$ 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
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Posted by Ariel | December 07, 2010 | Immigration
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I am a physician-scientist based in Chicago and I hired Mr. Bill Schiller upon many of my colleagues’ recommendation. As many other people I was concerned about the green card process and its impact in my career’s future. Bill displayed a great level of professionalism and efficiency, and the process...
Posted by Eli | November 23, 2010 | Immigration
Great attorney!
I've known Bill for over 4 years. He and his staff helped me with my petition to remove conditions on my green card. At the time I filed, I was divorced, which made my case more difficult. Bill and his staff were hands on from the very beginning; they were very knowledgeable about the process and th...
Posted by Mehrdad | October 11, 2010 | Immigration
Best US Immigration Lawyer
Bill Schiller is an outstanding immigration lawyer and absolute expert in different aspects of immigration law (e.g. National Interest Waiver/Extra Ordinary Ability, Immigration thru family and Asylum). I HIGHLY recommend Bill Schiller. I hired him first in 2002 and he is now handling my naturalizat...
Posted by anonymous | September 18, 2010 | Immigration
A Great Immigration Lawyer
Professor Schiller is a great immigration lawyer. His in-depth knowledge in the immigration laws, detailed analysis of the case and realistic approaches to resolve the complicated issues resulted the timely successful approval of the immigration petition we have. I am very impressed with his responsi...
Posted by Iram | September 01, 2010 | Immigration
A guiding light in the murky waters that is Immigration Law...
I have worked with Bill Schiller for the last 10 years. He has seen me through the stages of B1 (tourist) to F1 (student) to H1B (work) and onto a permanent resident status. Unlike other lawyers, Bill took a personal interest in my case and was actively involved all the way through. His billing pract...
"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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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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