Steve Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for 30 years. He is
co-author of Immigration Law and Procedure, the leading 20-volume treatise on
U.S. immigration law. He also teaches immigration and asylum law at Cornell Law
School as an adjunct professor and is of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New
York. He also founded and was the original executive director of Invest In the USA
(IIUSA), a trade association of EB-5 immigrant investor regional centers, from
2006-2010.
Mr. Yale-Loehr received his B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1977 and his
J.D. cum laude from Cornell Law School in 1981. He was editor-in-chief of the
Cornell International Law Journal. After graduation, Mr. Yale-Loehr clerked for
a federal judge.
From 1982 to 1986 Mr. Yale-Loehr practiced international trade and immigration
law at a large law firm in Washington, D.C. From 1986 to 1994 he was managing
editor of Interpreter Releases and executive editor of Immigration Briefings,
two leading immigration law publications.
Mr. Yale-Loehr is the coauthor of many books, including Green Card Stories,
America’s Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties and National Unity
After September 11, Balancing Interests: Rethinking the Selection of Skilled
Immigrants, J Visa Guidebook, Understanding the Immigration Act of 1990, and
Understanding the 1986 Immigration Law, and numerous law review articles.
Mr. Yale-Loehr is a member of the New York and District of Columbia bars, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a
member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Business
Immigration committee. He is also a founding member of the Alliance of Business
Immigration Lawyers, www.abil.com, a global
consortium of top business immigration attorneys.
Mr. Yale-Loehr is annually listed in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, and An
International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers as one of the best
immigration lawyers in the world. He is frequently quoted in the press on
immigration issues and has often testified before Congress. He is the 2001
recipient of AILA’s Elmer Fried Award for excellence in teaching and the 2004 recipient
of AILA’s Edith Lowenstein Award for excellence in advancing the practice of
immigration law. He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.