With more than 30 years of experience in the field, Mr. Ruthizer, Co-Chair of the firm's Business Immigration group, is recognized as one of the country’s leading immigration lawyers.
Mr. Ruthizer is a past president and general counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches an advanced seminar in immigration law and policy.
Mr. Ruthizer is a frequent lecturer on business immigration law and has authored or co-authored many publications in the field.
In addition to his leadership role in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Mr. Ruthizer is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Past Chair, Immigration Law Committee), the New York City Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the ABA Section of International Law and the American Foreign Law Association.
Mr. Ruthizer in 2011 was named in Human Resource Executive magazine’s 2011 list of the Most Powerful Employment Attorneys. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, Chambers Global and Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and The Top 100 New York Super Lawyers. He was selected as Best Lawyers’ 2010 New York Immigration Lawyer of the Year and as one of the Top 10 Immigration Lawyers in the U.S. in 2009 and 2010 by Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon.
Mr. Ruthizer was the recipient of the Legal Aid Society’s 2003 and 2010 Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, and Legal Services NYC’s 2008 Pro Bono Award.