Honors and Awards:

• At the request of the Los Angeles Mayor's Office, Mr. Dayzad served on the Mayor's Advisory Board, to advocate for immigrant rights in Los Angeles. Upon nomination, Mr. Dayzad became a member of the prestigious International Network of Boutique Law Firms in which he is the designated as the sole immigration attorney for Los Angeles.  Mr. Dayzad has also been recognized in Montclair's Who's Who. During law school, Mr. Dayzad won the following awards: 1st Place in national writing competition and presentation of paper at Notre Dame Law School, American Jurisprudence Award for highest ranking student in seminar class, and Best Brief Award in Moot Court Competition. He also served as the Associate Editor for Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Upon nomination, Mr. Dayzad became a member of the prestigious International Network of Boutique Law Firms in which he is the designated as the sole immigration attorney for Los Angeles.  He serves as Secretary for its national Immigration Group. Mr. Dayzad was elected to a position in the American Immigration Lawyer's Association, where he led a national committee of immigration attorneys.  He also served as Southern California Chair for the Fundraising/Planning Committee for the American Immigration Law Foundation.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Mr. Dayzad has volunteered for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, AIDS Legal Referral Panel, and Community Boards.  He also participated as panel attorney and guest speaker for Immigration Equality legal clinics and provided immigration consultations for the Los Angeles LGBT Center. In immigration court, he has represented, pro bono, an abused spouse, a young couple, and woman stuck in the immigration court bureaucracy.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Mr. Dayzad has published an article in a book for immigration attorneys, Immigration Practice Pointers: Tips for Handling Complex Cases. He has spoken as an expert for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s national conference.  Mr. Dayzad also spoke at the national American Chemical Society conference regarding immigration options for scientists.  Following his passion for immigration, he spoke about immigration activism at a regional conference of Unitarian Universalists.  He has also spoken as an expert for Immigration Equality, Out 4 Immigration, and Southern California Social Club.  Mr. Dayzad has presented seminars on such topics as Labor Certifications, Employment Verifications and Travel Issues.  The latter was featured in Silicon Valley's premiere newspaper, The San Jose Mercury News., Speaker and Writer, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2010

Verdicts and Settlements:

• I have defended many individuals in deportation proceedings. In court, I have won all my adjustment of status/green card application cases. In addition, I have represented individuals in cases for "cancelation of removal" cases and those that require a special waiver to forgive grounds of ineligibility. I have won the majority of these cases-even though the rate of approval across the country for cancelation of removal is only 4%.

Transactions:

• I have succeeded in over 95% of employment-based and family-based transactional immigration cases with a variety of complex issues. For example, I served as immigration counsel during the acquisition of a biotechnology company by an international pharmaceutical company. In this capacity, I was trusted to counsel and obtain proper work visas for two of the Chief Officers, a Director, and a Manager. I have also represented scientists and a businessman in persuading the Immigration Services that they are individuals of "extraordinary ability" entitling them to special visa classification. Please see list of representative clients to see the caliber of my employment-based immigration work. I have had equal success in family-based cases. For example, I represented the deserving wife and mother of US citizens who was barred from entering the United States for 10 years. Even though her application for a special pardon with other counsel was already denied, I was able to win and allow her to join her family in the US. In another example, a couple was wrongly accused of marriage fraud. I successfully defended them to keep the green card. I have also won an appeal at the Board of Immigration Appeals for an elderly man whose green card was in jeopardy.

Representative Clients:

• Mr. Dayzad has earned the trust of large corporations, mid-size companies, and small businesses seeking the right firm to handle their immigration needs.  You can find a list of some of the businesses Mr. Dayzad has represented at www.dayzadlaw.com/clients.html.  In addition to businesses, Mr. Dayzad passionately represents individuals and family members.  For recommendations from representative clients, please see http://dayzadlaw.com/recommendations.html

Video:

• An interview at the American Immigration Laweyers Association Annual Conference regarding the latest developments in immigration laws that impact gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals., LGBT Immigration Issues, 2010

Educational Background:

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).   B.A., summa cum laude, Psychology.
• University of Guanajuato, Mexico.  Spanish literature and advanced grammar.