Kenneth Craig Dobson is owner of Dobson Law LLC, an ethics and immigration law firm based in New York City and Savannah, GA.
He has practiced immigration law for over 15 years. During this time, he has represented clients in family-based, employment-based, and humanitarian matters. His practice in immigration law is diverse, ranging from corporate cases to assisting crime victims. He has represented clients with naturalization, family-based adjustment of status and consular processing, immigrant waivers, permanent residence under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), labor certification, H-1B (specialty occupation), L-1A (intracompany transferee), J (exchange visitor), E change of status (nonimmigrant investors), T (trafficking victims), and U (crime victims). He has also represented clients in immigration court matters and writes opinions on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
Mr. Dobson is also a “lawyer for lawyers,” with a particular focus on assisting immigration lawyers and multijurisdictional practice.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Furman University, studying Western as well as Asian Philosophy. He has a JD cum laude from New England School of Law. During law school, he was Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law and earned CALI Awards in both the Law and Ethics of Lawyering and International Business Transactions. Additionally, he was named a New England Scholar during his third year of law school for placing in the top ten percent of his class during the academic year. He learned to speak Spanish at Furman University and later honed his skills on foreign study in Morelia, Mexico with the University of South Carolina.
Mr. Dobson is former Chair of AILA’s National Ethics Committee. As part of his work for AILA’s National Ethics Committee, he participates extensively in the production of AILA’s Ethics Compendium. At over 700 pages (and continuing to expand), the compendium is comprehensive guide to help immigration lawyers navigate applicable ethics rules. Mr. Dobson served as Chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee for AILA Georgia from 2012 to 2015.