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E-mail: rpauw@ghp-law.net
B.A., Philosophy and Mathematics, Calvin College, 1974; PhD., Philosophy, Cornell University, 1980; J.D. Harvard Law School, 1983. International Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief.
Robert Pauw is a partner in the Seattle law firm of Gibbs Houston Pauw and
teaches immigration law at Seattle University School of Law. He is a 1983 graduate
of Harvard Law School and is one of the founding members of the Northwest Immigrant
Rights Project in Seattle. He specializes in immigration related litigation,
and has been counsel for plaintiffs in several significant immigration cases,
including Walters v. Reno, 145 F.3d 1032 (9th Cir. 1998); Gete
v. INS, 121 F.3d 1285 (9th Cir. 1997); Morisath v. Smith, 988
F.Supp. 1333 (W. D. Wash. 1997); Pastor v. Smith, 977 F.Supp. 1415
(W. D. Wash. 1997); Reno v. Catholic Social Services, 113 S.Ct. 2485
(1993); Immigrant Assistance Project v. INS, 709 F.Supp. 998, 717 F.Supp.
1444 (W. D. Wash. 1989), aff’d, 976 F.2d 1198 (9th Cir. 1992); and Campos
v. Smith, 791 F.Supp 262 (W. D. Wash. 1991). In addition to his work in
litigation, Mr. Pauw has also published several articles on immigration law,
including “Deportation as Punishment,” 52 Admin. Law Review (2000);
“Legalization,” Chapter 52, Gordon, Mailman & Yale-Loehr,
Immigration Law and Procedure (1997); “Conveyance Seizures and Forfeitures”,
96-4 Immigration Briefings (April 1996); and “Judicial Review of ‘Pattern
and Practice’ Cases,” 70 Washington Law Review 781 (1995). Mr.
Pauw currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Immigration
Law Foundation, and has served on the Board of Governors as well as on several
other committees for the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Robert received
the Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in litigation in June of 1999.