First Admitted: 1997, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.immigration-defense.com/about-us/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Immigration Court Liaison, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2008
Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose Liaison, Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA SCV)
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Board of Governors (Ex Officio), 2007
Santa Clara County Bar Association, Immigration Section, Chair, 2005
American Bar Association, International Law Section, Member, 2016
Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2004
Federal District Court
Immigration Attorney Liaison Legal Assistance Program - Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose, 2023
U.S. District Court, 1997
Pro Bono Liaison, American Immigration Lawyers Assocation Santa Clara Valley Chapter, 2024
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, Vice-Chair, 2006
Liaison, INS Liaison Committee, New York Immigration Coalition, 1998
American Bar Association, Section on International Law, Immigration Committee, Member, 2017
California Supreme Court
State Bar of California, International Law Section, Member and MCLE Panelist, 2016
California State Bar, International Law Committees, Member
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, Chair, 2007
Immigration Court Liaison, American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York Chapter, 1999
State Bar of California, International Law Section
Liaison to the Consulate of Mexico in San Jose, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, 2008

Pro bono/Community Service:

Designated Attorney, Legal Assistance Program (PALE), Immigration Law, Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose
Legal Advisory Board, Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic, 2008
Pro Bono Immigration Court Panel, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2007-2010
Coordinator, Consulate of Mexico in San Jose Immigration Law Advice Clinic, 2006 - Present
Asylum Mentor, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 2004 - Present

Honors/Awards:

The National Advocates – Top 100 Lawyers
Avvo – Rated a perfect “10.0” and recipient of the site’s Client’s Choice Award
The American Immigration Lawyers Association – Recipient of the Berger Memorial Fellowship
The American Society of Legal Advocates – Top 100 Lawyers
Daniel Shanfield has an extensive background in immigration law, both overseas and on U.S. soil. Shanfield was the legal services manager for the U.S. refugee program in Europe, worked as a migration and refugee advisor to the U.N. and was a federal immigration prosecutor., Forbes Best Immigration Lawyers (San Jose, California), Forbes Advisor Legal, 2024
AILA Berger Memorial Scholarship, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2000
Career Recognition of Special Service to the Immigrant Community in the Silicon Valley, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, 2018
Daniel Shanfield founded the AILA immigration clinic in partnership with the Mexican Consulate that helps serve the Mexican community in the South Bay. He serves as the liaison between AILA and the Mexican Consulate in San Jose. He ensures that the immigration clinic is staffed by volunteer attorneys, and has overseen DACA Workshops at the Consulate. The AILA Immigration Clinic at the Mexican Consulate in San Jose takes place twice a month, and provides Mexican nationals with free immigration consultations with an AILA attorney. An individual attorney is expected to see up to five people at each clinic. During these free consultations, individuals are screened for any immigration remedy that may be available and are told how to obtain relief. Over the years, Daniel has consulted with the Mexican Consulate and worked with updating them and training them on changes in immigration law, such as DACA and I-601A provisional waivers, to ensure that all Mexican nationals receive proper immigration advice. Daniel has also been selected to participate in the PALE program that pairs low-income, Mexican nationals, with reputable attorneys to assist them with immigration, criminal or family law-related matters., Pro Bono Champion, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2018
U.S. Attorney General's Honors Program, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997
Premio Tequio Humanitarian Award, Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose, 2011

Educational Background:

University of California, Los Angeles – B.A. in Political Science, Honors: Magna cum laude, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society, Member (1991 – 1993)
University of California, San Diego – Political Science, Honors, La Raza Law Students Association, Member, Prosser Award for Research in International Human Rights Law, (1989 – 1991).

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

CLE on case strategies for cancellation of removal and application of new regulations for motions to terminate and administratively close., Panel Presenter, Updates on Cancellation of Removal for Non-Lawful Permanent Residents and EOIR Termination Regulations, Santa Cruz County Public Defender's Office and Santa Cruz County Immigration Lawyers, Immigration Law And Criminal Defense, 2024
CLE presentation on cutting-edge strategies in removal defense under new EOIR Regulations., Panelist Presenter, Hot Topics in Immigration Court Removal Defense, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration Law, 2024
Sacred Heart Community Panel Presentation: Obtaining Post-Conviction Relief for Immigration Benefits Eligibility, 2023, Sacred Heart Community Panel Presentation: Obtaining Post-Conviction Relief for Immigration Benefits Eligibility, 2023, 2023
Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose Presentation: Legal Residency Options for Non-Citizens under In Absentia Removal and Deportation Orders, 2023, Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose Presentation: Legal Residency Options for Non-Citizens under In Absentia Removal and Deportation Orders, 2023, Immigration Law, 2023
Litigation Skills for Non-Litigators: Removal Proceedings for Family-Based Practitioners, Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Assoc. (AILA) Annual Conference: Litigation Skills for Non-Litigators: Removal Proceedings for Family-Based Practitioners, AILA 2020 Annual Conference, Immigration Law, 2020
Associate Editor, International Tax and Business Law Journal, University of California, San Diego
Panel speaker on successfully advising U.S. business and family immigration clients under California's Prop. 64 marijuana reform legislation., Panel Speaker, International Legalization Of Certain Drugs: Legal And Practical Immigration Effects, American Bar Association, 2017
Panel presentation with analysis of immigration law developments and practice guidance for immigration attorneys, Panel Speaker, Immigration Law Hot Topics, American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2017
Speaker, Immigration Executive Action: Election Year Updates on DACA and DAPA, State Bar Of California, 2016
Relief Granted, Case Not Closed (AILA 2016 San Antonio Asylum Conference), Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2016
Thanks to I-601A Expansion, Employers Can Now Help Fix America's Broken Immigration System, One Worker at a Time, Author, ABA International Law Section, 2016
Speaker, AILA NorCal Chapter 2016 Immigration Hot Topics, American Immigration Lawyers Association Northern California Chapter, 2016
Speaker, Expanded I-601A Regulations, State Bar of California International Law Section, 2016
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Speaker, The Many Faces of Fraud, 2016
Evidence of a Conviction and Authentication Issues in Immigration Court Proceedings, Author, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), 2014
Author, Recent Developments on Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude and Inadmissibility, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2013
Speaker, Everything Family Lawyers Should Now About Immigration Law, But Were Afraid to Ask, Santa Clara County Bar Association, 2005
Refugee Reports, Relief For Persecuted Religious Minorities In Iran, 2004

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