Ira J. Kurzban is the founding partner and chair of the immigration practice of Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, Tetzeli & Pratt. Mr. Kurzban has over 30 years of experience in the field of immigration law and is internationally known for his expertise in a broad range of immigration and employment matters. He has consistently been ranked among his peers as one of the very top lawyers in his field including one of 500 leading lawyers in the United States in Lawdragon; one of 20 of the top immigration lawyers in the United States in the National Law Journal; a top tier lawyer in Chambers; and for over two decades considered among the Best Lawyers in the United States. Mr. Kurzban is a past national president and general counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He teaches immigration law at the University of Miami School of Law and at Nova Southeastern University School of Law. He is also the author of articles published in the Harvard Law Review, San Diego Law Review and by Columbia University Press. He is the author of the most widely used single volume treatise in immigration law in the United States--Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook.