E-mail: trebilcock@shumakerwilliams.com

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.

Prior to concentrating his practice in immigration law, Mr. Trebilcock spent a decade as a trial attorney. 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’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.

Mr. Trebilcock was the recipient of the University of Pennsylvania Crystal Stair Award, Central Pennsylvania Business Journal’s "40 Under 40" Award, York County Bar Association’s Annual Pro Bono Award and the AILA Human Rights Award. Mr. Trebilcock is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the York County Bar Association.

Mr. Trebilcock is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Trebilcock received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School and completed his undergraduate work at the University of Michigan.