Cheryl R. David

New York City Immigration Attorney

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Cheryl R. David has been practicing immigration law since 1995. Born and raised in Queens, N.Y., she comes from a diverse background. Her mother was a teacher in an elementary school in the South Bronx and taught English as a Second Language to new immigrants in the evening. Her mom always wanted her to be an immigration lawyer. Due to her mom’s urging and growing up in Queens, she was exposed to various cultures and nationalities.Her first job was working for a small firm in Jackson Heights, Queens and was grateful for the job, she vowed to be the best immigration lawyer she could be. While working for Bretz & Coven, LLP, she became involved in the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Ms. David served on various local committees and ultimately became Chair of the New York chapter in 2006. Subsequently, she chaired the local committee of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in NY from 2007-2009. The position inspired her to become more involved on a national level. From 2007-10 she was Chair of the national liaison committee with ICE on behalf of AILA. At the same time, she was elected to the national Board of Governors for AILA and remained on the Board until 2012. Subsequent to her position as Chair of ICE, she became national chair of the Executive Office for Immigration Review from 2010-2012 on behalf of AILA. In addition, to her work with AILA, she served on the New York City Bar Fund from 2007-2013. She currently in on the immigration committee for the Federal Bar Association and is a Board member on “ASISTA”, an organization which centralize assistance for advocates and attorneys facing complex legal problems in advocating for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault

Ms. David has been voted a SuperLawyer since 2007. Recently she was voted a “Women Superlawyer” in 2014. Since 2012 she has been voted “Best Lawyer” and recently voted the top five “Best Lawyer” in immigration in New York by her peers. She is devoted to the practice of immigration law and her clients on a very personal level. It is important to her that the clients her office serves feel that they are heard, respected and offered the best representation despite any circumstance.

Areas of Practice

  • Family and Business Petitions
  • Deportation Hearings
  • Immigration
  • 100% Immigration & Naturalization Law

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 1995
  • New York, 1996
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

