Daniel Hoyt Smith
Phone: 206.622.1604Fax: 206.343.3961
PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE
Immigration Law
Litigation
Dan's practice focuses on immigration law and litigation to defend and advance the rights of immigrants and their American families and employers. He has over thirty years of experience before the administrative agencies, Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. He has helped unite families and stop efforts to separate them. He has helped US employers with all aspects of immigration issues to bring the skilled employees they need to succeed. He has litigated cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts, including the Supreme Courts of Washington and the United States. He has advocated and litigated to help immigrants become US citizens. He is available for consultation with other attorneys on complex immigration issues, on the immigration aspects of criminal cases, and to accept referrals on all aspects of immigration law, whether relating to business, family, asylum or citizenship applications and appeals.
Dan is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell*, the highest rating obtainable by members of the legal community.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (Past President, Washington State Chapter; Served on Amicus Curiae Committee)
- Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (Founding member and Past Chair)
- National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (Former Board Chair)
- Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (Past President)
- Washington State Bar Association (Member)
University of Chicago, B.A., 1966
University of Washington, J.D., 1969
BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
Washington State Bar, 1969
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1969
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1970
U.S. Supreme Court, 1973
Board of Immigration Appeals
Immigration Courts
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Listed in "Best Lawyers in America" in the field of immigration law (1991-2007 editions)
- Recognized as “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics magazine
- Listing in the International “Who's Who of Immigration Lawyers”
- ACLU Civil Libertarian Award
- NWIRP Lifetime Service Award, Volunteer Service Award, Founder’s Award.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Dan has written and lectured locally, nationally and in Canada on immigration issues for numerous events and publications of the State and County Bar Associations, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Immigration Project of the NLG, the University of Washington and Seattle University, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and the Canadian Bar Association. Recent publications include AILA’s Handbook on Waivers and Relief from Removal, Assistant Editor; Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook, citizenship chapter reviewer; Professionals: A Matter of Degree, Fourth Edition, by Martin J. Lawler, contributor of section: Management Consultants under NAFTA.
PERSONAL
Dan is an involved grandparent, avid reader, traveler, gardener, music fan, and student of history and politics.