Joseph Reina - Dallas, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1987
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Scholarship from the Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation

• Non Legal Education

  • Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, District of Columbia, 1984
    B.S.F.S
    Honors: International Business Diplomacy
  • University of Salamanca, Spain, 1984
  • University of Bourgogne, France, 1982

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Languages

• French

• Italian

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of immigration law at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

Pro Bono Activities

• Member, Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas
• SCUBA instructor (NAUI)

Published Works

Articles

• After the False Identity – The Difficulties of Coming Clean, 2015 IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY LAW HANDBOOK (with Maria Baldini-Potermin, Laura Lichter, and Holly S. Cooper).
  
• “Don’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer” – Urging Sua Sponte Reopening and Judicial Review of Refusals to Reopen Sua Sponte Post Departure, AILA Texas Chapter Winter Conference, (Nov. 2014).
  
• “Crimmigration” – The Increasingly Seamless Web of Criminal and Immigration Law, AILA Midsouth-Texas Joint Chapter Conference, (Nov. 2012) (with Hiroko Kosuda).
  
• What Every Attorney Should Do Before Concluding that a Client Has Been Convicted of an Aggravated Felony, 2012 IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY LAW HANDBOOK.
  
• Some Thoughts on the Availability of 212(h) Waivers After Martinez, Federal Bar Association – Immigration Law Seminar, (May 2012).
  
• Waivers of Misrepresentation or Fraud in Procuring Visa or Entry, THE WAIVERS BOOK - ADVANCED ISSUES IN IMMIGRATION LAW PRACTICE, 103 (2011).
• Advanced Removal Issues: Dealing with the Thorny Problems, AILA Texas Chapter Winter Conference, (Nov. 2009).
• TO YOUR LICENSE ·“Hang on ^For Dear Life!”: Zealous Representation Before an Increasingly Hostile Agency, AILA Texas Chapter Winter Conference, (Nov. 2009
• Navigating the Flooding Waters of Exclusion Swallowing the Isthmi to Lawful Residence, 2009-10 IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY LAW HANDBOOK 503.
• Coming to America: The “Immigration Dartboard” —A Graphic Presentation of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Avenues into the United States, 14 BENDER’S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN 672 (June 1, 2009).
• Divorce in the Immigration Context, State Bar of Texas, Texas College for Judicial Studies, Advanced Family Law Seminar and Boot Camp, (Aug. 2008).
• Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, State Bar of Texas, 34th Annual Criminal Law Course and Criminal Law Boot Camp, (July 2008).
• Becoming a Permanent Resident of the United States: Consular Processing vs. Adjustment of Status, State Bar of Texas Immigration Law Institute, (Feb. 2008).
• Navigating the Immigration Maze, University of Texas School of Law, 31st Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law, (Oct. 2007).
• Don’t Tread on Me—Again: Reentry After Removal, 2007–08 IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY LAW HANDBOOK 471
• Immigration Issues in Family and Juvenile Practice, State Bar of Texas, Texas College for Judicial Studies, Advanced Family Law Seminar, (April 2007).
• Consular Processing Around the Deportation and Unlawful Presence Grounds of Inadmissibility in Changing Times, State Bar of Texas Immigration Law Institute, (Feb. 2007).
• Adjustment of Status vs. Consular Processing, University of Texas School of Law, 30th Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law, (Oct. 2006).
• Immigration Issues and Children, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, (2006).
• Four Common Grounds of Inadmissibility/Waivers, University of Texas School of Law, 29th Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law, (Sept. 2005).
• Love and Marriage Run Amuck: Where Family and Immigration Law Meet, State Bar of Texas, Texas College for Judicial Studies, Advanced Family Law Seminar, (Aug. 2004).
• Navigating the Minefield of Unlawful Presence, State Bar of Texas Immigration Law Course, (May 2004).
• Waivers in Removal Proceedings—Fighting the “Decline of Discretion,” AILA Texas Chapter Winter Conference, (Nov. 2003).
• Immigration Lawyers on a Tightrope: Balancing the Duty Toward the Truth and to One’s Client, University of Texas School of Law, 27th Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law, (Oct. 2003).
• “Hyperequities” II: The Removal Case in Detention, University of Texas School of Law, 27th Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law, (Oct. 2003).
• Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions, Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, “A Day in the Life of a Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer,” (July 2003).
• Understanding Family-Based Immigration, State Bar of Texas College Summer School 2003, (July 2003).
• Distinguishing Characteristics: How to Set Yourself Apart from the Pack, 29 SOLO & SMALL FIRM WORKBOOK, published by THE TEXAS LAWYER, June 9, 2003.
• Understanding Family-Based Immigration, State Bar of Texas Immigration Law Course, (May 8–9, 2003).
• Walking a Tightrope or the Plank: Balancing the Duty Toward the Truth and to One’s Client, State Bar of Texas Immigration Law Course, (May 2003).
• “The Immigration Dartboard”: Understanding the Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Avenues into the United States, State Bar of Texas Immigration Law Course, (May 2003).
• Walking a Tightrope or the Plank? Immigration Issues for the Employment Lawyer After September 11, 2001, State Bar of Texas High Tech Litigation, (Feb. 2003).
• “Hyperequities”: 212(c) and Cancellation of Removal After Matter of Jean, 7 BENDER’S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN 1549 (Dec. 15, 2002).
• Adjustment of Status vs. Consular Processing, University of Texas School of Law, 25th Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law, (Oct. 2001).
• Legislators Must Look to the Past Before Changing Immigration Laws, THE TEXAS LAWYER, Oct. 8, 2001.
• “Advocacy Note: A Report from the Trenches,” 4 BENDER’S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN 925 (Sept. 15, 1999).
• Walking a Tightrope or a Plank? Immigration Issues the Employment Lawyers, South Texas College of Law, Employment and Labor Law Course, (July 1999).
• Knock, Knock! Who’s There? Part Two: Immigration and Naturalization, University of Houston Law Foundation - Employment Law for Lawyers and Human Resource Professionals, (Nov. 1997).
• Fear of Cancer and Increased Risk of Cancer: Problems with Gideon and A Proposal Within, 7 The Review of Litigation 39, 1987

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1987
• District of Columbia, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law since 2000 by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2000

Other Affiliations

• Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Immigration and Nationality law examination committee
• Texas, Oklahoma Chapter of AILA, 2005 - 2006 (Chairman)
• New Mexico Chapter of AILA, 2005 - 2006 (Chairman)
• National Liaison Committee of AILA to the Executive Office for Immigration Review