Robert L Brown
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Attorney and Managing Partner Robert L. Brown received his Juris Doctorate from the Cleveland Marshall School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio and District of Columbia. He is also accepted to practice before the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Federal Court for the District of Columbia and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. As Managing Partner, Robert overseas all of the firm's practice areas, including employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, removal defense and compliance work. Spanning five decades of experience in the immigration field, including over twenty-five years of employment with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), Robert's background embodies our mission statement of having "Confidence in Experience."
Robert graduated from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. During his experience with the INS, Robert held varying leadership positions, including Deputy Chief of Investigations, Cleveland Deputy District Director and Acting Regional Commissioner. He also served as Chair of the Immigration Director's Association. His served under Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton.
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



