Biography

James D. Prappas has over 24 years experience representing Fortune 500, middle market and emerging companies in U.S. immigration matters and transactions. He has a broad practice in a diverse range of immigration matters and has advised clients on strategic immigration planning and related transactional matters.

Mr. Prappas has extensive experience in nonimmigrant visas including the international transfer of key personnel and treaty trader/treaty investors, employment based immigrant visas, family immigration, I-9 matters, naturalization and derivative citizenship. Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Mr. Prappas' career included over 10 years in private practice where he represented domestic and international businesses concerning business, corporate and immigration law.

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Organization Membership

Mr. Prappas is a member of American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Community Involvement

Mr. Prappas serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the British-American Business Council Houston and The Parish School as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Directors of the Mexican Institute of Greater Houston. He also is an active member in GlobalScot. Previously he served as a Board Member of the Houston Grampian Association, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Houston InterAmerican Chamber of Commerce, and the Texas — Israel Chamber of Commerce. He also has served as a volunteer with the Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts and as honorary legal counsel to the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston.

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Peer Recognition

Mr. Prappas is included in the 2011-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America under Immigration Law.

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Links to Publications

• Fleeing the Mexican Drug War: Foreign Investors' Immigration Issues
• Artists And Athletes - O And P Visas: A New Memo and a New Era of Adjudications
• Best Practices in the New Era of Immigration Worksite Enforcement - PDF
• Maneras de Obtener la Residencia Permanente en los EEUU
• Help! The Play Date is Booked - What about a Visa? The Merry Confusions of U.S. Immigration Law
• Primer on Doing Business in Texas
• Worksite Enforcement Update - ICE Launches Initiative to Audit Hiring Records - DOL to Increase Wage and Hour Enforcement
• Is This the Right Time to Enter the U.S. Market
• New I-9 Form Required April 3, 2009
• L-1 Intracompany Transfers: Opportunities for Creative Lawyering
• Employment Based Immigration
• DV 2010 Diversity Visa Lottery
• U.S. Immigration, International Tax and Estate Planning
• Employment Based Immigration
• Employers Are Required to Use New I-9
• 45 Day Extension of the I-9 Documentation Requirement for Employers Hiring Victims of Hurricane Katrina
• Employer's Update - Winter 2005
• Mexico e-Alert--Mexican Trucks Can Roll into USA - Says USA Supreme Court
• USCIS Announces Increase In Immigration Fees Effective April 30, 2004
• Case Study - Setting Up a United States Company
• Case Study - Setting Up a United States Company PowerPoint
• Immigration Insider - Winter 2004
• DV 2005 Diversity Visa Lottery
• Immigration Insider - Fall 2003
• DHS Publishes Final Rules Requiring Certificates For Certain Health Care Workers
• Immigration Insider - Winter 2003

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Latest News

• Jackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America
• James Prappas and John Stephenson Speak at Invest in the USA Program
• James Prappas Speaks on Foreign Investor Immigration Issues
• Willie Hornberger and James Prappas Speak at Mexican Bar Association Program
• James Prappas Speaks on Visas for Athletes and Entertainers
• James Prappas Speaks at Immigration and Nationality Act Seminar
• James Prappas Speaks at Invest in Texas Seminar
• Jackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America
• James Prappas and John Stephenson Speak on International Aspects of Doing Business in Texas
• James Prappas Speaks on Commercial, Immigration, and IP Legal Considerations
• James Prappas Speaks on Business Immigration

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