Legendary American Immigration Lawyer
Peggy Taylor reports for the Section:
I am writing to let you know that the ABA Section of International Law will be awarding Ira the distinguished Leonard J. Theberge Award for Private International Law. The award is in memory of Section Chair Theberge (1979-1980). The Section established the award to honor persons who have made distinguished, long-standing contributions to the development of private international law.
Obviously, Ira more than deserves this award. Anyone practicing immigration law for more than two minutes knows about Ira — not only about his invaluable Sourcebook but also his cutting edge litigation, his contributions to immigration law scholarship, and his genuine support of the immigrant community.
The Section will honor Ira in a virtual ceremony on Friday, 7.31.2020 at 12:00 pm ET. I hope you can attend the ceremony. I am pasting a registration link at the end of this email. Also, I am copying the current and incoming Section Chairs on this email.
Please join me in congratulating Ira! It has been my honor to work with Ira and each of you on the Crystal Ball Panel. Be well and safe. Best. Peggy
Dear All – Writing with schedule information I received about Ira’s award. The award ceremony is part of a Section Council Meeting. While the meeting starts at 12:00 pm, the awards ceremony part of the meeting will probably not start until around 2:30 pm. Best. Peggy
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Thanks, Peggy!
Here are a few of the tributes from our fellow “panel members:”
Congratulations, Ira! Well deserved. I am actually old enough to remember when Ira was listed among the 40 lawyers under 40 to watch! Seems like yesterday!
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Paul W. Virtue
Mayer Brown LLP
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A giant in the field — and an indispensable part of every immigration lawyer’s professional journey.
Hon. Mimi Tsankov
U.S. Immigration Judge
V.P. Eastern Region NAIJ
(Personal Capacity Only)
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Many, many congrats to our friend and colleague Ira for his lifetime commitment to human rights and furthering legal excellence!
Paul Wickham Schmidt
U.S. Immigration Judge (Ret.)
Congratulations again, Ira, on behalf of all your many admirers in the New Due Process Army (NDPA) in which you are a Five Star General 🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖!👍🏼😎
PWS
07-19-20