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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Children's Rights
Experience
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El Salvadorean Asylum-Seeker
El Salvador Refugee Case
Obtained asylum for our client, a 15-year-old refugee from El Salvador, who fled to the United States after witnessing the murder of his best friend by members of the notorious gang, Mara 18.
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Chilean Nationalist
Pro Bono victory for family under Hague Convention on International Child Abduction
Tried and won a case under The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in Alabama federal court.
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Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
Filed a complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order seeking to stop US Office of Personnel Management OPM from publishing a listing of CFC-eligible charities that did not include Make-A-Wish.
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Adoption Project
Pro Bono Adoption Project
Represented prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt children in foster care, and assisted other adoptive parents in connection with post-adoption legal hurdles involving government subsidies and custody disputes.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Mexican Parental Abduction
Represented a Mexican citizen and resident whose six-year-old daughter and four-year-old son were abducted by their mother and brought to the US.
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National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children
Asylum for El Salvadorian Refugees
Secured asylum for two young girls from El Salvador who were the victims of gang violence in El Salvador.
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