WEISS & KAHN, P.A.

ATTORNEY PROFILES

Elaine Weiss concentrates on immigration and naturalization law. She is past president of the South Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and frequently writes and lectures on immigration law.

A graduate of Northwestern University (with highest honors) and George Washington University’s National Law Center, she has served on the staffs of United States Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III, Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, and the General Counsel of US Airways.

Ms. Weiss has practiced immigration law for over 20 years. She formerly taught full-time at the University of Miami School of Law and, for many years, was an adjunct professor at Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C., and in the Business Law Department at the University of Miami.

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Owen Kahn focuses his practice on appellate litigation in state and federal courts. His appellate cases range from appeals of final judgments in Florida divorce cases, to appeals of convictions in federal drug cases, to appeals of immigration decisions both within and outside of the federal immigration system.

Owen Kahn practices immigration law in two primary areas:

Representing and advising clients (and criminal defense lawyers) on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions for aliens in immigrant and non-immigrant status, and for aliens seeking U.S. citizenship;
Petitioning the government to grant residence visas to clients who are particularly talented in their fields—qualifying as aliens of extraordinary ability, national interest waiver beneficiaries, or outstanding professors or researchers.

Owen Kahn also runs the firm’s general practice: covering family law, commercial litigation, international law, professional licensing and discipline, and administrative law.

He has researched and published on a range of subjects in academia and legal practice, including “The Constitutional Foundations of Immigration Law,” in LexisNexis Matthew Bender’s multi-volume treatise, Immigration Law and Procedure (also published on CD-Rom and by Lexis.com). For his other publications, see the publications page on this website.

Owen Kahn holds a B.A. from Oxford University in England, a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Miami School of Law.

Dr. Kahn previously worked as a policy analyst for the United Nations Development Programme. He teaches graduate courses on International Law and International Organizations in the University of Miami’s Department of International Studies.

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