David Leopold

Practice Areas

Immigration, Employment & Labor, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Career

David has more than 20 years of experience counseling domestic and foreign businesses, health care institutions, law firms, religious institutions, non-profits, and other entities on issues related to U.S. immigration, visa, and citizenship law.

A nationally recognized immigration policy expert, writer, and public speaker, David has testified as an immigration law expert before Congress. He also serves as an immigration policy consultant to major national immigration reform groups, including America’s Voice, and was a member of Immigration Working Groups for the Biden-Harris transition team and presidential campaign. David serves as a “go-to” analyst of cutting-edge immigration issues for major national and international media outlets, and he regularly handles high-profile, politically charged matters that draw national attention. He frequently writes for MSNBC.com, CNN.com, TPM.com, USA Today, The Hill, and Huffington Post. His analyses of cutting-edge immigration issues frequently appears in major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Politico, Mother Jones, and CNN.

Professional Memberships

America’s Voice (Immigration Policy Counsel)

Latino-Jewish Leadership Council, American Jewish Committee (Founding Member)

Global Cleveland (Board Member)

American Immigration Lawyers Association (Past President and General Counsel)

AILA Administrative Litigation Task Force (Former Member)

American Immigration Council (Former Board Member)

Case Western Reserve University (Former Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law)

Cleveland State University (Former Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law)

Personal

J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law; B.A., University of Michigan.