Danny Upton Email & Phone Number

Responsible for providing legal advice and ongoing representation with regard to immigration matters, especially family-based petitions, removal defense, and relief for immigrant victims of crime

Silver Spring, Maryland

• Responsible for partnering with local organizers to launch new faith-based immigration legal services projects throughout the nation• Responsible for providing legal advice and ongoing representation with regard to immigration matters• Responsible for supervising volunteer translators, attorneys, and intake workers at monthly immigration clinics in California, Michigan, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee• Responsible for supervising and mentoring Regional Attorneys throughout the Justice for Our Neighbors attorney network• Responsible for conducting frequent lectures and educational presentations throughout the nation to train practitioners and otherwise to heighten public understanding of immigration laws

• Responsible for all aspects of organizational management, including fundraising, grant-writing, donor development, human resources management, event planning, voter education, communications, community-building, and legislative advocacy• Conducted frequent events throughout the state and a major symposium which drew distinguished presenters from Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, and DC

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Provided legal advice and ongoing representation with regard to immigration matters, particularly Violence Against Women Act self-petitions; special immigrant juvenile status applications; and applications for employment-based and family-based visas, work authorization, naturalization, permanent residency, asylum, and temporary protected status• Supervised volunteer translators, attorneys, and intake workers at monthly immigration clinics• Coordinated faith-based activism at the grassroots level to advocate the passage of pending immigration legislation• Conducted frequent lectures and educational presentations throughout the nation to train practitioners and otherwise to heighten public understanding of immigration laws• Contributed articles to national publications and appeared on television and radio programs regarding immigrants and immigration law• Implemented the policies of the national project staff and the local advisory board

Decatur, Alabama Area

• Provided legal advice and ongoing representation with regard to immigration matters, particularly Violence Against Women Act self-petitions; special immigrant juvenile status applications; and applications for employment-based and family-based visas, work authorization, naturalization, permanent residency, asylum, and temporary protected status• Supervised volunteer translators, attorneys, and intake workers at monthly immigration clinics in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, New York, Florida, Nebraska, and Michigan• Coordinated faith-based activism at the grassroots level to advocate the passage of pending immigration legislation• Conducted frequent lectures and educational presentations throughout the nation to train practitioners and otherwise to heighten public understanding of immigration laws• Contributed articles to national publications and appeared on television and radio programs regarding immigrants and immigration law• Implemented the policies of the national project staff and the local advisory board

J.D.

Activities and Societies: • Full-tuition scholarship recipient • ACLU of Alabama Civil Liberties Award • Wythe W. Holt Civil Rights Award.

B.A., International/Global Studies

Activities and Societies: • National Merit Scholar • College Board Scholar • Century III Scholar • William Randolph Hearst Foundation.