$ 150-350 per hour
William Schiller represents individuals, corporate, and university clients in a broad array of immigration matters. Many of the clients he represents are professors, researchers, scientists and post-doctoral scholars who apply for permanent residence as outstanding researchers and professors, and via national interest waiver and extraordinary ability immigration petitions. In addition, Wiliam's law practice involves the representation of highly-skilled professionals and individuals in a wide range of non-immigrant visa matters, as well as family-based immigration involving applications for permanent residence in the United States, asylum matters, removal, naturalization, consular processing, and other complex areas of immigration law.
As universities, medical centers, international students, faculty and postdoctoral scholars face increasingly complex and evolving immigration policies, William also leads Hinshaw’s Higher Education Immigration Team.
William lectures and publishes extensively on immigration law, and his client base is national and worldwide. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches a senior-level course on international human rights and U.S. refugee law.
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33 years
33 years
$ 150-350 per hour
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Acquired: 1987
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State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1989
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151 North Franklin Street, Suite 2500, Chicago, IL, 60606
107 Client Reviews
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Posted by Marin | November 16, 2011 | Immigration
I will be thankful to Bill for the rest of my life.
I was working in research for several years and was discouraged by several lawyers to apply for the green card. That was all happening in the post 9-11 time when very few cases were approved and things were moving slowly. Bill took my case and told me that information I was told previously is all wro...
Posted by Neveen | September 19, 2011 | Immigration
mission impossible,not anymore
we approached Mr.Schiller after we consulted 4 famous immigration lawyers in chicago ,2 immigration lawyers in Los Anglos,1 immigration lawyer in New York,3 immigration paralegals and 1 pro bono refugee organization, in short we wasted considerable amounts of time and resources and we hit a dead en...
Posted by anonymous | August 14, 2011 | Immigration
No wards can be enough or fair
A few months ago - thank god - I lived enough to celebrate a very special moment ... it was the moment were I became an american citizen, at that time attorney William Schiler was the only person I could think of and thank. Back in the day, year 2000 attorney William Schiler handled the case of my l...
Posted by anonymous | June 29, 2011 | Immigration
Wonderful Immigration Attorney
Bill Schiller is a wonderful immigration attorney. He and his staff, Rob are very professional. I was at first intimidated by the whole process of permanent residency petition under EB1 category. Bill helped me break it down into smaller tasks. He and his staff walked with me every step of the way. H...
Posted by Maral | June 26, 2011 | Immigration
Amazing Immigration Lawyer
Bill Schiller is an amazing immigration lawyer and I highly recommend him. He was my attorney for my asylum case 5 years ago. He was outstanding at educating and informing me of the steps, process, and the case. Bill is very knowledgeable in the asylum category of immigration and teaches courses in t...
"I strongly endorse Bill’s work. Bill has a broad range of expertise in all aspects of immigration law, including employment-based, family-based and asylum cases. Having worked with Bill in both the law firm and academic settings, I can only echo the praise heard universally from his clients, colleagues and students."
"I endorse this lawyer's work. I have worked with Bill for many years. He is an recognized expert in the area and extremely well respected. Clients are without exception extermely satisfied with Bill. I highly recommend Bill."
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Super Lawyer, Illinois Super Lawyers
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Pro Bono Leadership Award, Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center
2017 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember, International and Immigration Law Section Council
2004 - Present
NAFSA Association of International EducatorsMember
1995 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationMember
1987 - Present
Chicago Bar Association, Immigration and Nationality Law CommitteeMember (Past Chair)
Member
2008 - 2017
International Network of Boutique Law FirmsMember
2007 - 2011
Immigration ProjectVice President/Board Member
1991
LL.M - Master of Laws
1987
JD - Juris Doctor
1984
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2014
Immigration Remedies - DOMA and Beyond
2010
Asylum
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Immigration Law
2007
Employment-Based IVs - Non-Labor Certification Preferences
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