EXPERIENCE - Brent Renison
Parrilli Renison LLC
Partner 2007 to present
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Tonkon Torp LLP
Immigration Group, Associate Attorney 2000-2004; Partner 2005-2007
Portland, Oregon
Parker Bush & Lane, P.C.,
Immigration Group, 1997-2000
Portland, Oregon
Law Clerk to the Honorable Kimberly C. Frankel, Oregon Circuit Court, 1996-1997
Portland, Oregon
Extern to the Honorable Barry M. Kurren, United States Magistrate Judge, 1995
United States District Court for the District of Hawai'i
Senior Passport Examiner, United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Seattle Passport Agency, 1991-1993
Honolulu Passport Agency, 1993
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Hawai'i School of Law, 1996
Certificate in Pacific Asian Legal Studies, 1996
East China University of Politics & Law, Shanghai, China, Chinese Law Studies, 1994
President, Pacific Asian Legal Studies Student Organization, 1995-1996
Parliamentarian, Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, 1994-1995
Highest marks – CALI Awards – Immigration law; Chinese Business Law
Masters Certificate, Cross Cultural Communication, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 1996
Graduate Degree Fellow and Scholarship Recipient, 1994-1996
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, University of Oregon, 1990
International Studies Departmental Honors
Chinese Language Study, National Taiwan Normal University, 1988-89
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Adjunct Associate Professor, Immigration Law, University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, Oregon, Spring 2004; Spring 2005; Spring 2006; Spring 2007
Adjunct Associate Professor, Deportation Defense Clinic, University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, Oregon, Fall 2005
Pro Bono Immigration Counsel, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon, 2004-present - Time Based Art Festival
Board of Directors, 2005-2008
Faculty, AILA National Teleconference, How to Resurrect a Dead I-130
National Teleconference, October 30, 2008
Faculty, AILA Fundamentals of Immigration Law Practice Conference, The Road to Naturalization and Citizenship
Memphis, TN, October 21, 2008
Faculty, AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Thorny Issues in Marriage Cases
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 2008
Faculty, AILA National Teleconference, Retention and Loss of U.S. Citizenship
National Teleconference, June 7, 2005
Faculty, AILA Global Immigration Summit, Citizenship Requirements
New York, New York, October 1, 2004
Faculty, AILA Northwest Advanced Citizenship Workshop
Portland, Oregon, October 22, 2004
Co-Chair, AILA Northwest Regional Immigration Conference
Portland, Oregon, February 2003
Lecturer, State of Oregon, Bureau of Labor and Industries, Record-keeping Requirements
Portland, Oregon, September 19, 2000; February 22, 2001; April 12, 2001; August 21, 2001;
January 24, 2002; May 2, 2002; July 11, 2002; August 14, 2002; February 13, 2003; May 8, 2003;
June 3, 2003, August 19, 2003
Faculty, Annual Employment Conference, State of Oregon, Bureau of Labor and Industries
Portland, Oregon, December 10, 2003; December 8, 2004; December 8, 2005; December 7, 2006
Faculty, AILA Northwest Regional Immigration Conference,
Bellevue, Washington, February 2001; Seattle, Washington, February 2002; Portland, Oregon
February 2003, Seattle, Washington, February 2004, Seattle, Washington, March 2005 and 2006;
Portland, Oregon March 2007
Faculty, AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Citizenship panel
Chicago, Illinois, June 2000
Speaker, Undocumented Immigration, Solutions not Slogans, Willamette Women Democrats
Lake Oswego, Oregon, September 2007
Speaker, Business Lawyering in the Pacific Rim Economy, Immigration Law Issues
Portland, Oregon, November 18, 2005
Speaker, Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conduct – Metropolitan Public Defenders
Portland, Oregon, February 10, 2004
Speaker, Ethics CLE, Dual Representation: Contrasting Immigration and Patent Law
Portland, Oregon, February 14, 2003
Speaker, Solomon’s Legacy CLE, Immigration Law in the New World
Portland, Oregon, May 15, 2002
Speaker, Challenges in Business Immigration Today
Portland, Oregon, December 5, 2001; December 3, 2002, December 10, 2003
Speaker, AILA Congressional Liaison Update – Sen. Gordon Smith and Rep. Earl Blumenauer attending
Portland, Oregon, December 1, 2000
Presenter, Pacific Basin Economic Council Annual Meeting
Pacific Basin Charter on International Investment, Foreign Direct Investment Committee
Auckland, New Zealand, May 1995
Speaker, American/Canadian Alumni Symposium of Scholars Studying in Taiwan
Language Learning and Career Development
San Francisco, California, 1991
PUBLICATIONS
Every Rose Has Its Thorn: Issues in Difficult Marriage Adjustment Cases
by Jonathan S. Greene, Thipphavone Ark, and Brent Renison
Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, 2008-09 Edition
Blanket L Petitioners Grandfathered for Six-Month Prior Continuous Employment Requirement
10 Bender's Immigration Bulletin 13, LexisNexis, January 1, 2005
Business Immigration and Dual Representation in a Multi-Disciplinary Law Firm in Oregon
Northwest Regional Immigration Conference Handbook, 2003
Security Issues for Foreign Health Professionals
Health Lawyers News, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2003
More Resources, Not Laws
Oregon State Bar Bulletin, Vol. 62, No. 3, December 2001
Child Citizenship Act of 2000: A New Category of Citizenship?
