1. STEPHEN YALE-LOEHR
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EDUCATION: CORNELL LAW SCHOOL – J.D. degree cum laude with specialization
in International Legal Affairs, June 1981
Editor-in-Chief, Cornell International Law Journal
President, Public Interest Law Union, 1979–80
CORNELL UNIVERSITY – Ithaca, NY. B.A., May 1977
Major fields of study: Archaeology, Japanese, Photography
Phi Beta Kappa
College Scholar
Rotary Exchange Student to Japan, August 1972 – July 1973
Founder and Editor of Imagework, a visual arts magazine
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: LEXISNEXIS MATTHEW BENDER & COMPANY, 121 Chanlon Road, New
Providence, NJ 07974.
June 1994 – present
Co-Author, C. Gordon, S. Mailman, S. Yale-Loehr & R. Wada,
IMMIGRATION LAW AND PROCEDURE. The leading immigration law
treatise in the U.S. This 21-volume reference work, which is updated four
times a year, is considered the bible of U.S. immigration law. U.S. federal
courts have cited the treatise more than 500 times.
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853.
January 1991 – present
Professor of Immigration Law Practice
Co-Director, Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic
MILLER MAYER, 215 East State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850.
July 1990 – present
Of counsel – immigration law. Responsible for advising and representing
clients on immigration cases and policy developments.
INVEST IN THE USA
January 2006 – present
Founder and initial executive director (2006-2010). Responsible for
administering trade association of EB-5 immigrant investor regional
centers. Member of board of directors since 2010.
MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE, Washington, DC
July 2016 – present

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Nonresident Fellow. Collaborate with MPI staff and others on
immigration policy reports and research.
FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS INC., 1120 20th Street, N.W., Suite 500 South,
Washington, DC 20036. June 1986 – July 1994
Co-Editor, Interpreter Releases. Responsible for writing and editing a 36-
page issue each week, analyzing and reporting immigration law
developments for over 3,000 immigration practitioners.
Executive Editor, Immigration Briefings. Responsible for choosing
authors and editing a monthly immigration periodical that combines
analysis with practical guidance for readers.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20001. January 1988 – June 1990
Adjunct professor – international trade law and immigration law
IMMIGRATION COLUMNIST for New York Law Journal. 1997 – 2007
SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN, 1275 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,
Washington, DC 20004. August 1982 – June 1986
Associate. Specializing in international trade, including public
international law, international trade law, international antitrust,
extraterritoriality issues and immigration.
LAW CLERK to Chief Judge Howard G. Munson, U.S. District Court, Northern
District of New York, 349 U.S. Courthouse, 100 South Clinton Street,
Syracuse, NY 13260. August 1981 – August 1982
OLWINE, CONNELLY, CHASE, O’DONNELL & WEYHER, 299 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10017. Summer 1980
SELECTED LEGAL
PUBLICATIONS:
Author or co-author of over 200 books and articles. Only the books and selected
articles are listed below.
Co-author, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAW: PROBLEMS AND
STRATEGIES (2013)
Editor, GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMIGRATION PRACTICE GUIDE (2016)
S. Amrhein, A. Lindquist, L. Danielson & S. Yale-Loehr, GREEN CARD
STORIES (2012)
Co-author, SECURE BORDERS, OPEN DOORS: VISA PROCEDURES IN THE POST-
SEPTEMBER 11 ERA (2005)
Co-author, AMERICA’S CHALLENGE: DOMESTIC SECURITY, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND
NATIONAL UNITY AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 (2003)
C. Gordon, S. Yale-Loehr & R. Wada, IMMIGRATION LAW AND PROCEDURE (2004-
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D. Papademetriou & S. Yale-Loehr, BALANCING INTERESTS: RETHINKING
U.S. SELECTION OF SKILLED IMMIGRANTS (1996)
S. Yale-Loehr, UNDERSTANDING THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990 (1991)
M. Roberts & S. Yale-Loehr, UNDERSTANDING THE 1986 IMMIGRATION LAW
(1987)
Chishti & Yale-Loehr, The Immigration Act of 1990: Unfinished Business a
Quarter-Century Later (MPI Policy Brief July 2016),
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-act-1990-still-
unfinished-business-quarter-century-later
Gafner & Yale-Loehr, Attracting the Best and the Brightest: A Critique of the
Current U.S. Immigration System, 38 Fordham Urb. L.J. 183 (2010)
Mills, Echemendia & Yale-Loehr, "Death is Different" and a Refugee's Right to
Counsel, 42 Cornell Int'l L.J. 361 (2009)
Yale-Loehr, EB-5 Immigrant Investors, in American Immigration Lawyers
Association, Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook 63 (2009)
Palmer, Yale-Loehr & Cronin, Why Are So Many People Challenging Board of
Immigration Appeals Decisions in Federal Court? An Empirical Analysis
of the Recent Surge in Petitions for Review, 20 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 1-100
(2005)
Schorr & Yale-Loehr, The Odyssey of the J-2: Forty-Three Years of Trying Not to
Go Home Again, 18 Georgetown Immigr. L.J. 221 (2004)
Farrell, Riley, & Yale-Loehr, Current Trends in EB-1-2 Outstanding Researcher
Cases, 9 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 1281 (Nov. 1, 2004)
Yale-Loehr, Testimony on Reorganization of INS, 7 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 545
(May 15, 2002) (testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee)
Yale-Loehr, Let the Judges Judge, 7 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 306 (Mar. 15, 2002)
(summary of congressional testimony before House immigration
subcommittee)
Yale-Loehr & Hoashi-Erhardt, A Comparative Look at Immigration and Capital
Assessment, 16 Georgetown Immigr. L.J. 99 (2001)
REFERENCES: Available upon request
Also listed in Who’s Who in America, Chambers Global, Chambers USA, and The
International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
AWARDS: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)’s Edith Lowenstein Award
for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law (2004)
AILA's Elmer Fried Award for excellence in teaching (2001)
Fellow, American Bar Foundation