Jason A. Dzubow

Jason Dzubow is a nationally recognized expert in asylum and immigration law. Since forming his own law firm in 2003, 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. Since 2011, Washingtonian magazine has included Mr. Dzubow 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 forming his own law firm, Mr. Dzubow 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. Mr. Dzubow received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and his Bachelor’s Degree, summa cum laude, from Temple University in Philadelphia. Prior to law school, Mr. Dzubow 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.