Bo Cooper Recognized as Immigration Law Trailblazer by the National Law Journal
April 3, 2023

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Partner Bo Cooper is recognized on The National Law Journal’s 2023 list of Immigration Law Trailblazers.
The Immigration Law Trailblazers list recognizes professionals who have moved the needle in the industry and made significant marks on the practice, policy and technological advancements in the immigration sector.
NLJ features Bo in a profile that highlights his pioneering spirit and his insights into the future of immigration. In the profile, Bo notes that designing a specialty team to help the firm tackle less common problems was paramount to addressing clients' changing challenges.
He says, "Increasingly, these challenges shifted from traditional questions of immigration program management to intersecting but quite distinct areas – humanitarian, administrative, criminal, employment, constitutional law and beyond. In response, we did for this team what our firm naturally does for its clients: we built diversity of thought."
View Bo's full profile here.
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