Robert L Brown
Location:
Cleveland, Ohio
Phone:
216.586.5245
888.365.2681 (Toll Free)
888.365.2681 (Toll Free)
Fax:
216.861.4408
E-mail:
Mr. Brown is the former District Director of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and brings 31 years of experience with him. His career with the INS began as a Special Agent based in New York City and was promoted to Deputy Chief of Investigations at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. In 1982, Bob was named Deputy District Director at Cleveland and in 1986, Bob was appointed District Director. In 1992, he was elected as the Chair of the Immigration Director's association.
Prior to forming Robert Brown LLC. Mr. Brown headed the Business Immigration practice group for Thompson Hine LLP and subsequently as a Partner with Frantz Ward LLP
Areas of Practice
- Immigration and Nationality
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1992
Education
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
- Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Classes/Seminars
- Guest Lecturer, Law schools of Case Western Reserve, Cleveland-Marshall, Akron University, Capital University, University of Cincinnati among many others
- Guest Lecturer, Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association, Cuyahoga Bar Association, Federal Bar Association
- Guest Lecturer, American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA)
- Guest Lecturer, Various Religious and Community Groups
Honors and Awards
- AV Peer Rated by Lexis/Martindale
- The Immigration Commissioner's Award for Distinguished Career Service
- Special Achievements for Vietnamese Refugee Processing
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1975 - 1977
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1980
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1982
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1983
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1985
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1987
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1989
- Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1991 - 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Federal Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Cleveland Bar Association
- Cuyahoga County Bar Association
- International Chief's of Police, Metropolitan Crime Bureau
- Fraternal Order of Retired Border Patrol Officers
Past Employment Positions
- Thompson Hine LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Of Counsel, 1999 - 2000
- Frantz Ward LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Partner, 2000 - 2002
