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Keith Lynn Southam
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Biography
Keith Southam is the founder and principal of Southam Law. Keith has built a career around helping immigrants. Keith worked as an international student advisor and an ESL teacher before law school. In law school, Keith focused on immigration law, including an internship at the Chicago Immigration Court and a clerkship with a solo practitioner of immigration law. After law school, Keith worked for five years as an associate attorney for a boutique immigration firm in Chicago where he handled a range of immigration law matters, including family-based green cards, non-immigrant work visas, DACA, asylum, deportation defense, and many other areas. The skills as a student advisor and ESL teacher give Keith a unique approach to immigration law. This approach is centered on providing easy-to-understand and accurate information so that every client can make fully-informed decisions.
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Licensed in Illinois for 14 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 2011
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Location
Southam Law LLC
350 N Orleans St, Ste 9000N, Chicago, IL, 60654
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Posted by Maria | August 14, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes
Asylum applicant
Excelente abogado, mi esposo y yo estamos muy agradecidos por sus servicios, en todo el proceso de nuestro caso estuvo atento a nosotros, nos iba informando acerca de nuevas noticias, es un abogado que ve mas alla del beneficio economico, hace todo lo posible por ayudarte y sensibilizarse con sus cli...
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Experience
Honors
2018
Client Champion Award, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
2016 - Present
Principal Attorney, Southam Law
2011 - 2016
Associate, Shirly L. Wong Ltd.
2010 - 2011
Law Clerk, Troczynski Ocasio P.C.
2010 - 2010
Judicial Intern, U.S. Department of Justice Immigration Court
2009 - 2009
Judicial Intern, Illinois Third Judicial Circuit Court - Madison County
Associations
2012 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago Chapter), LGBT CommitteeCo-chair
2012 - Present
Chicago Bar AssociationMember
2011 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
2009 - Present
Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of ChicagoMember
Education
2011
Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology
JD - Juris Doctor
2006
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
MA - Masters
2003
University of Idaho
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Publications
2011
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Who Am I and Who Do You Want Me to Be? Effectively Defining a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Social Group in Asylum Applications
Languages
Spanish
French
German
English
Activity
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