Craig Trebilcock joined the Firm as a Shareholder in October 2006 and chairs our immigration section. Focusing on business and health-care industry immigration, Craig represents professionals and businesses across the United States. Mr. Trebilcock’s clients include individuals such as physicians, engineers, and computer professionals, as well as multi-national corporations and small U.S. businesses seeking specialized workers. Mr. Trebilcock’s legal experience in immigration matters is complemented by his many years of living overseas in Europe and the Middle East. His experience in working with people from many different cultures provides him with a unique insight in servicing his clients and obtaining the best results for them from the immigration authorities.
Mr. Trebilcock is also an experienced litigator, with over
100 jury trials to his credit. Due to this trial experience, our firm has the capability to not only process business and family cases through administrative channels, but where appropriate, to challenge decisions of the immigration service or challenge decisions of the immigration authorities in federal court. Mr. Trebilcock first gained renown in the immigration arena by acting as one of the lead counsel on the complex Golden Venture asylum litigation. Mr. Trebilcock uses his litigation experience in support of his business immigration clients, as well as in a variety of employment areas, including non-compete litigation, and as an advisor on Title VII compliance decision claims. As a litigator, Mr. Trebilcock was certified in 2004 as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most highly respected groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.
Mr. Trebilcock most recently used his extensive trial experience to
represent Mr. Albert Snyder, pro bono, in a case that was
argued before the US Supreme Court in October 2010. In what
will be a landmark constitutional law case, Craig and his
co-counsel represented the father of a young marine who died
in the line of duty while in Iraq, against a group from
Kansas that disrupts military funerals to gain media
attention. At trial the jury returned a verdict of $10.9
million in favor of Craig's client, finding that the
defendants had intentionally conspired to inflict
intentional emotional distress on the grieving Snyder
family. The case is now before the US Supreme Court for its
decision on whether grieving families have the right to sue
those who intentionally disrupt the sanctity of funerals to
inflict emotional suffering under the guise of religious or
political speech. A decision is expected in the first half
of 2011.
Mr. Trebilcock’s prior experience includes serving as an appellate attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC, as well as serving in the U.S. Army as a JAG officer. Mr. Trebilcock currently carries the rank of Colonel in the Army Reserve, having served overseas in Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Iraq.
Mr. Trebilcock is the author of One Weekend a Month, an account of the experiences of Army reserve soldiers in Iraq. He is also the author of The Myth of Posse Comitatus.
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