Northwest Regional Immigration Conference Handbook, 2001;
Reprinted in For the District of Oregon, Vol. VI, No. 1, Quarterly Newsletter of the
Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Summer 2001
Foreign Direct Investment in China’s Hotel Industry: Law and Policy Developments,
1 University of Hawai'i Pacific Asian Legal Studies Occasional Papers 131 (1996)
SIGNIFICANT CASES
Lockhart v. Napolitano, 573 F.3d 251 (6th Cir. 2009)
(addressing an issue of first impression, the court held that an alien whose citizen spouse died while her husband's petition for her was pending remained a spouse and an immediate relative, following Freeman v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2006))
Hootkins v. Napolitano, 2009 WL 2222839 (C.D. Cal. 2009) (Certified a Ninth Circuit class, and held that a K-1 fiancee was an immediate relative despite the death of her spouse, and further held that an I-864 substitute sponsor was not required to recognize the validity of the I-130 petition in the case of death of a spouse)
Hanford v. Chertoff, Civ. No. SA-08-CA-0795XR (W.D. Texas, Sept. 17, 2009) (holding K-1 spouse whose citizen spouse died while her adjustment of status application was pending remained eligible for permanent residence despite the death)
In re Wieden + Kennedy, LIN 05 179 53382 (AAO Feb. 6, 2007)
(Strategic Planner (account planner) within the advertising industry qualifies as a specialty occupation for temporary H-1B status)
Freeman v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2006)
(addressing two issues of first impression, the court first held that an alien who applied for adjustment of status while in the United States under the visa waiver program (VWP) was not bound by the VWP no-contest proviso waiving the right to contest removal action, and further held that an alien whose citizen spouse died while her husband's petition for her was pending remained an immediate relative, despite being widowed after less than two years of marriage; reported in Interpreter Releases, 83 IR 876, Vol. 83, No. 19, May 8, 2006)
Al-Kudsi v. Gonzales, No. 05-1584 (D. Ore Mar. 22, 2006)
(establishing right to timely adjudication of naturalization application and setting concrete timeline for adjudication; rejecting the holding in Danilov v. Aguirre, 370 F.Supp 2d. 441 (E.D. Va. 2005); reported in Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter, American Immigration Law Foundation, Vol. 1 No. 8, April 5, 2006)
Matter of Tight Knot, LIN 99 089 51751 (AAO June 20, 2000)
(Investment Analyst qualifies as a specialty occupation for temporary H-1B status – as reported in Interpreter Releases, 77 IR 1291, Vol. 77, No. 34, September 1, 2000)
IN THE NEWS
Miriam Jordan, Widows Win Path to Get Green Card, Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2009
Kirk Semple, Senate Measure Gives Rights to Widows of Citizens, New York Times, October 21, 2009
Bob Simon, For Better or For Worse, A Loss of Love and Country, CBS 60 Minutes, November 23, 2008
Jack Hitt, This American Wife, National Public Radio This American Life with Ira Glass, March 28, 2008
Cliff Collins, Widows' Best Friend, Brent Renison takes on Immigration, Oregon Superlawyers, November 2007
Sheri Qualters, 4th Circuit Ruling Could Reopen Thousands of Deportation Cases, National Law Journal, October 1, 2007
Peter Hecht, Life Capsized after Husband's Heroic Death, Sacramento Bee, September 10, 2007
Anna Gorman, Spouses of Deceased Citizens Sue over Green Cards, Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2007
Martha Neil, Spouse's Death Ends U.S. Residency Quest, ABA Journal, August 31, 2007
Juliana Barbassa and William McCall, Foreign Born Widows Face Deportation, Forbes, August 30, 2007
Richard Read, Raid Reflects Feds' New Tack: Target Workers, The Oregonian, June 15, 2007
Steve Duin, Carla's Crime? The Death of Her Husband, The Oregonian, October 19, 2006
Ashbel S. Green, South African's Bid Denied Again, The Oregonian, October 17, 2006
Lornet Turnbull, U.S. Turning to DNA to Prove Family Ties, The Seattle Times, August 29, 2006
Ashbel S. Green, Deported Widow May Return, The Oregonian, April 22, 2006
Ashbel S. Green, Deported Widow May Return, The Oregonian, April 22, 2006
Joseph B. Frazier, Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Deported South African, Chicago Tribune,
April 22, 2006; Court Rules in Favor of Deported Widow, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
April 22, 2006; Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Deported South African, Indianapolis Star
April 22, 2006
Rebecca Koffman, The Widow Defense, Oregon Business Magazine, January 2006
WW Editorial Staff, Time Out, Willamette Week, August 17, 2005
