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About Me
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Selected as a delegate with the American Bar Association International Legal Exchange (ILEX) in 2009 immediately after the Mumbai, India bombings in December... more
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References
Client Reviews
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Posted by:
Alice,
2011-02-16
about 1 year ago.
Client Review:
My husband and I retained Milton to represent my husband for a criminal immigration matter, and not a minute too soon. My husband was arrested and...
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Peer Endorsements
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Milton DeJesus is the only immigration attorney I know, or need to know.
Endorsement from lawyer:
Ken Swindle
, Rogers (AR), About 2 years ago
I endorse this lawyer's work. I have worked with him in a complex appeal to the Eighth Circuit and found his insight and assistance in the case to be...
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Endorsement from lawyer:
Robert Tschiemer
, Mayflower (AR), About 2 years ago
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Résumé
License
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35 years since Milton Abelardo DeJesus was first licensed to practice law.
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License status |
Year acquired |
Last updated by Avvo |
| Arkansas |
Authorized to practice.
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1982 |
05/08/2008 |
| Minnesota |
Inactive
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1976 |
01/22/2012 |
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Work Experience
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| Position |
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Attorney At Law at
Immigration/International Law & Trade Associates
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1984–present
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Litigation Counsel,Senior Associate at
WDW Associates
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1982–1984
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Attorney at
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis
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1978–1982
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Attorney at
MDJ Associates
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1976–1978
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See all 4 job entries
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| United States Sentencing Commission |
Criminal Defense and Sentencing Guidelines Seminar |
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2008 |
| Administrative Office of the United States Courts |
Sentencing Guidelines Training, Little Rock, AR 1 day course |
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2008 |
| Federal Bar Association, Mid South Chapter |
Annual Immigration CLE Seminar |
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2007 |
| United States Sentencing Commission |
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seminar |
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2007 |
| University of Texas School of Law |
Annual Conference on Immigration Law |
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2005 |
| Administrative Office of the United States Courts |
Complex Litigation Seminar, 3 day |
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2005 |
| Administrative Office of the United States Courts |
Defending Immigration Cases, Scottsdale, Arizona; 2 day course |
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2003 |
| Administrative Office of the United States Courts |
Advanced Trial Skills Workshop |
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2002 |
| Administrative Ofice of the United States Courts |
Advanced Seminal Federal Crimes |
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2000 |
| Hastings College of Trial Advocacy |
2 Week Advance Trial Seminar |
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1977 |
| University of Minnesota Law School |
Law |
Juris Doctor |
1976 |
| Macalester College, Minnesota |
Political Science, Psychology |
BA - Bachelor of Arts |
1972 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
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Metro Manila College, Manila, Philippines |
1988 |
| Justice Thomas C. Clarke Memorial Scholarship |
Hastings College of Trial Advocacy |
1977 |
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Associations
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| Consumer, BBB Rating "A" |
Better Business Bureau |
2009-present
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| Member |
India Committee, American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section |
2009-present
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| Member, ILEX Delegate |
American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section |
2008-present
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| Board Member |
Single Parents Scholarship Fund |
2007-present
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| Member |
Arkansas Bar Association, Immigration Section |
2006-present
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| Member |
American Society of International Law |
2003-present
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| Member |
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
1999-present
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| Silver Circle |
American Immigration Lawyers Association |
1988-present
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| Member |
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
1978-present
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| Member |
Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers |
2003-2006
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See all 10 association entries
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Portfolio
Contribution
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Contributor Level 6
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Cases
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Outcome: Acaquittal on all counts (Counts 1 and 3)
Outcome: Judgment for Plaintiff, $813,000.00
Outcome: Testing "collateral estoppel" in immigration
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Publications
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| ICE Runs a Railroad |
Ben J. Altheimer Symposium (Cause Lawyering) |
2009 |
| Defending Against Deportation: Equipping Public Defenders to Represent Noncitizens Effectilvely, Jennifer Welch (Citing Milton's article, Footnote 64, p 551 |
California Law Review, Vol 92, No.2 (March 2004) p541-584, 551 |
2004 |
| Consumer handbookTranslated into Spanish, Dr. Robert Baum, Hon. Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General |
Arkansas Consumer Law Handbook, Arkansas Bar Association |
2002 |
| Battered Toolbox, Missing Tools and the One Armed Mechanic |
The Arkansas Lawyer |
1999 |
See all 6 publications
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Speaking Engagements
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| Presentation Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Immigration Issues and Latest Developments |
HRMA ARKANSAS Monthly Program, August 2009, Approved General Recertification Credit |
2009 |
| Immigration in the Criminal Law Context |
Ben J.Altherimer Symposium |
2009 |
| ICE and Customs Enforcement Knocking At Your Door, Employer Sanctions in the Immigration Context |
31st Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference |
2008 |
| Immigration Update & Perspectives; Need for Immmigration Reform |
Weekly Luncheon, Rotarian |
2007 |
| Immigration |
Immigration Law for Small Business |
2006 |
| Current trends in Immigration Law |
Career Path Symposium |
2006 |
| Immigration Law for Practioners |
Immigration Law for Practioners |
2005 |
| Immigration Legislation |
Arkansas Bar Association Annual Meeting |
2002 |
| The Ascendancy of the American Criminal Defense Lawyer |
Contemporary Problems in the Criminal Justice System |
1988 |
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