MEMBERS OF FIRM
Ginger E. Jacobs (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. (Not admitted in California). Education: Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1995); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998). AILA President's Commendation for Coalition Building (2007). Member: American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) (Executive Committee, San Diego AILA Chapter, 2004-2006; Co-Chair, San Diego AILA Chapter Congressional Liaison Committee, 2004-2008); San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce (Member, International Committee). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization(100%).Email: Ginger E. Jacobs
David A. Schlesinger (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, December 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, with distinction in History, 1993); New York University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa; Golden Key. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts. Law Clerk: Hon. Roderick R. McKelvie, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1996-1997; The Hon. Gerard E. Lynch, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2001; The Hon. M. Margaret McKeown, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2001-2002. Intern to the Honorable Charles R. Richey, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1994. Author: "Chevron Unlatined: The Inapplicability of the Canon Noscitur a Sociis Under Prong One of the Chevron Framework," 5 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 638, 1996. Member: San Diego County Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Criminal Appeals; Federal Litigation; Immigration Appeals; Criminal Motion Practice; Civil Motion Practice.Email: David A. Schlesinger
Mark C. Ople (Member) born San Diego, California; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1989); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1995). Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association; San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce (Member, Legal Committee); California Western Community Law Project. Practice Areas: Immigration Law(100%).Email: Mark C. Ople
Donald Kyle Sheppard (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, California, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Marshall University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1997); New York Law School (J.D., 2000). Member: San Diego County Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) (Board of Directors, 2009-2010; Executive Committee, San Diego AILA Chapter, 2006-2010; Co-Chair, Planning Committee for 20th Annual California Chapters Conference; Chair, YLD Committee for San Diego Chapter); Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana. (Certified Specialist, Immigration and Nationality Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization).Email: Donald Kyle Sheppard
ASSOCIATE
Regina Knoll (Associate) born Linz, Austria, March 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Central Connecticut State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); California Western School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: San Diego County Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); California Women Lawyers; Lawyers Club of San Diego. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization(100%).Email: Regina Knoll