigration law. His articles, letters to the editor and quotes have appeared in prestigious publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Canada’s Globe and Mail, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, National Law Journal, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Journal of the American Medical Association, Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic Monthly, Computer World, Information Week, Issues in Science and Technology, Variety, and numerous other publications.
Attorney Shusterman has written for, and been quoted extensively in, leading periodicals specializing in immigration law including Interpreter Releases, Immigration Law and Procedure, Immigration Briefings, Inside Immigration, Immigration Journal and U.S. Immigrant Magazine. In addition, he has appeared on various television programs including NBC’s Today Show, CNN’s Headline News, the Nightly News with Peter Jennings, and on a wide variety of nationally syndicated radio shows.
US Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman – Success Stories
- Appealing a Naturalization Denial
- Asylum Case – How to Increase Your Chances of Winning
- Deportation – Green Card Holder Fights Back And Wins!
- Deported Cancer Nurse Returns To Family In US
- Turning Around A Green Card Denial – Part 2
- Turning Around A Green Card Denial – Part 1
- “You Get What You Pay For!”
- Saving a Client from Deportation (Part II)
- Saving a Client from Deportation (Part I)
- When You’re Lost in the Rain in Juarez
- O-1 Visa for an Architect of Extraordinary Ability
- Is It Unauthorized Employment to Run a Business?
- Saving a Client’s Job
- Spouse of U.S. Citizen – Easy Case? Read On!
- Representing Clients in Various Cities Across the U.S.
- One Immigrant’s 20 Year Journey to a Green Card
- Private Bill Saves Family from Deportation
- From Deportation Proceedings to U.S. Citizenship
- Saving a Science Superstar from Deportation
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Carl Shusterman
Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman has 40+ years of experience. He served as an attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from 1976 until 1982, when he entered private practice. He has testified as an expert witness before the US Senate Immigration Subcommittee. Carl was featured in SuperLawyers Magazine. Today, he serves as Of Counsel to JR Immigration Law Firm.