David A.M. Ware - Metairie, LA
Attorney at Ware | Immigration
Business and Academic Immigration Lawyers in Metairie, LA
3850 North Causeway Boulevard Suite 555 Metairie, LA 70002
Metairie Business and Academic Immigration Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business and Academic Immigration
- Family Immigration
- Removal Defense
- Asylum & Humanitarian Immigration
- Nationality
- Nonimmigrant Visas
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
He has served on the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association’s Liaison Committee to the US Department of Labor, as well as the Healthcare Professionals/Physicians Committee.
He also has served for several years on the Advisory Board of the Federal Bar Association’s Immigration Law Section, as well at the Editorial Board of NACUA Notes, a publication of the National Association of College and University Attorneys.
He is a member of IMMLAW, the Immigration Lawyers’ Consortium, a select group of the finest boutique firms in the US.
He serves on the International Medical Graduate Taskforce, dedicated to improving the legal situation of foreign physicians in the US.Mr. Ware has participated as an expert in several legal proceedings over the decades. Most recently he served as expert in a domestic proceeding where the issue was the nature of Optional Practical Training accorded F-1 students following their studies.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Preeminent Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, 2000
- Top 50 "Leaders in Law" in Louisiana
- Who’s Who International’s Top Corporate Immigration Attorneys, 2008
- AV Rating Martindale-Hubbell
- Member Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Education
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Legal Education
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The University of Texas School of Law,
Austin,
Texas, 1981
J.D.
Honors: E. Ernest Goldstein Award for Best Contribution to Texas International Law
Law Journal: Texas International Law Journal, Staff, 1978 - 1979
Law Journal: Texas International Law Journal, Research Editor, 1980 - 1981
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The University of Texas School of Law,
Austin,
Texas, 1981
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Non Legal Education
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Yale University,
New Haven,
Connecticut, 1977
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Distinction in Major
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: Bildner Prize in Portuguese
Major: Latin American Studies -
Universidad Iberoamericana,
Mexico City,
Mexico
Honors: Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship 1979-1980
Major: Peruvian History
Major: Archaeology
Major: Literature
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Yale University,
New Haven,
Connecticut, 1977
Current Employment Position(s)
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Of Counsel
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1981
Other Affiliations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, NAFSA Region III Liaison, 1992 to 1995
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Vice Chair, Committee on International Students, 1995 to 1999
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, TSC Liaison Committee, 1999 to 2001
- IMMLAW, Consortium of US Immigration Attorneys, Conference and Membership Committees, 2015-present
- National Assn of College and University Attorneys, NACUA Notes Advisory Committee, 2016-18
- Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section: Board, 2021-24, Conference Committee, 2010-present
- International Medical Graduates Taskforce, Conference Committee, 2022-present
Contact
3850 North Causeway Boulevard
Suite 555
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: 504-662-9539
Fax: 504-830-5909
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.david-ware.com
Hours: We have staff in every time zone in the United States
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