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Joe Kwon writes and is interviewed on U.S. immigration law for national and international outlets, including USA Today, the South China Morning Post, and Yahoo. He has been selected to the Super Lawyers Tennessee Rising Stars list five years running.
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Could ICE Really Show Up at Polling Places This November? Here’s What Legal Experts Want You to Know Before You Vote, Published in mitú
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The article introduces me as a business immigration attorney in Nashville. It quotes me on what the Department of Homeland Security has and has not said about election day, on what a voter registration form can cost a lawful permanent resident, and on why someone who is not a citizen should stay off the rolls and check whether they are already on them.
The thing most likely to cost somebody their status this November isn’t an agent at a polling place. It’s a voter registration form.
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TPS Turmoil Hits Restaurant Hiring, Published in The Food Institute
Joe Kwon quoted
The article quotes me on I-9 reverification, on Form I-9 Supplement B, and on auditing every employee's paperwork rather than only foreign-born staff. It introduces me as advising restaurant and hospitality employers.
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Why challenging birthright citizenship is a slippery slope | Opinion, Published in USA Today
Also ran in The Tennessean and Yahoo News.
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Why the Minneapolis ICE shooting should alarm Tennesseans | Opinion, Published in The Tennessean
Also ran in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
- Listing Super Lawyers Five consecutive years
Selected to the Tennessee Rising Stars list, 2022–2026, Published in Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available at superlawyers.com/about/selection-process.
- Nomination The Immies 2026
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Bar associations I belong to
- AILA
- NAPABA
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Association
Membership is not a publication and not an endorsement. None of these associations certifies, recommends or vouches for me.
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