Education

  • Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts

Classes/Seminars

  • New York conference – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Prosecutorial Discretion – December, 2012
  • New York, PLI – Family Issues in Immigration Cases – November, 2012
  • Montreal, Canada – I-601 Waivers – September, 2012
  • New York, Practicing Law Institute – Prosecutorial Discretion and Deferred Action – August, 2012
  • Nashville, TN – AILA National Conference – EOIR Open Forum; Seeking Bond before the Immigration Court – June, 2012
  • Memphis, TN – FBA – LPR Cancellation before the Immigration Judge; EOIR Matters – Updates and Emerging Issues – May, 2012
  • AILA NY Chapter – NY ? Perspectives on Prosecutorial Discretion – April, 2012
  • NY Immigration Coalition – Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions – March, 2012
  • Miami AILA Chapter Meeting – Analyzing Prosecutorial Discretion – March, 2012
  • Boston Conference – Prosecutorial Discretion – March, 2012
  • Washington DC – Hot Topics EOIR – March, 2012
  • Panel Discussion – Cancellation of Removal of Non LPRs – Sponsored by ABA Commission on Immigration – Feb, 2012
  • Judge NYU Moot Court Competition – Feb, 2012
  • New York Conference – Prosecutorial Discretion – December, 2011
  • Westchester County Bar Association – Recent Trends in Arrests and Detention of Criminal Convictions – October, 2011
  • PLI – Defending Immigrants in Removal Proceedings – Ethical Issues in Removal Proceedings, NY, August 16, 2010
  • AILA Annual Conference – ICE Open Forum, July 2, 2010
  • New York AILA Chapter Meeting – “Waivers of Inadmissibility” – June, 2010
  • AILA Spring Conference, Transparency, Consistency, and Efficiency – “ICE Enforcement – A Winter Landscape or a Spring Thaw?”, March 26, 2010
  • Federal Bar Association – Memphis, Tennessee, May 14, 2010 – May 15, 2010
  • “Bond Proceedings and Mandatory Detention: Including the Process to Obtain, Post and get the Bond Money Returned”
  • “Nuts and Bold of Waivers of Inadmissibility and Removal”
  • “Adjustment of Status & Waivers of Inadmissibility Before USCIS & EOIR”
  • Texas Chapter Conference -AILA – “ICE panel”, April 16, 2010
  • AILA Spring Conference – “ICE Enforcement – A Winter Landscape or a Spring Thaw?” – Washington DC, March 26, 2010
  • Immigration Law: “Getting the Inside Track” – Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, February 26, 2010
  • New England Chapter Meeting – “Update on ICE Issues”, February 25, 2010
  • 7th Annual AILA New England Immigration Law Conference – “Worksite Enforcement/Compliance” February, 2010
  • NY Immigration Coalition – Immigration Consequences of Criminal Dispositions, February 5, 2010
  • AILA 2009 Fall Topics Conference – “Convictions, Removability & Relief” – Boston, MA, December 14, 2009
  • NY Chapter Conference – “Interagency Panel”, December 1, 2009
  • PLI 41st Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute – “Affidavits of Support, Removal of Conditions, the Child Status Protection Act” – NY, October, 2009
  • NY Immigration Coalition – “Waivers and Exceptions” – NY, September, 2009
  • AILA Annual Conference – ICE Open Forum – Law Vegas, Nevada, June 5, 2009
  • Appellate and Protection Law Division, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security – 2009 Appellate Issues, Litigation and Advocacy Conference “Panel Discussion”, May 6, 2009
  • NY Immigration Coalition – “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Behavior” , September 12, 2008
  • NY Chapter Meeting – “Representing Juveniles in Immigration Proceedings”, November 12, 2008
  • AILA Chapter Conference, Philadelphia, PA – Waivers and Litigation – March, 2008
  • New York Immigration Coalition – Spring and Fall, 2008
  • AILA Spring Conference – ICE Liaison panel – Discussion Leader with Leaders from the Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Washington DC, 2008
  • AILA Annual Conference – ICE Open Forum, 2008
  • AILA Fall Fundamentals – Inadmissibility v Removability, Memphis, TN, 2008
  • AILA NY Immigration Conference – What Clients Forget to Tell You, and What You Forget to Ask, December 13, 2007
  • City Bar – Immigration Law – It Isn’t Just for Immigration Lawyers Anymore, December 4, 2007
  • Moon Seminars, NY – Immigration for paralegals – October, 2007
  • AILA Fundamentals Conference, Boston, MA – Inadmissibility/Removal – October, 2007
  • AILA Annual Conference – Top Non-Business Issues That Can Affect Your Business Client – – Spring, 2007
  • Judge for New York University Law School Moot Court Competition February 2006 and February 2007
  • AILA Annual Conference – Fundamentals Panel – Inadmissibility v. Removability, 2006
  • New York Conference – Speaker – “Marital Disharmony: Immigration Consequences of Separation and Divorce” – December, 2006
  • Training at the New York Immigration Coalition – Immigration Consequences of Criminal Dispositions – Spring and Fall, 2006
  • Web Seminars for AILA – Inadmissibility v. Removability – fundamentals – October, 2006 “An Introduction to Inadmissibility and Removability for Newer Practitioners”, AILA – Starting Your Own Law Practice – 2005

Honors and Awards

  • American Immigration Council Public Service Award, December, 2010
  • SuperLawyers, 2011

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York Chapter, Chapter Chair, 2006 – 2007
  • Executive Office for Immigration Review/American Immigration Lawyers Association, NY Chapter, Former Co-Chair, Liaison Committee
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, Director, Board of Governors, 2007 – Present
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chair, Immigration & Customs Enforcement – National Committee, 2006 – 2009
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York, Chair, Immigration & Customs Enforcement Liaison Committee
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York, Co-Chair, Pro Bono Committee
  • City Bar Fund of New York, Member, Board of Directors
  • Immigrants’ List, Founding Member
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York, Chair, Immigration & Customs Enforcement – Detention & Removal
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2009 – 2011