John Howard Messing

I have considerable professional experience as a lawyer and expertise in immigration law. I am often interviewed by Channel 9, KGUN TV as an immigration expert, and a handful of these appear  under the publications section of this profile.

I participate in professional organizations. I represent the Amercan Bar Association (ABA) as its liasion to USCIS for the development of the next generation e-filing system for immigration benefits. I represent the American Immigration Lawyers Association Arizona Chapter as its liaison to USCIS to combat the unauthorized practice of law by untrained notarios who often destroy the lives of immigrants through incompetence and lack of training.

I have served on the governing body of the ABA Section of Science and Technology Law, was one of the founders and later Chairman of LegalXML, a technology body for law within the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), which is an international, not-for-profit consortium for technology standards. A more detailed listing of my professional activities and speaking engagements can be found at this Internet page: .

I believe that Internet solutions can help improve the quality and lower the cost of delivery of legal services to the public. I have developed an Affidavit of Support Calculator(tm) to help applicants for permanent residency to quickly determine if their petitioner's income can qualify, which is available for free on my law firm's website:

I developed an Internet program to help analyze quickly the chances for obtaining deferred action by young immigrant children who were brought by their parents unlawfully to the United States, and made the beta version available for free to community organizations and legal aid services helping to complete paperwork to obtain DACA benefits.

I am married and have four grown children who are actively engaged in their own careers.

I get real satisfaction in having clients obtain their immigrant benefits.