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Jason Alexander Dzubow 
Washington, District of Columbia
Partner
phone (202) 328-1350
fax (202) 318-4528
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Mr. Dzubow is admitted to practice law in the federal and state courts of Washington, DC and Maryland, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Eleventh, and DC Circuits, all Immigration Courts in the United States, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Capital Area Immigrant Rights (CAIR) Coalition.

Mr. Dzubow provides legal expertise to individuals and corporations in all areas of immigration law, including: asylum, criminal immigration, deportation and removal proceedings, family and employment-based immigration, immigrant detainees and bond applicants, immigration court, appeals, and federal litigation, immigrant victims of domestic violence, extraordinary ability visas, and naturalization. He has successfully represent clients before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the federal courts, and the asylum office.

In addition to his immigration work, Mr. Dzubow is an experienced litigation attorney. He has litigated a wide variety of cases in federal and state courts in DC, Maryland, Virginia, and numerous other jurisdictions. These cases include torts, breach of contract, employment discrimination, civil rights violations, and personal injury. He has also litigated appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Mr. Dzubow received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center where he was Senior Notes and Comments Editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. He has published articles in the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, the Hispanic Law Journal (University of Texas Law School), the Temple University Law School Journal of Political and Civil Rights, and Fate Magazine. Mr. Dzubow received his Bachelors Degree, summa cum laude, from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Prior to joining Mensah, Butler & Dzubow, PLLC, Mr. Dzubow clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia. For his work at the Arlington Immigration Court, Mr. Dzubow received the Department of Justice Outstanding Performance Award. Mr. Dzubow also worked as an immigration attorney at Catholic Community Services in New Jersey and as a trial attorney for Bode & Grenier, LLP, in Washington, DC.

Mr. Dzubow was born in Philadelphia in 1969 and grew up in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Prior to law school, he worked for the Refugee Assistance Program in Philadelphia, helping immigrants and refugees find jobs. More recently, he lived in Nicaragua where he studied Spanish and volunteered for the Sister’s of Charity (Mother Theresa’s organization). He has also lived in Jerusalem and traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South East Asia, and Latin America. He speaks Spanish.

Areas of Practice:
40% Immigration - Political Asylum
40% Immigration - Other
20% Civil Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Maryland, 1997
District of Columbia, 2000
U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court District of Maryland
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1996
J.D.
Law Journal: Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 1994 - 1996


Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
Fear Free Public Housing, Temple Political & Civil Rights, 1997


Restrictions on Housing to Noncitizens, Hispanic Law Journal, 1998


Representative Cases:
Ugokwe v. Attorney General, 453 F.3d 1325 (11th Circuit 2006)
Representative Clients:
Prince George's County School District
Monastery of the Holy Cross
District of Columbia
Falun Gong
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, DC Superior Court/CCAN, 2005 - 2007


Honors and Awards:
Department of Justice (Immigration Court) Outstanding Performance Award, 1999


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, 2004 - 2007
Member


American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2005 - 2007
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Arlington Immigration Court, Judicial Law Clerk, 1998 - 1999


Catholic Community Service, Immigration Attorney, 1999 - 2000


Pro Bono Activities:
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 2005 - 2007
Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, 2004 - 2007
Languages:
English
Spanish