Brian S. Green, Editor-in-Chief and Contributor, is a solo practitioner in Denver, who focuses on bringing federal court challenges to immigration and visa denials and delays, nationwide. Brian has practiced complex litigation and trial work since 2001, and U.S. immigration law full-time since 2007. Brian is admitted to practice before thirty (30) U.S. district courts. He “cut his teeth” as a judicial law clerk, public defender, and then as outside trial counsel for GE and General Motors (with now Senior U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer). Brian is active with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) at the national and chapter levels, frequently writing and speaking on federal litigation topics. Brian is a graduate of Washington & Jefferson College and Case Western Reserve’s School of Law, where he studied trial tactics under the late Professor Emeritus Jim McElhaney. He is Chair of 2024–25 Benefits Litigation Committee.

Waleed Naser, Editor-in-Chief and Contributor, is an immigration attorney and the founder of Naser Immigration Law, LLC, where he focuses on federal immigration litigation, FOIA litigation, asylum, and family-based immigration. He began his legal career as a Legal Fellow at the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America (CLCMA), handling federal litigation for primarily Muslim immigrants facing government overreach, visa denials, and security-related delays. After a brief period in employment-based immigration, he joined Kuck Baxter Immigration in Atlanta, GA, working alongside former AILA President Charles Kuck on federal court challenges to agency delays and policy violations. He was also part of IMMPact Litigation, litigating mass-plaintiff lawsuits, including a challenge to the H-1B electronic registration process. Now in solo practice, Waleed continues to focus on federal immigration litigation, including lawsuits against USCIS, ICE, and the Department of State, as well as government transparency through FOIA cases. Waleed has been an AILA member since 2020, and he is admitted to 13 U.S. District Courts nationwide.

Ava Benach, Contributor, is a founding member of Benach Collopy, LLP, and has navigated clients through the maze of immigration law for nearly twenty-five years. She has concentrated her practice on representing clients in removal proceedings and on litigation matters before the federal courts. Ava was identified as being a “go-to attorney when it comes to representing individuals in complex government cases” and at the “forefront of an emerging generation of litigators” in the immigration field by Chambers International. In June 2017, Ava was awarded the Edith B. Lowenstein Award for Excellence in Advancing the Practice of Immigration Law by AILA. Ava has represented clients in immigration courts across the country, bringing actions in federal court to challenge unreasonable or delayed government decision-making and to ensure that her clients rights are protected. She has also served on the Amicus Committee of the AILA helping to set nationwide litigation strategy for the organization. Prior to forming Benach Collopy, Ava was a partner in the nationwide immigration practice at Duane Morris, LLP. She joined Duane Morris after leading the litigation practice at Maggio & Kattar for several years. Ava is a 1998 cum laude graduate of George Washington University Law School and a graduate of Boston College.

Sabrina Damast, Contributor, is the founder of the Law Office of Sabrina Damast, Inc., where she practices in the areas of immigration and nationality law and post-conviction relief. Before opening her own law practice, Sabrina served as a judicial law clerk in the Los Angeles Immigration Court and worked as an immigration attorney in private practice. As a law clerk, she conducted research and wrote more than two hundred decisions for dozens of immigration judges. Sabrina is an active member of AILA and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Sabrina is a member of the New York and California Bars and is admitted to the Central District of California, the Southern District of California, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California, the Western District of Arkansas, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. She frequently publishes articles, teaches CLEs, and gives presentations on immigration law. Sabrina is a California certified specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law.

Olga A. Karasik, Contributor, is a Founder and Managing Partner of Karasik Law Group, LLP in Beverly Hills, CA, since 2005. She has been licensed attorney in California since 1994. She handles primarily business immigration matters. She is also a business attorney with cross-border transactional experience. She advises business clients with immigration issues and immigration clients with business issues. Prior to her founding of Karasik Law Group, Olga worked as associate at Wasserman, Comden & Casselman LLP in Los Angeles, handling corporate and business transactions and immigration matters. Prior to her immigrating to the United States in 1990, Olga was a practicing attorney in Moscow, Russia, and member of the Moscow bar from 1984 to 1990. Olga obtained her law degree from Moscow State University School of Law in 1983, and Master of Laws degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1996. During her legal career, she has been a presenter and speaker at numerous conferences, seminars, and industry tradeshows, and has authored numerous articles on legal issues ranging from cross-border transactions and corporate governance to immigration and citizenship through investment.

Adam Rosen, Contributor, is an Assistant Managing Attorney and a Member of the Murthy Law Firm. He represents employers and individuals in a range of nonimmigrant visa cases, including H1B, L-1, and E-2, as well as other, more complex matters before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State. Adam’s experience also includes helping clients with permanent resident cases before the U.S. Department of Labor and USCIS. Adam enjoys helping clients with their motions and appeals to USCIS and has represented a number of clients at the Administrative Appeals Office in complex employment-based cases. He has been actively involved with AILA, both nationally and with the Washington D.C. Chapter, for several years. Adam has the distinction of being recognized by Best Lawyers® in America. Prior to joining Murthy Law Firm, Adam practiced immigration law in New York City, representing clients in the commercial communications industry on immigration matters that included family-based cases.

Carrie M. Ziegler Thomas, Contributor, is Senior Counsel at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. She is an experienced employment-based immigration attorney. She assists clients from a range of industries in meeting their U.S. immigration needs, and provides sound, actionable counsel to help companies navigate any challenges that arise. Carrie drafts nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, including H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, Blanket L Certification, TN, O-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, and J-1 waiver documents, PERM applications, and U.S. permanent residence petitions such as EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and EB-5. She also works with companies on worksite compliance issues such as immigration site visits, internal I-9 audits and best practices, E-Verify use, and responding to Social Security no-match letters. She is a graduate of Marquette University Law School and Ferris State University.