Attorney Biography

Alejandro O. Campillo

Professional Experience:

* Alejandro O. Campillo, A Professional Law Corporation 1981 to present

* Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law,    Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California 1992 to 2007

Areas of Special Expertise:

Immigration & Nationality Law:
emphasis on advanced nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions international clientele composed of professionals, investors, entertainers, and multi-national corporations

International transactional matters:
business development ventures, including manufacturing, trade, commerce, finance, mergers and acquisitions; federal extradition defense;

Professional Activities:

American Immigration Lawyers Association:

• National Chairman, 1995, Budget & Audit Committee
• Chairman, San Diego Chapter, 1993-95
• Member, National Board of Governors, 1993-95
• National Chairman and founder, Hispanic Caucus, 1994-95
• Member & Co-Chairman, select national committees on finance, management and administrative reorganization of national bar association

U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce:

• Vice President (San Diego/Tijuana) California Pacific Chapter, 1998 - 1999
• Member, Bi-national Board of Directors, 1995- Present
• General Counsel, Buen Vecino Internship Program, 1995 - 1999
• Co-Chairman, Border Task Force, 1998-99
• Co-Chairman, Maquiladora Task Force, 1995-98
• Co-Chairman, Workforce Development Task Force, 2002 - present

Member, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Appointment Advisory Committee, 1995 - 2000

Real Estate Development:

• Director and principal in various commercial and industrial real estate development projects in Mexicali, Mexico and Calexico, California, 1985 - Present
• Director, developer and owner of a new construction Denny's Restaurant franchise in Calexico, California; presently the largest Denny's in the United States; 1992 - Present

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Douglas Nelson

Professional Activities:

2002 Chair of the San Diego County Bar, Immigration Section Educate members on recent developments in all aspects of immigration law, and provides a vehicle for the immigration bar to communicate with the general public, government agencies and other interested professional groups. Presented ten different monthly "brown bag lunch" discussions with topics such as Paroles and Bonds, Asylum Law, Aggravated Felons and the Immigration Law.

2002 AILA Liaison Committee with the San Diego Immigration Court Organize and conduct regular liaison meetings between the AILA membership and the San Diego Immigration Court with the assistance of the committee members. Present agenda items and responses from the Court to the AILA membership.

1995 to 2002 Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Experience:

Jan 98 to present Alejandro O. Campillo, A Professional Law Corporation General practice of immigration law with an emphasis on deportation/removal defense, asylum law, credible fear processing, border and inadmissibility issues. The majority of the practice is before the San Diego Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and the San Diego Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Oct 95- Dec 97 Law Office of Douglas D. Nelson
Interview, counsel, and represent clients who desire to visit, work in, or immigrate to the United States. Practice includes business visas, visitor visas, asylum, suspension of deportation, adjustment of status, waivers of inadmissibility, deportation/removal cases, and exclusion proceedings.

Oct 94-Sept 95 U.S. Department of Justice , Executive Office for Immigration Review, Immigration Court, Honors Judicial Law Clerk
Law Clerk for ten different Immigration Judges located in San Diego, El Centro, Hawaii, and Guam. Review cases, decide preliminary motions, and draft proposed final written decisions for deportation and exclusion proceedings. Observe hearings, maintain a Library of the latest decisions regarding immigration, and perform research projects.

Oct 93-Dec 93 Law Office of Marco E. Lopez, Law Clerk
Immigration, civil rights, and personal injury. Interview immigration clients and evaluate their cases. Write complaints, interrogatories, and requests for production of documents for a variety of cases including civil rights violations, wrongful discharge, assault And battery, and false imprisonment.

Nov 92-Aug 93 University of San Diego Immigration Clinic, Legal Assistant
Outstanding Immigration Legal Assistant Award. Responsible for clinic Cases involving asylum, suspension of deportation, adjustment of status, waivers of inadmissibility, and visa applications. Drafted and submitted several motions to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Languages:

Speak, read, and write English and Spanish fluently.

Education:

May 94 University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA, Juris Doctor. Emphasis: International Law, James Irvine Foundation Immigration Law Conference Committee Member, International Law Society. Summer 92 University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, Study Abroad. Mexico Institute on International and Comparative Law. Courses included Mexican Law, International Business Transactions, and Legal Spanish.

May 91 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, B.A., International Relations. President of Sigma Iota Rho Honors Society, Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society Member.