Jason Dzubow
Whatever Your Immigration Legal Needs May Be, We Are With You
About
Jason Dzubow is a nationally recognized expert in asylum and immigration law. He has represented hundreds of asylum seekers from many different countries. His clients include politicians, diplomats, journalists, victims of domestic violence and gang violence, LGBT individuals, victims of religious persecution, activists for human rights and women’s rights, members of ethnic and racial minorities, torture victims, democracy advocates, and many others. His blog, The Asylumist, is the only blog exclusively devoted to asylum law in the United States. He is also author of the book, The Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity.
Since 2011, Washingtonian magazine has included Jason on its list of the best immigration lawyers in Washington, DC. He has been recognized as one of the top 25 legal minds in the country in the area of immigration law, and has been honored for his work by CAIR Coalition, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Before entering private practice, Jason clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia. He also worked as an immigration attorney at Catholic Community Services in New Jersey and an associate at two litigation firms in Washington, DC.
Prior to law school, Jason worked for the Refugee Assistance Program in Philadelphia, helping immigrants and refugees find jobs. He has lived in Nicaragua and Israel, and has traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Ethiopia, South East Asia, and Latin America. He and his family live in Washington, DC.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD
- Temple University, BA, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Washington DC
- Maryland
Memberships
- AILA
- AILA DC
Languages
- Conversational Spanish