Barry L. Frager
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Immigration Attorney in Memphis, TN
Upon graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia, I was fortunate to work in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill as a staffer for Albert Gore, Jr. while he was in the House, Senate, and as a national presidential candidate in 1988. This legislative experience was of great benefit to me when I entered and completed law school. Upon earning my law degree, I was fortunate to complete an Externship at the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of Tennessee and was offered a job with the INS through the Justice Department's Honor Law Graduate program as a Trial Attorney in the INS Office of the District Counsel in Los Angeles, CA. After gaining extremely valuable experience and insight regarding Immigration Law from the government's standpoint, I decided to enter private practice in Los Angeles and then New York City metropolitan area. In May 1994, I returned to my hometown of Memphis, TN and began my private practice. I have always experienced a profound sense of satisfaction in utilizing my law degree to help people address their immigration issues. My practice developed from being a sole practitioner to a firm of over 15 employees in two cities. I have traveled abroad and helped clients at many US Embassies and Consulates abroad. I have appeared in Immigration Courts across the United States and it is a source of great personal satisfaction that clients have such confidence in my ability to resolve their issues that they consider it worthwhile having me travel outside of Tennessee on their behalf. In the final analysis, it is about winning cases on behalf of one's clients, and I have triumphed in countless cases where other lawyers, with less experience and finesse, may not have been successful. Within the field of Immigration Law, I have developed a broad network of lawyers to help me with Immigration cases nationwide. Many of these associates are experts in specific areas of Immigration law and have become not only my friends but my mentors in those areas. I have invited a number of these associates to speak at the Federal Bar Association Annual Immigration CLE, which I coordinated over the 15 year period when it was held in Memphis. At the suggestion of the Immigration Court, we used this program, in the early 2000's, as a way to share knowledge and expertise with newer practitioners in the immigration legal field. I firmly believe that part of being a great lawyer is maintaining the humility to always be open to learn from others. While I know that I do not know everything in my field, I am constantly reaching out to learn and grow and expand my expertise in Immigration Law, and it is precisely for that reason that I feel confident to serve as a mentor to others. It is very satisfying to hear clients I have had in the past 25+ years remind me how the work we did for their family has changed their lives in such meaningful ways.
About Barry L. Frager
First Admitted: 1990, Tennessee
Professional Webpage: https://fragerlaw.com/about-us/
Educational Background
- Graduated with a JD at Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis.), 1989
- Graduated with a BA in Political Science at the University of Missouri at Columbia., 1984
- Young Judaea Year Course Study Abroad Program - This is a Hadassah-sponsored program. Learned history and language during the six month period living in Jerusalem. Spent 1 month on a Moshav (Agricultural Settlement) working on a farm, milking the cows, feeding the chickens and picking fruit., 1980
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Hired by the US Department of Justice through the "Honors Law Graduate" program to work for INS in Los Angeles as a Trial Attorney., 1990
- Recognition from peers and collegues for planning more this years National FBA Immigration Seminar CLE programs in Memphis, Tennessee. It is scheduled for May 14 & 15, 2010 at the University of Memphis School of Law in downtown Memphis. The seminar is expecting between 200-250 participants from across the US throughout the public and provate wand this year's National sector. This FBA Seminar which will help train Immigration Lawyers from across the United States. See link http://www.fedbar.org/immigration.html, 2010
- Recognition for planning more than 12 annual regional Immigration CLE programs in Memphis, Tennessee, which will help train Immigration Lawyers in the tri-state area. This has led to special recognition from the FBA National HQ for the outstanding service to the FBA. It was also part of serving the Section as Chair for the following years: 2005, 2006, 2010, & 2011. The Immigration Law Section of the FBA named it highest award given at the ILS Annual Award "the Barry Frager Award" for Service to the ILS., 2015
Honors/Awards
- For his service as FBA ILS Section Chair, Mr. Frager received recognition in September 2007 as Outstanding Section Chair award by the FBA. Mr. Frager has successfully planned many CLE's for the FBA to offer training to other lawyers in the Immigration Law field and holds an annual Immigration CLE in May of each year., Outstanding Section Chair, Federal Bar Association, 2007
- Hired to be a Trial Attorney in Los Angeles through the Honor Law Graduate program of the US Department of Justice, Honor Law Graduate Hire, US Department of Justice - INS, 1990
- Criminal Law Section - President, Memphis Bar Association, 1997
- From 2005-2007, Mr. Frager served as the National Chair of the Federal Bar Association's Immigration Law Section. , National Section Chair of the Immigration Law Section, Federal Bar Association, 2005
Verdicts/Settlements
- Has represented aliens in thousands of USDOJ Administrative Immigration Court Deportation & Removal Proceedings since 1991 before Immigration Judges in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, Dallas, Arlington, Harlingen, Memphis as well as other Immigration Courts (Executive Office for Immigration Review) across the United States. Has had successful outcome on many cases that have been considered unwinnable at the time of taking the case. (please request examples, if necessary, within the confines of the "Attorney-Client privilege.", 2021
Scholarly Lectures/Writings
- Currently write a weekly column on Immigration issues since 2020 or the weekly Spanish newspaper, La Prensa Latina, as requested by the publisher, and have written articles periodically over the past 20 years for this and other publications. , La Prensa Latina Newspaper, Local Spanish Newspaper, 2021
Industry Groups
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- Memphis Better Business Bureau
- Memphis Chamber Of Commerce
- Tennessee Bar Association
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Last Updated: 10/15/2021