Ian Forrest Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Associate position, primarily in litigation and appellate practice. Artist and athlete visas, intracompany transfers, immigrant investors, refugees, etc. Resolution of multi-decade removal cases. Primary focus on visa applications, federal litigation, immigration agency appeals, complex cases, and client relations.

Gainesville, Georgia, United States

• Immigration associate, primarily engaged in removal defense and family-based immigration.
• Conducted extensive removal proceedings.
• Prepared asylum applications, briefs, appeals, RFE responses, and other immigrationdocuments.
• Conducted interviews in support of immigrant petitions before USCIS.
• Drafted a wide array of immigration-adjacent filings, e.g., mandamus petitions, dependencypetitions, etc.

• Conducted preliminary hearings, motion hearings, and a bench trial for the State under Georgia’s Third Year Practice Act.
• Researched and drafted appellate briefs, habeas corpus answers, accusations, internal memoranda, bench briefs, and other documents.

• Coordinated a team of six employees in marketing three monthly financial newsletters, two end-of-day stock forecast services, and a monthly cultural trends research journal, totaling over 20,000 subscribers.
• Wrote financial analysis pieces for free update service and newsletters.
• Contributed to 5-year performance evaluation of EWI's Stable Currency Index, including over 20 years of daily exchange and interest rate data over a range of currencies.
• Successfully marketed a book to #3 on Amazon’s “Movers and Shakers” list.

Taiwan

• Performed due diligence, document revision, and document review work.
• Edited and translated Chinese legal documents and business communications.

Taiwan

• Consulted upper-management and corporate officers on cross-cultural business practices and social etiquette, primarily in tech and finance companies.
• Led bilingual (English/Mandarin) sales presentations and seminars with senior management, executives, and government officials.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Kentucky Law Journal, International Law Society, Appalachian Law Caucus

A.B., Religion/Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: Student Housing for Academic and Residential Experimentation, WXDU, Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program.

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