There are few laws more complex than immigration  laws of the United States.

Not only is the law complex, but the procedures to follow before Immigration Judges is also quite complex.  In addition to the complex laws, complex procedures, there is also the fact that a number of written applications often need to be filed as well as supporting documents. These forms must be filled out with precision and accurate information.  In addition, the government is represented in all immigration proceedings by attorneys, variously called Trial Attorneys or Assistant Chief Counsel, who aggressively present the government’s case. 

Daniel M. Pell is an experienced trial attorney with 34 years of trial work in Federal Court as well as 16 years’  experience in handling immigration
cases.

Mr. Pell has completed hundreds of criminal jury trials and hundreds of
immigration cases, including detained cases.

Mr. Pell has also handled immigration appeals to the Board of Immigration
Appeals after individuals have been order removed/deported from the U.S., as
well as Federal Court Appeals.

Mr. Pell also has done many federal District Court Actions.  He is licensed in
Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as the following Courts:

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania.
• U.S. District Court for Maryland
• U.S. District Court for District of Columbia
• Court of Appeals of Maryland.
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Pell has extensive experience in handling cases involving asylum ,
withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture(CAT).  These asylum,
withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture (CAT)cases have been
done both in  detained and bonded out settings.  Mr. Pell has handled asylum
case, withholding and CAT cases for Pakistan, India, China, Russia, Haiti, Laos,
Guinea, Ukraine, Latvia, Angola, Colombia, Cuba, Belarus, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Serbia, Tibet, Nepal, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Egypt, Iran, Iraq.

Mr. Pell regularly appears in Immigration Courts located in New York City,
Philadelphia, Newark, Arlington, Virginia, Baltimore, and York, Pa., and
for affirmative asylum applications at the Newark Asylum Center located in
Lyndhurst, New Jersey.