We served as co-counsel in helping plaintiffs challenge a new Department of Homeland Security rule that harms immigrants, a new State Department Diversity Visa Program rule, and the intentional and discriminatory exclusion of U.S. citizen children from the benefits of emergency cash assistance distributed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  We also served as co-counsel to the cities of Gary and East Chicago, Indiana, to successfully defend their “welcoming city” ordinances from a lawsuit characterized by its architects as the first salvo in a potentially nationwide effort to roll back so-called “sanctuary city” or “welcoming city” policies, and served as co-counsel challenging Texas’s anti-sanctuary city statute, “SB4,” with a focus on the First Amendment concerns raised by the statute.

In addition, we served as lead counsel representing a military veteran seeking to keep his lawfully adopted daughter in the United States.

Our Work

• 12/20/2023 – Filed a brief in Luna Vanegas v. Signet in the Seventh Circuit defending the district court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over Signet for claims by other similarly situated employees
• 6/14/23 – Filed a brief in opposition in Signet Builders v. Luna Vanegas on behalf of the respondent, a migrant construction worker, challenging the petitioner’s failure to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime compensation requirements
• 12/15/21 – Filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit on behalf of law enforcement officials arguing against the termination of DACA
• 2/15/21 – Filed a brief in the Third Circuit in support of a New Jersey policy that fosters trust between law enforcement and communities by limiting local and state involvement in federal immigration enforcement
• 6/25/20 – Filed a brief in the district court on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of New Jersey’s challenge to the Justice Department’s anti-sanctuary cities policies
• 4/27/20 – Filed a brief in the Seventh Circuit on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of the city of Evanston’s challenge to the Justice Department’s anti-sanctuary cities policies
• 10/3/19 – Filed a brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of 80 law enforcement officials in support of a challenge to DACA’s termination
• 5/28/19 – Filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of California’s challenge to the Justice Department’s anti-sanctuary cities policies
• 11/12/18 – Filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of law enforcement leaders in support of California’s effort to limit state and local entanglement with federal immigration enforcement
• 10/11/18 – Filed a brief in the Third Circuit on behalf of prosecutors and law enforcement leaders in support of Philadelphia’s challenge to the Justice Department’s Anti-Sanctuary Cities policies
• 9/7/18 – Filed a brief in the Second Circuit challenging retaliatory ICE deportations as violating the First Amendment
• 8/22/18 – Filed a brief at the Summary Judgment stage on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of California’s challenge to the Justice Department’s anti-sanctuary cities policies
• 7/21/18 – Filed a brief on behalf of law enforcement officials arguing against the termination of DACA
• 7/5/18 – Filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of prosecutors in Los Angeles’s challenge to new Anti-Sanctuary Cities stance
• 5/18/18 – Filed a brief in the district court on behalf of law enforcement leaders in support of California’s effort to limit state and local entanglement with federal immigration enforcement
• 4/18/18 – Published an op-ed urging an end to the retaliatory enforcement of immigration law
• 3/23/18 – Filed a brief in the district court challenging retaliatory ICE deportations as violating the First Amendment
• 3/20/18 – Filed a Ninth Circuit brief on behalf of 63 law enforcement officials in support of a challenge to DACA’s termination
• 2/12/18 – Filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of law enforcement leaders in support of San Francisco and Santa Clara’s challenge to new anti-sanctuary cities stance
• 1/29/18 – Filed a brief in the district court on behalf of prosecutors in Los Angeles’s challenge to new Anti-Sanctuary Cities stance
• 1/4/18 – Filed a brief in the Seventh Circuit on behalf of prosecutors in support of Chicago’s challenge to the Justice Department’s Anti-Sanctuary Cities policies
• 12/22/17 – Filed a brief on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of a challenge to DACA’s termination brought by 15 states and D.C.
• 12/21/17 – Published an op-ed explaining why, from the perspective of on-the-ground public safety officials, federal efforts to undermine community trust in policing make us all less safe
• 12/15/17 – Filed a brief on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of a challenge to DACA’s termination brought by Microsoft, Princeton, and a DREAMer enrolled at Princeton
• 11/29/17 – Filed a brief at the Preliminary Injunction stage on behalf of law enforcement officials in support of California’s challenge to the Justice Department’s anti-sanctuary cities policies
• 10/13/17 – Serving as co-counsel in challenging Texas’s anti-sanctuary city statute, “SB4,” with a focus on the First Amendment concerns raised by the statute
• 8/31/17 – Filed a brief in the district court on behalf of prosecutors in support of Chicago’s challenge to the Justice Department’s Anti-Sanctuary Cities policies