Alex Gregory Isbell

Attorney Alex Isbell is one of the founding partners of Palladino, Isbell, and Casazza, LLC with offices in Philadelphia and Media, PA.  Prior to that he was a founding member of Solow , Isbell & Palladino LLC, one of the leading immigration only firms in the Delaware Valley. Prior to co-founding Solow, Isbell & Palladino LLC he was a senior attorney at a boutique immigration law firm in suburban Philadelphia, PA where he worked as a law clerk from 2004-2005 and as an attorney from 2005 until 2008. Attorney Isbell is experienced in representing individuals in immigration court and before USCIS in a variety of matters. Types of cases that Mr. Isbell has handled in immigration court in the past include asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, adjustment of status, and cancellation of removal. Mr. Isbell also has significant experience with appellate immigration matters such as appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals, the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  He is also a member of the bar of the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Northern District of Illinois, and the District of Columbia. 

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In addition handling family-based immigration matters and immigration litigation/appellate matters of all types, Mr. Isbell represents individuals and corporations related to non-immigrant employment-based immigration benefits such as H-1B visas; P-1 visas for athletes and their support staff; O-1 visas for athletes, business people, and artists; TN visas for professionals and academics; and students with complex F-1 student visa issues, such as reinstatement of status. He has also successfully helped individuals obtain U.S. permanent residency through the EB-1, EB-2 processes, and EB-2 special recruitment processes.

Mr. Isbell received his J.D. from Villanova University in 2005 and was a member of Villanova’s competitive Environmental Law Journal from 2003-2005. He was also a member of Villanova’s CARES clinic where he successfully represented several clients in removal proceedings, and performed independent research related to trafficking in men and boys around the world in at the request of Catholic Relief Services. In 2005 Mr. Isbell received the Villanova Alumni Association’s Award for Pro Bono Service in recognition of the 185 hours of pro bono legal assistance he provided while in law school, and he was selected by Villanova University School of Law’s Legal Writing Faculty to act as a Legal Writing Teaching Assistant in 2004-2005.  Prior to attending Villanova University School of Law, Mr. Isbell received a B.A. in Political Science from Boston College in 1999 and was a Fulbright Grantee at the University of Helsinki in 1999-2000.