David A.M. Ware
Biography
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.
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- J.D. - 1981
- Honors: E. Ernest Goldstein Award for Best Contribution to Texas International Law
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- B.A. - 1977
- 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
- Honors: Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship 1979-1980
- Major: Peruvian History
- Major: Archaeology
- Major: Literature
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1981
Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Vice Chair, Committee on International Studies, 1995 to Present
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, TSC Limited Committee, 1999 to 2001
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, NAFSA Region III Liaison, 1992 to Present
Honors
- Preeminent Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America
- Top 50 "Leaders in Law" in Louisiana
- Who’s Who International’s Top Corporate Immigration Attorneys
- AV Rating Martindale-Hubbell
- Member Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Classes & Seminars
- DOL Meeting, Washington D.C., January 23, 2015
- 2005 AILA Winter CLE. Maui, Hawaii, January 30, 2015
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, February 5-6, 2015
- AIEA Annual Conference, Association of International Education Administrators, Washington, D.C., February 16, 2015
- Georgia-Alabama AILA Chapter, Atlanta, GA, February 20, 2015
- CUPA-HR, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, Nashville, TN, March 2,2015
- AILA Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL, March 9, 2015
- TAIE, Tennessee Association of international Educators, Nashville, TN, March 13, 2015
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 19, 2015
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, March 21, 2015
- Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL, March 23, 2015
- IMMLAW, Washington, D.C., March 27, 2015
- Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2015
- DOL Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2015
- Hult International Business School, San Francisco, CA, April 21, 2015
- University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 2015
- UPPER Midwest AILA chapter, Minneapolis, MN, April 24, 2015
- FBA, Federal Bar Association, Memphis, TN, May 15, 2015
- TSC Engagement, Dallas, TX, May 19, 2015
- NAFSA Annual Conference, Boston, MA, May 25-29, 2015
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, June 2,2015
- AILA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C, June 17-21, 2015
- NACUA, National Association of College and University Attorneys. Washington, D.C., June 27, 2015
- International Advising Summit, Portland, OR, July 31, 2015
- University of Alaska – Fairbanks, AK, October 9, 2015
- NAFSA Region I, Boise, ID, October 19-22, 2015
- IMMLAW. Chicago, IL, October 23, 2015
- NAFSA Region XII, Honolulu, HI, October 26-30, 2015
Pro-Bono Activities
- ACLU Louisiana Cooperating Attorney, 1983
- New Orleans Task Force on the Rights of Aliens, 1985 to 1988