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Kevin A. Raica

Biography

Kevin Raica is a Senior Attorney with Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC. His practice includes federal litigation through mandamus and naturalization actions, marriage and other family-based petitions, waivers of inadmissibility, defense in removal proceedings, asylum applications, and employment-based immigration. Kevin practices before USCIS, ICE, the Immigration Courts and Board of Immigration Appeals, the Department of State, and Federal District Courts and Courts of Appeal.

Kevin is currently the Chair of the Litigation Track for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Midwest Regional Conference and has served in that role since 2020. He has served as Co-Chair of the AILA Chicago Chapter Executive Office for Immigration Review Liaison Committee since 2015. He also served as Co-Chair of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations liaison committee from 2013-2015.

He believes that immigrants make America better and that they deserve fairness, representation, and a chance to achieve their dreams.

Speaking Engagements

  • Courtroom Skills Workshop, Faculty Member, 2022 – Present
  • Mandamus Actions Against Immigration Agencies (June 2023), Discussion Leader, AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida
  • Emerging Immigration Possibilities (May 2023), Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois
  • Prosecutorial Discretion & U-Visa Bona Fide Determinations (August 2021), Speaker, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
  • Challenging a Notice to Appear (November 2019), Speaker, AILA Chicago Fall Family and Removal Conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • Local Agency Conversation (March 2019), Discussion Leader, AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Hair on Fire: BIA and AG Updates (November 2018), Speaker, AILA Chicago Fall Family and Removal Conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • Detention Practice Basics (June 2017), Speaker, AILA National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Immigration Court Practice (March 2017), Discussion Leader, AILA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Consular Processing Strategies: Pitfalls and Solutions in Consular Practice (January 2017) Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Employment-based immigration unit (August 2016 – Present), Speaker, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Customs and Border Protection: Entry and Admission Issues (June 2016), Speaker, AILA Chicago Chapter monthly meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Immigration Law and Procedure (November 2015), Guest Lecturer, John Marshall Law School.
  • Complicated Lawful Permanent Resident Issues (October 2015), Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Immigration Practice Ethics (May 2015), Speaker, AILA Chicago Chapter Ethics Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Driver’s License and Social Security Issues for Immigrants (November 2014), Speaker, AILA Chicago Chapter Fall Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Preparing for Immigration Court (November 2013), AILA Chicago New Members Division monthly meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
  • District Court jurisdiction (November 2011), AILA Chicago Chapter Fall Conference, Chicago, Illinois

Awards

  • Leading Lawyers – 2018-2025
  • Super Lawyers – 2024-2025
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Professional Associations

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Chicago Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • State of Illinois
  • Northern District of Illinois
  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Published Decisions

  • Lam v. Holder, 698 F.3d 529 (7th Cir. 2012)
  • Gonzales-Gomez v. Achim, 441 F.3d 552 (7th Cir. 2006)

Education

  • J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
  • B.A., Northwestern University

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