Deon Lamprecht, SA Widow Gives Up US Family, Beeld, South Africa, March 15, 2005
Blaine Harden, Widows Face U.S. Deportation, The Washington Post, December 2, 2004
Joseph Rose, Parting's Bitter Sorrow, After a Husband Dies, Citizenship Efforts Falter and Departure
Looms, The Oregonian, November 29, 2004
Lornet Turnbull, Husband's Suicide Leaves Former Nun Facing Deportation, The Seattle Times,
November 1, 2004
Viuvas de cidadaos americanos sao deportadas apos a morte do conjuge, The Brazilian Times,
October 1, 2004
Rukmini Callimachi, Foreign Widows of U.S. Citizens Face Deportation, The Manila Times,
September 15, 2004
Rukmini Callimachi, Foreign Widows of U.S. Citizens Face Deportation, The Associated Press,
September 4, 2004
Jonathan Nicholas, In Good Faith, The Oregonian, September 1, 2004
Elena Lappin, Keeping America Safe From Foreign Writers, The International Herald Tribune,
July 12, 2004
Elena Lappin, Your Country Is Safe From Me, The New York Times, July 4, 2004
Sharlonda Waterhouse, Woman Awaits Resident Ruling, The Indiana Post-Tribune, June 18, 2004
Ashbel S. Green, Time Limit Springs Deportation Rule on Widow, The Oregonian, May 21, 2004
Jonathan Nicholas, The Third Man, The Oregonian, April 21, 2004
John Marshall, Writer Ian McEwan Gets a Rare, Official U.S. Apology for Border Delay,
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 20, 2004
U.S. Says No Way Around McEwan's Delay, Reuters, April 2, 2004
John Marshall, Author's Problems at U.S. Border May Signal Things To Come,
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 2, 2004
Jonathan Nicholas, WMDS Found in PDX, The Oregonian, April 2, 2004
Hernan Rozemberg, INS Names New Director for Phoenix, The Arizona Republic,
September 15, 2002Richard Read, INS Director Working in Phoenix, Too, The Oregonian, September 12, 2002Julie Sullivan, Historic Change Lets Adopted Children Inherit U.S. Citizenship, The Oregonian,
February 26, 2001
Steve Duin, High and Dry in the Land of Many Waters, The Oregonian, December 16, 1999
Barry Newman, Foreigners See Dreams of Retirement in U.S. Fade, The Wall Street Journal,
October 6, 1998
Ingrid Ricks, Immigrant Hoops and Dreams, Today's Careers, July 3, 1998
Cheng, Chia Tao, Yao Xiang Liu Hua Sheng Yai [Reminiscing on Life Experiences of Studying in
Taiwan], China Times (Chinese Language Newspaper), May 20, 1991
JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED MEMBERSHIPS
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal (Third, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits)
U.S. District Courts (Colorado, Oregon, Hawaii, ND Illinois, WD Texas)
Oregon and Hawai'i Supreme Courts
American Immigration Lawyers Association
RATINGS AND AWARDS
2010 The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Immigration Law - Top Listed
2008-10 Chambers and Partners Top Rating - Band 1 - Employment & Labor: Immigration Law Category
2010 Daniel Levy Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Immigration Law, Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender
2007 Gerald H. Robinson Excellence in Advocacy Award, Oregon Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association
2007 Presidential Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association, for Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring and Litigation on Behalf of Immigrant Rights, presented at the Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida
2007 Forty under 40 Award Winner, Portland Business Journal
2007 & 2008 Oregon State Bar Pro Bono Challenge Awards, Small Firm Category, Most Direct Representation Hours
2006-09 Oregon Super Lawyer, Law & Politics – Only 5% of Oregon attorneys receive this honor per year
AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell – very high to preeminent legal ability, and demonstrating the highest professional and ethical standards. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies
2005 Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts – Award for Extraordinary In-Kind Support of the Arts presented to Tonkon Torp November 4, 2005, based on the combined efforts of Tonkon Torp partners
Max Miller, Brent Renison and Joe Voboril
LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese
Interpreter (consecutive oral interpretation from English to Chinese) for the 1994 Seminar on Principles of American & Chinese Law presented by the faculty of the University of Hawaii School of Law for the visiting Judiciary and Lawyers of Guangdong & Hainan Provinces, PRC
Translator (Chinese to English) for the National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1989 Traditional Chinese Theater Relic Exhibition
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