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  • LexisNexis Matthew Bender salutes Roxana Bacon!

    LexisNexis Matthew Bender and the Editorial Board of Bender’s Immigration Bulletin congratulate Roxana Bacon, Chief Counsel, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

    Former Editorial Board member Roxana Bacon assumed the duties of USCIS Chief Counsel on October 21, 2009. Former General Counsel of AILA and AILF, and on President Clinton's short list for INS Commissioner, Ms. Bacon practiced immigration and employment law from 1970 to 2004. She is the first woman to serve as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conferences, and to be elected President of the Arizona State Bar Association. She was also an Adjunct Professor at ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law for 25 years, chaired the American Immigration Lawyer's Association's (AILA) Enforcement Liaison Committee, and served on the Editorial Board of the Association of International Educator of NAFSA (National Association of Foreign Student Advisors), the International Women's Forum, and the Board of Directors of the Arizona Town Hall. Ms. Bacon is the former President of the Board of Visitors of the University of Arizona College of Law and has served on the Board of Directors of the National Law Center, dedicated to implementing NAFTA. In 2001, Ms. Bacon was the recipient of the Sarah Herring Sorin Award. Ms. Bacon was honored with the State Bar of Arizona's ''Distinguished Service Award,'' being only the third person to ever receive this award. In 2007 she received the ABA Margaret Brent award for lifetime achievement and became the Executive Director of Phoenix-based Western Progress, a non-profit think tank. She has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro three times.


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