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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.