Bo Cooper

Bo Cooper is Of Counsel in Paul Hastings’ national immigration practice, specializing in business immigration law. Before joining Paul Hastings, he served as General Counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from 1999 until February 2003, when he became responsible for the transition of immigration services to the Department of Homeland Security. He was responsible, as the Federal Government’s top immigration law specialist, for advising the Commissioner of the INS, the Attorney General of the United States, the White House, other Executive Branch agencies, and the Congress on all aspects of U.S. immigration law. He was principal legal advisor to the INS during two Administrations, at a time when immigration ranked among the most sensitive issues on the national public policy agenda. Mr. Cooper teaches immigration law at the University of Michigan Law School. He has also taught at the Georgetown Law Center and was a Fellow in Law and Government at the Washington College of Law at American University. Mr. Cooper is the Washington representative of the Global Personnel Alliance. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Tahirih Justice Center, and on the Refugee Law Commission of the International Institute for Humanitarian Law.