Paul Soreff

Paul Soreff
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Practice Areas:
- Employment based immigrant applications (EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3)
- H, L, O, & TN petitions
- Citizenship & Naturalization
- Family-based immigrant petitions, including Fiancee
- Deportation/ Removal Defense
- Waivers
- Asylum
- I-9 Compliance, Employer Sanctions, strategy and defense
Paul, with over 35 years of immigration practice, has extensive experience in all areas of immigration law. He has been recognized within the legal and immigrant communities for his skill and insight. He has held leadership positions with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) at the national and state levels, lectures on immigration topics for continuing legal education seminars, and an Adjunct Professor of Immigration. In 1999, he founded Soreff Weinrich Law (formerly Soreff Law).
In 2001, Paul started Citizenship Day in Washington State. It is an innovative program where lawyers, paralegals, and members of the community throughout Washington State volunteer their time to assist lawful permanent residents apply to become U.S. citizens. Paul then helped AILA organize Citizenship Day nationally. Currently, over 30 states participate in AILA’s Citizenship Day helping thousands of people become citizens every year. The firm continues to volunteer at Citizenship Days, organized by AILA-WA and the Washington New Americans Program.
In 2012, Paul worked with Jorge Baron of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) to recruit and train more than 200 volunteer lawyers in the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. These lawyers volunteered their time at joint AILA/NWIRP DACA Clinics to help unauthorized immigrant children obtain legal status in the U.S.
Admitted to Bar:
Washington State Supreme Court
U.S. District Court Washington State
Kentucky Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit,
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
Education:
Antioch School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
J.D. – 1976
Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
B.S. – 1970
Honors:
Pro Bono Lawyer Awards, AILA National, AILA-WA, America Bar Association
Outstanding Immigration Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America
Trial Lawyer of the Year, Lawyers for Public Justice
Professional Associations and Activities:
American Immigration Lawyers Association Washington State Chapter (AILA-WA)
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Co-Chair, and Past Chair AILA-WA Chapter CLE Committee
Past Chair, AILA-WA Washington Executive Committee
Past Chair, AILA Mid-South Executive Committee
AILA National Board of Governors, National Investment Committee
Washington State Citizenship and Immigration Services Chair
Pro-Bono Activities:
Coordinator, Kentucky New Law (IRA-IRA), 1997 to 1997
Coordinator, Kentucky Haitian Pro Bono Project, 1981 to 1986
Started Citizenship Day, an innovative program in Washington State
Organized AILA-WA /Northwest Immigrant Rights Project DACA clinics
Classes & Seminars:
Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law, University of Alabama School of Law
Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law, Seattle University School of Law
Regularly presents at continuing legal education seminars on immigration law